All the Colours of the Earth

Imagine the brilliant colours and smells of fruits in a Caribbean market, the vast variety of tins and jars in a North American supermarket. Imagine how many kinds of street music there are, the different ways children play with swings and kites and boats. Imagine the different seasons. Then imagine things that are the same worldwide - land and trees and creatures being destroyed, wealth and poverty spreading. Imagine believing in good hope, a future when life will be better...

Reviews

"This beautifully produced poetry book contains a truly international choice of poems which demonstrates that children share many experiences and concerns no matter where in the world they live." The Bookseller"

About the Author

Wendy Cooling is a very highly respected figure in the children's book world. She is the founder of the Bookstart programme and has edited story collections for Puffin, Orion and Collins, poetry anthologies for Franklin Watts and has retold traditional tales for Barefoot Books. This is her first book for Frances Lincoln. Sheila Moxley's books for Frances Lincoln include Skip Across the Ocean, a collection of multicultural nursery rhymes chosen by Floella Benjamin, Rebecca's Passover by Adele Geras and Diary of a Princess by Heather Maisner.