Archive for the 'Little Books of Poetry' Category

The Little Book of Easter – Poem 3

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

This isn’t really what I’d call a poem but my little girl really likes them – in the previous books they appear inside something like a pumpkin or christmas tree – same with this one! Easter Bonnet Easter Egg Easter Bunny Easter Chick Easter Basket Easter Tide Easter Sunday Easter Sun Easter FUN!

Little Book of Easter – Poem 2

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

The Easter Egg Hunt In the garden in the spring There is an extra special thing In the garden hidden and hiding Lay little chocolate eggs for finding Bunny lollies and marshmallow chicks And reusable iridescent eggs just for kicks Jean is waiting for her friends She’s got out the colouring pens Mummy’s sorted baskets […]

The Little Book of Easter – Poem 1

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

This is your little book of Easter poetry For springtime or anytime really So I hope you like bunnies, chicks and flowers Not to mention chocolate eggs in sky scraping towers! The sort that melt in a sticky mess They are of course the best! And just incase a naughty winter is lurking about Lets […]

Where have I got too?

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

I have achieved just over 30 poems for this month – they are all children’s ones for MoP challenge and are for various Little Books of Poetry. So I have technically finished the challenge but I am still putting in a hour a day. Alot of the poems are not yet good enough to be […]

Little Books and Poetry Challenges

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

As I mentioned last week I am taking part in what is supposed to be a poem a day challenge (PAD) – this months one is called MoP (Month of Poetry) but I have altered it slightly to suit me. I have been working an hour a day on my children’s poetry – mainly the […]

Belated Happy New Year

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

I was going to this post last week but thought that pimping for votes on my art work was more important 😉 – there’s still time to vote you know! 2010 was an interesting year and though productive the productivity was very much bunched together – I feel this is a good way to bump […]

Image Processing – Festive Fun

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

I have spent large chunks of the last week sorting the illustrations I did last year in felt tip pen, into something ok for publication on the computer. There has been apoplexy and tears but I think I am almost there! And layers oh how I adore you! Anyway poems are all ‘fixed’ and sent […]

To-Do’s

Monday, November 29th, 2010

After the last few days I think I have now sorted out my priority to-do list. It starts with The Little Book of Festive Poetry. I have already scanned pictures and have been ‘fixing’ some of the poems. So now all I have to do is: 1) Get the poems checked over for missed spelling […]

Series Roll Over From Last Year

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Hetty Peglar – these are stories about a slightly inept witch and her adventures including wacky friends and nutty pets! There were five Hetty ideas last year and another four this year – I also used last years ideas as a base for the picture book a day challenge. The Easter/animal stories where not a […]

The Little Book of Sparky Poetry

Friday, November 5th, 2010

I have the rough poems for this sorted already – like with the other Little Books I have decided to go for ten poems. There are however no illustrations done yet and the poems are very no finished and polished 🙁 It would have been nice to have this finished for today but never mind […]