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F is for Children’s Poets John Foster and Vivian French, #AtoZChallenge #ZtoA

Vivian French . Vivian French Vivian was first published in 1990, after careers in the theatre, counselling and storytelling. Despite publishing around 300 titles, Viv leads a very busy life away from her keyboard conducting writing workshops for both children and adults, teaching at the University of the West of England and the Edinburgh College …

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A Rocketful of Space Poems

                          Today I received my copy of this book, published by Francis Lincoln –  space poems collected by John Foster, and illustrated by Korky Paul. This book has quite a history – it was first commissioned in 2004, but publishing was put back …

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