{"id":1453,"date":"2017-04-23T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T08:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2018-03-25T11:54:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T11:54:30","slug":"a-rocketful-of-space-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/a-rocketful-of-space-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rocketful of Space Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1454\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plasso.com\/s\/C3qg5LVWSB-dolphin-boooksellers-for-younger-readers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1454\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/a-rocketful-of-space-poems\/a-rocketful-of-space-poems\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/A-Rocketful-of-space-poems.jpg?fit=262%2C323\" data-orig-size=\"262,323\" 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=\"A Rocketful of space poems\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/A-Rocketful-of-space-poems.jpg?fit=262%2C323\" class=\"wp-image-1454 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/A-Rocketful-of-space-poems.jpg?resize=243%2C300\" alt=\"A Rocketful of Poems cover image and purchase link\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/A-Rocketful-of-space-poems.jpg?resize=243%2C300 243w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/A-Rocketful-of-space-poems.jpg?w=262 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buy this book from The Dolphin...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Space Poems which will take you to the moon and back again, stay at the Space Hotel, snack on a Mooncheese Toastie and play intergalactic squibble ball. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2q3qPEW\">25 fantastic poems<\/a> by the best of space poets in the universe, chosen by John Foster and illustrated by Korky Paul.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ready for blast off!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>This is a brilliant collection of space poems from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfosterchildrenspoet.co.uk\">John Foster,<\/a> who is a writer of children's poetry and anthologies. The illustrations are by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.korkypaul.com\">Korky Paul, <\/a>a very famous illustrator, and \u00a0are full of fun and intricate detail with a real space feel about them. It will make a great present, book in the library or at home, to share and read alone. It will get the imaginations soaring across this universe and into the next.<\/p>\n<p>Poems \u00a0include;\u00a0<em>Spaceman MacTavity<\/em> by Marian Swinger, the spaceman who floated on the moon, <em>Turn Left at the Moon<\/em> by Eric Finney with a UFO who was redirected to Mars and loads more.<\/p>\n<p>Fun, adventure, exploration, science, creativity and beyond....<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plasso.com\/s\/C3qg5LVWSB-dolphin-boooksellers-for-younger-readers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"918717\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/23\/the-new-baby-and-me-by-christine-kidney-illustrator-hoda-haddadi\/buythisbookbutton2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?fit=317%2C75\" data-orig-size=\"317,75\" 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=\"buyThisbookButton2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?fit=317%2C75\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-918717 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?resize=300%2C71\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?resize=300%2C71 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?w=317 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So much to explore in this book from <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.quartoknows.com\">Francis Lincoln Children's Books<\/a>. It fits in well with the recent voyage of Tim Peake in the International Space Station, which was so powerful in speaking out to young children about space and our world.<\/p>\n<p><em>We recommend for ages 7+.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sue Martin<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1392\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/22\/surprise-surprise-and-monster-daly\/cropped-dolphinlogo2012imageright3-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg?fit=90%2C90\" data-orig-size=\"90,90\" 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=\"cropped-dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg?fit=90%2C90\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1392\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg?resize=90%2C90\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/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>Space Poems which will take you to the moon and back again, stay at the Space Hotel, snack on a Mooncheese Toastie and play intergalactic squibble ball. 25 fantastic poems by the best of space poets in the universe, chosen by John Foster and illustrated by Korky Paul. Ready for blast off!!!!! This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/a-rocketful-of-space-poems\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"A Rocketful of Space Poems\"<\/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":[15,5,7,6,4,470,469],"tags":[473,501,10,471,472],"class_list":{"0":"post-1453","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":"category-poetry","12":"category-qed","13":"tag-a-rocketful-of-space-poems","14":"tag-dolphinbooksellers","15":"tag-frances-lincoln","16":"tag-john-foster","17":"tag-korky-paul","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-nr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","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=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}