Blue Jelly and Strawberries: Poems to Tickle Your Tastebuds

Attie Lime’s debut collection brings a bright, fresh perspective to children’s poetry. Laughter and thinking come together in her verses. Humorous, easily read, they open new directions for young minds. She is alive to the humor and pleasures of everyday situations, like a push/pull door, or the wonderfulness of wearing wellies. Food crops up quite often and usually in unexpected ways-a pancake becomes a cancake, beans become magic. Variety of themes is matched by variety of style, from straight poems to shape poems. A great collection both for sharing and for solo reading.

Attie Lime grew up in the Northumberland countryside. She has been widely published online, and in print magazines and anthologies. Attie has worked as a primary school and a preschool teacher and now enjoys visiting schools and festivals as a poet, with the help of her poetry parrot, Marjorie. Blue Jelly and Strawberries is Attie’s debut solo collection. She lives in the East Midlands, UK. Kate Sheppard studied illustration at Bradford Art College . She has worked on the Horrible Histories series and novels by Alison Prince and Annie Dalton.