{"id":1305,"date":"2016-08-11T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T11:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2016-08-12T07:30:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T07:30:43","slug":"adderbluebell-lobster-wild-poems-by-chrissie-gittins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/11\/adderbluebell-lobster-wild-poems-by-chrissie-gittins\/","title":{"rendered":"Adder, Bluebell, Lobster&lt;br&gt;Wild Poems by Chrissie Gittins"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Amazon Associate\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2bccd3m\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/adderbluebelllobster.jpg?resize=369%2C591\" alt=\"Adder, Bluebell, Lobster - book cover image\" width=\"369\" height=\"591\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Review or buy from Amazon.co.uk here...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>There is more to this Wild Book of Poems from <a title=\"Otter Barry Books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.otterbarrybooks.com\/#!poetry\/hvsxh\">Otter-Barry Books<\/a> than meets the eye!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From Adder to Wren, forty fantastic poems celebrate forty amazing animals, birds and plants and their beautiful names - names which you can help poet <a title=\"Chrissie Gittens\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chrissiegittins.co.uk\">Chrissie Gittins<\/a> save from EXTINCTION!<\/p>\n<p>They are all words which have been left out of the latest Oxford Junior Dictionary. Join authors such as <em>Michael Morpurgo<\/em> and <em>Margaret Atwood<\/em> who along with 28 other authors protested against <em>Oxford Junior Dictionary<\/em>'s replacement of natural words with 21st century terms.<\/p>\n<p>The poems are brilliant, each page has a poem from Chrissie and illustration from <a title=\"Paul Blommer\" href=\"http:\/\/paulbommer.blogspot.com\">Paul Bommer<\/a> such as. <em>Harry the Hamster<\/em>...<\/p>\n<p><em>'Harry the hamster, in his ball<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>rolled round the bedroom,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>rolled round the hall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He rolled to the bathroom,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>he rolled to the stairs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>where a huge teddy bear<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>took him clean unawares'.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We recommend for ages 6+ and for all ages. Follow the picture link to buy.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Martin<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"896\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/about\/dolphinlogo2014imageright\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/dolphinlogo2014imageright.jpg?fit=272%2C359\" data-orig-size=\"272,359\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dolphinlogo2014imageright\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/dolphinlogo2014imageright.jpg?fit=272%2C359\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-896\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/dolphinlogo2014imageright.jpg?resize=272%2C359\" alt=\"dolphinlogo2014imageright\" width=\"272\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/dolphinlogo2014imageright.jpg?w=272 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/dolphinlogo2014imageright.jpg?resize=227%2C300 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/p>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is more to this Wild Book of Poems from Otter-Barry Books than meets the eye! From Adder to Wren, forty fantastic poems celebrate forty amazing animals, birds and plants and their beautiful names - names which you can help poet Chrissie Gittins save from EXTINCTION! They are all words which have been left out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/11\/adderbluebell-lobster-wild-poems-by-chrissie-gittins\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Adder, Bluebell, Lobster&lt;br&gt;Wild Poems by Chrissie Gittins\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,5,7,6,4],"tags":[418,256,415,64,385,417,416],"class_list":{"0":"post-1305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dolphinbooksellers","7":"category-featured-authors","8":"category-featured-childrens-book","9":"category-featured-illustrators","10":"category-new-titles","11":"tag-adder-bluebell-lobster","12":"tag-booksgowalkabout","13":"tag-chrissie-gittens","14":"tag-dolphin-booksellers","15":"tag-otter-barry-books","16":"tag-oxford-junior-dictionary","17":"tag-paul-bommer","18":"h-entry","19":"hentry","20":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqnT3-l3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}