Letting in the Stars of Children's Poetry at Wellfield Infant and Nursey School Book Club Group

MOONSHINE

The sun lights the moon to make it shine
Moonshine,
Moonshine,
Moonshine shine.

A mouse ate the moon,
It made it fat
Moonshine
Moonshine
Moonshine shine

Werewolves come out and howl at the night
Moonshine
Moonshine
Moonshine shine.

Spirits creep through dark midnight
Moonshine
Moonshine
Moonshine shine.

You go blind if you stare at it
Moonshine
Moonshine
Moonshine shine.

Moonshine sets and the sun is bright
Moonshine
Moonshine
Moonshine shine.

By Wellfield Infant and Nursery School Book Club Group


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THIS IS THE END 
This is the end,
Where horses gallop
And poetry sings,
Where mountains blow
To the rhythm of oceans,
Heartbeats thunder,
Flowers drift
Midnight stops.
This is the end.

By Wellfield Infant and Nursery School Book Club Group

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How much more excitement can be rabbled by this year's Manchester Children's Book Festival? Easy, much more! This year, the MCBF team have put together a reading and writing relay, sponsored by kidsunlimited, allowing anyone and everyone to show their reading capacities and writing abilities in any size, shape or form.


On Monday 2nd July, a reading with Cathy Cassidy at Longsight Library will kick off the relay, dispersing our physical and virtual batons across the nation. While the physical relay will travel through schools, libraries and where ever else groups decide to gather, a virtual relay will be shown right here on the relay blog. Save it to your bookmarks and set reminders on your calenders, as this will be the place to be for the duration of that week.

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