Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees

A playful and imaginative 'how to' poetry book for children by the Children's Laureate Wales Alex Wharton. It encourages readers to enjoy and try out different forms of writing, including limericks, haiku, rap and song. These fun poems will inspire many readers to pick up a pen! With lively black and white illustrations by Rhiannon Smith.

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Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees is a playful, imaginative and curious 'how to' poetry book for children by the Children's Laureate Wales Alex Wharton. It encourages readers to enjoy, collaborate on and participate in different forms of writing, including limericks, haiku, rap and song lyrics. These fun, joyful poems play with language in a reader-friendly way that will inspire many to pick up a pen, even if they'd never thought poetry was for them before. Illustrated throughout with lively black and white illustrations by Rhiannon Smith.