Book Nook: Something Must Rhyme with Orange?

 Gordon McIntyre’s Something Must Rhyme with Orange? is a picture book about determination in the face of adversity. Its motivational message will be a welcome balm to less confident children who are anxious about sharing their work with their peers.

Karolina Koko Rattray’s sumptuous illustrations capture to a tee the frustrations and delights of the classroom, and will thrill young readers with their detail and humour.

Already a recipient of a five-star review from the UK’s most respected children’s book recommendation site, the author’s generous inclusion of free KS1 and KS2 poetry writing resources ensures the value of this significant picture book to teachers and parents. 

 

Synopsis:

Zoe would love to win the school poetry competition. But first, she’ll have to find a way to rhyme the word ORANGE. And, as she soon discovers, that's not going to be easy. But Zoe is not a kid who gives up easily. And with the help of her family, she finds the words she needs. All she has to do now is arrange them into a poem that is good enough to win!

A tale of determination and discovery that teaches kids the most important rule of poetry: THERE ARE NO RULES!

 

The author says:

“Nonsense poetry is only nonsense to adults. To children, nonsense poetry is simply poetry.”

 Published by the Independent Publishing Network, Something Must Rhyme with Orange (ISBN: 9781800685543) is available in paperback on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3JxNySC

 

About the author:

Gordon McIntyre grew up just outside Liverpool.  He left school with no qualifications and barely able to write. As a young adult, he worked in a number of different professions including courier, concierge, farmhand and postman.

He later went to university and left with a piece of paper. He then went to a bigger and better university and left with an even bigger and better piece of paper. 

Later, Gordon spent time working in Japan and Colombia.

Nowadays, in his spare time, Gordon is a university lecturer.  The rest of the time he spends lying on the sofa, waiting for ideas for children’s books to pop into his head.

He lives in London with his wife and child.