Hannah Asen Books

‘Squeak! Squawk! Roar!’ is a brilliant collection of animal poems about all types of animals from insects to pets, farm animals to wild animals and everything in between. The poems would be great to read aloud in the classroom to children of any age and older children will enjoy reading them independently as well. I love that there is a range of types of poems including rhyming and not rhyming, varying in length, and different layouts on the page. This provides lots of opportunity for children to have a go at imitating different types of poems themselves, choosing their own animal to write about. There are also some poems where children can guess which animal the poem is about. The illustrations throughout the book are also a lovely touch.