Kindle Edition Poems for 3-7 years Createspace Category:  Children Publisher: PLP Publishings(UK) ISBN-10:  1475065957 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 78 Copyright: Jan 18, 2011 ISBN-13: 9781475065954 Price: $3.00 (eBook) This book contains 62 poems written for children aged 3-7 years. All are about everyday life and all contain a message. Dr Audrey Coatesworth has written them to encourage values such as kindness, caring, and sharing.     Dr Audrey Coatesworth is English and a retired Consultant Psychatrist. She now uses the wrtten word to continue her therapeutic work. This book contains 62 poems written for children aged 3-7 years. All are about everyday life and all contain a message. Dr Audrey Coatesworth has written them to encourage values such as kindness, caring, and sharing. She says, 'Read them to your children, without explanation and let the 'poems speak for themselves'. There are no pictures in the book. A child can thus make his/her own inner pictures of the poem and absorb the gentle message at their own level of understanding. Read them briefly, regularly and as appropriate.' Visit the chilren's site specially made by Audrey Coatesworth for children to enjoy - poems, poem puzzles, stories, pets, interest, singalongs, baby tortoise videos and much more at www.primaryschoolpoems.com This book can be bought in UK from PLP Publishings(UK)and from Amazon.co.uk and is printed and sold in USA from Createspace. and Amazon.com The BookPatch       Excerpt A Robot A robot looked about ‘I’ll go for a walk’ But the battery failed It couldn’t even talk A robot plane had wings So that it would fly But the battery failed It couldn’t even try A robot dog had a bark So loud it could be heard But the battery failed It couldn’t say a word A robot car sped around The race track very fast But the battery failed The excitement didn’t last You are not a robot To walk, fly, bark and race You don’t need a battery To live in any place You can help each other And I think you will find You don’t need a battery To learn to be kind Copyright A Coatesworth 2010

Review of book Poems for 3-7 years
A reviewer says:

In this beautiful collection Dr Audrey Coatesworth uses the medium of rhyming verse to promote the social and emotional development of younger children. Her unique understanding of how children think, feel and learn has been distilled into a simple and timely philosophy: that the Early Years from 3-7 are those in which people ‘learn how to be’. It is at this formative time that the human qualities most likely to sustain lasting fulfilment and hope, such as kindness, caring and endeavour, can most naturally take root. To all who share this belief and wish to nurture the welfare of children, these verses are a gift. Each one is a little ‘story’ or metaphor which gently encourages young minds to reflect on real or imagined experience. Humorous, thought-provoking, moving and wise, these verses are a magical medium through which children can safely develop new ways of understanding themselves, their world and how best to live within it. For all who are ‘learning how to be’ – at whatever stage in life – Dr Coatesworth’s poems are a sure and true guide to universal well-being.

Melanie Bradley. MA

English University Lecturer, Specialist in teaching English to young children