Illustration by Hannah Asen, from Squeak! Squawk! Roar!
So pleased to see Squeak! Squawk! Roar! – my debut collection of animal poems, published January ’25 – re-recommended for schools a year on by such revered reviewers as BookTrust, School Reading List, Jon Biddle‘s Essential Poetry for Primary Schools, and Just Imagine!
The book has also been selected for inclusion in The UK Reading Road Map 2026, starting this autumn!
Happy autumn reading, sharing, and poetry-craft leading, teachers! Children love poetry, reading, listening to and writing it, provided it’s accessible, meaningful and manageable for them, I find.
Kate Williams 
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