Joanne Limburg
SUNDAY 14th MAY
11:15 – 12:00
LIBRARY
BOOKSIDE DOWN POETRY
Award-winning Joanne Limburg sees things deliciously from a child’s point of view, as she performs the funny and thoughtful poems from her book Bookside Down. These delightful, playful, humorous and perceptive collection of poems are for 21st century children who are into their friends, computers, collectibles and things that make them laugh. The poems deal with important matters in life such as difficult schoolmates, daft parents, impossible siblings, and the last days of the dinosaurs.
Find out more: http://joannelimburg.net/
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