Shaping the World

40 Historical Heroes in Verse

Liz Brownlee, Liz Brownlee

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Macmillan
27 July 2021

Children's & Educational; Anthologies (Children's&YA); Poetry (Children's&YA)

A beautiful gift anthology containing forty incredible shape poems in the shape of world shapers! Learn about about Amelia Earhart in a poem shaped like a plane, Maya Angelou in a poem shaped like a bird or Francis Drake in a poem shaped like a ship. Each poem is paired with

a biography, quote and fascinating fact.

Includes poems about: Greta Thunberg, Maya Angelou, Socrates, Frances Glessner Lee, Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightlingale, Anne Frank, Alexander Fleming, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Mary Anning, Jane Goodall, Archytas, Otto F Rohwedder Shauna, John Logie Baird, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Rosa Parks, Ludwig van Beethoven, William Wordsworth, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Beatrice Tinsley, Ravi Shankar, Isaac Newton, John Muir, Valentina Tereshkova, Amelia Earhart, Sir Francis Drake, Junko Tabei, Rachel Carson, Samuel Johnson,William Shakespeare,

Ursula Le Guin, Sir John Tenniel, Charlie Chaplin, Georgia O'Keeffe, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Ghandi and Malala Yousafzai.

By: Liz Brownlee
Edited by: Liz Brownlee
Imprint: Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 130g
ISBN: 9781529036862
ISBN 10: 1529036860
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 27 July 2021
Recommended Age: From 7 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , General/trade , English as a second language , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Liz Brownlee is the author of Shaping the World. does readings and workshops, with her assistance dog, Lola, at schools, libraries, literary and nature festivals. She has fun organizing poetry retreats, exhibitions and events, and runs the poetry website Poetry Roundabout. She is a National Poetry Day Ambassador.