The book captures the complexity and diversity of nature very well and as we move through it, we are made aware of the changing seasons and a variety of living things.

Then move to the rich autumnal colours of a September landscape inhabited by Emily Dickinson's apt 'The Morns are Meeker than Ever' (p. I think if this were to be used in a school setting, it would be a gentle and fun reading session for children to be introduced to older poets, and get a sense of appreciation for nature. Selected by Fiona Waters, it covers a range that spans across both time and the globe, celebrating poems for each day of the year. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.More poetry, for five and up, blooms in I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree (Nosy Crow), a huge year-round compendium of nature poetry chosen by Fiona Waters, with colourful images by Fran Preston-Gannon beckoning the reader like seed on a bird table. I didn’t think poetry was ‘my thing’ but this anthology was extremely refreshing; I enjoyed the mix of traditional and contemporary poems and on top of this, the poems weren’t too lengthy or arduous to read – it felt like an extremely inclusive and accessible collection of poetry. If you would like Kids of the Wild to review a product for please get in touch via the contact page.

May – On May Day – Anonymous – As with previous poems this could be used to explore the history of annual events, such as May day. Onjali Raúf’s debut, The Boy at the Back of the Class(Orion), illustrated by Pippa Curnick, offers a child’s eye view and an ambitious, adventure-filled plot. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Fiona Waters now lives in the South of England with thousands of books and several very discerning cats.

I would use this book in class by giving each children in the class a poem to read out on its specific day to encourage a love for poetry. I can see that it’s a poem per day that ties in with the season but the trouble is that some of the poems are very short/inferior. I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree is a lavishly illustrated collection of 366 nature poems – one for every day of the year. The poems are all about nature and people interacting with it, observing it, fearing or delighting over it.