Publisher's Synopsis
Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), A Lick of the Spoon is one of nine anthologies from the Cambridge Reading Poetry strand, compiled by Richard Brown and Kate Ruttle. Warning: these poems may make you feel hungry! A Lick of the Spoon is a collection of poems about all kinds of food and drink such as pancakes, ice creams, and peanut butter sandwiches, all illustrated in mouth-watering detail by Rowan Barnes-Murphy. Includes poems by Errol Lloyd, Irene Yates, and Christina Rossetti. Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) offers fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to introduce children to a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading. This pack of 6 is for guided group reading.