Words Can Fly: Mindful and Uplifting Poetry for Children

‘Words Can Fly’ offers a cornucopia of poems full of wisdom, reassurance and compassion. The collection is perfect for dipping in and out of and revisiting, somewhere to return to words of comfort and inspiration.

A wide range of poetry is included here, enabling readers to find words which might reflect their own feelings, offering comfort, encouraging resilience and sprinkling ideas which seed self-worth and kindness. As the final poem states, poetry is ‘permission’, allowing the reader space and time to feel and be, to explore and find courage, perhaps inspiring them to express their own feelings in this way.

There are poems here which are perfect for parents, teachers and other adults in young peoples’ lives to reach for and share when needed. ‘Butter Side Down’ shares the idea that some days are just ‘butter side down’ days- days where things are just going wrong and it’s better to accept this and move on. Another poem which refocuses the reader on the positives in life is ‘Gratitude Goggles’, perfect for sharing on a day when the grumps take over! ‘Glad Out of Grumpy’ is another poem which encourages a change of mindset and mood, words of wisdom for a grey day.

There are poems about moving house, step families, going to ‘big’ school, using your imagination… but throughout the focus is on acknowledging emotions and finding the positives in life, offering words as an outlet.

Words Can Fly: Mindful and Uplifting Poetry for Children

Donna Ashworth, illustrated by Eirinn McGuinness

Templar ISBN: 978-1785307171