James Carter

James Carter is an award-winning children’s poet, non-fiction writer and musician. He travels all over the UK with his melodica (that’s Steve) and ukulele (Disco Derek) – to deliver very lively and interactive performances and workshops – and has visited 1500+ Primary schools in the last 25 years. BOING! a bouncy book of bugs(Otter-Barry Books) is his brand new poetry / non-fiction book for 4-8s

Hey little bugs, aged 4-444, come and meet poet and musician James Carter for BOING! – giggles riddles and rhymes – a happy hour of music, poems, singing, dancing! Expect to sing to a capybara, chant to an axolotl, have a conversation with a fly and even sing a lullaby to a woolly mammoth. And best of all, write your very own animal poem that you can take home and read to your pet cat/dog/dragon etc.

Photo credit – Anya Goldenberg