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Time-Travelling Underpants
Macmillan Children’s Books, August 2007
Audio CD, September 2007
A collection of poems for 7-777 year olds - loosely based on the theme of time.
“A beautiful collection. Crafting genuinely effective poems for this age group is not easy and only a few poets have the skill. James Carter manages to find depth in this well-crafted collection. Macmillan have done much to promote poetry in schools and this collection is a genuine bonus to their list.”
Pie Corbett
Top 10 Best Books of The Year in Junior Education
“A really starry collection of poems serious, amazing and hilarious.”
Fiona Waters
Carousel Magazine
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Hey, Little Bug!
Poems for Little Creatures
Hands Up Books, April 2007
A collection of poems and action rhymes for 3-6 year olds.
“An excellent book, full of quiet, tender and fun poems for little ones. And not, thank goodness, twee and sentimental. There’s a good variety of poems with lots to join in with and learn by heart. Lovely illustrations, too. Overall, it’s a wonderful introduction for young children to the delights of poetry. Buy one for the classroom, one for the school library and one for every child you know under the age of seven.”
Poetryzone website
“Good poetry books for younger children are thin on the ground. Either they come in big glossy coffee-table type tomes - the sort that granny might buy at Christmas (not that there’s anything wrong with that) or they are regurgitations of poems written fifty or more years ago. And however great you might think Robert Louis Stevenson’s poems are - they are very much of their time. How wonderful, then, to read James Carter’s fantastic book. Like RLS it’s full of gentle, daft, sensitive, funny, sad and serious poems. But, and here’s the really good part, it’s not twee or sentimental. The poems are modern - of these times. Nice illustrations too.”
Five star review
Amazon website
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Cars Stars Electric Guitars
Walker Books, October 2002
Reprinted 2007
A collection of children’s poems in a variety of forms, styles and voices for 7-11 year olds.
This book is recommended by Young Book Trust (London) as part of their Children’s Poetry Bookshelf Scheme and was promoted to Primary schools across the UK for National Poetry Day in October 2002.
Here are some very nice people saying some very nice things about Cars Stars Electric Guitars:
“James Carter is an exciting new voice, imaginative and innovative. Children will love these poems.”
Jacqueline Wilson
“A great variety of funny and thoughtful poems presentated in a lively and entertaining manner, packed with humour and originality. A definite buy for the classroom. Will children like it? Yes, very much.”
Poetryzone website
“James Carter is an exciting new voice with an original view on the world...His observations make you smile, nod in agreement or laugh out loud...It will appeal to children and adults from 7 upwards - buy lots and enjoy!”
School Librarian
“Carter is a name to watch and writes with warmth, gentle humour and some charm.”
Morag Styles
TES
“A superb collection of poems...a fine addition to any KS2 poetry collection, but kids from both KS1 and KS3 will also love many of these poems, such is their quality and the breadth of their appeal.”
Literacy & Learning
“James Carter’s first collection shows a quick-witted, energised poet working his way through a host of fresh approaches to verse...This slim book fairly fizzes with ideas...A cheerful collection that Key Stage 2 pupils will enjoy exploring.”
Wes Magee
Junior Education
“The poems are really exciting...would recommend this book to reluctant or first time poetry readers of any age, there’s something for everyone!”
Megan Whiteman (age 13)
Familyrapp website
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Around The World
Harper Collins Big Cat Series, September 2007
Illustrated by Anne Wilson.
A reading scheme book from the innovative Harper Collins scheme - a single poem early reader text.
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