What do we allow into our hearts and heads? - "fluttering their way / into my head... / plum blossoms" - The great haiku master Issa wrote over 20,000 haiku, little masterpieces of kindness, wonderful caring observations of the natural world around him. Birds, frogs, butterflies, fleas, insects, snow, all entered his heart and head from season to season: - "The small crow / is snubbed / geese in the rice field" - There's fun to be found here and excitement- in the littlest things. Open your heart and open your head to the incredible world of haiku.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 114 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Evertype .

Michael Rosen is one of the most popular writer of picture books for children. His titles include We're Going on a Bear Hunt (winner of the Smarties Book Prize), Michael Rosen's Sad Book and Totally Wonderful Miss Plumberry. The presenter of "Word of Mouth" on BBC Radio 4, he received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children's literature in 1997. He lives in London. Gabriel Rosenstock is an Irish writer. A member of Aosdana, he is a poet, haikuist and translator. Born in Kilfinane, County Limerick, he currently resides in Dublin. Kevin Waldron is an Irish illustrator. His first picture book Mr Peek and the Misunderstanding at the Zoo won the Bologna Ragazzi Award Opera Prima Award in 2009. Tiny Little Fly won the 2011 Bull-Bransom Award for excellence in the field of children's book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife. Kevin was also chosen for a Booktrust Best New Illustrators Award in 2011. He divides his time between New York and London. www. kevinwaldron. co. uk