My Rhino Plays the Xylophone

Nonsense rules in Graham Denton's collection, where a rhino takes up the xylophone and ordinary objects behave in ways their owners never intended. Denton builds most of the poems around a single comic idea taken as far as it will go, which makes them satisfying to perform and easy to remember. The rhymes are tight, the lines are short, and the jokes arrive on schedule, so a child can finish several poems in the time a picture book would take. Teachers looking for material for a poetry unit will find plenty here that a whole class can read together. Details that matter: • Comic poems built around one absurd idea apiece • Tight rhyme and rhythm that make memorising easy • Short enough to fit into a spare five minutes of a lesson • Equally at home in a classroom and at bedtime Written for primary-age children, and useful to teachers, parents and anyone trying to convince a child that poetry is fun; published by Bloomsbury and available at Boipoka.