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WORK TITLE: STOMP AND CHOMP
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WEBSITE: https://www.simonmole.com
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COUNTRY: United Kingdom
NATIONALITY: British
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Writer and musical artist. Member of children’s comedy rap duo Mole & Gecko.
AWARDS:UK National Poetry Day Ambassador.
WRITINGS
Author’s poetry has appeared in several anthologies for children.
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Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 2023, review of Stomp and Chomp: My First Book of Dinosaurs.
School Library Journal, October, 2023, Carole Phillips, review of Stomp and Chomp: My First Book of Dinosaurs, p. 94.
ONLINE
Simon Mole website, https://www.simonmole.com/ (March 27, 2024), author website.
Simon Mole is an acclaimed children’s poet, National Poetry Day Ambassador, and sleep deprived dad. He writes books, makes shows, and runs workshops for children and families. The tutorial videos at his YouTube channel are used by hundreds of thousands of children and teachers each year.
Simon Mole is an acclaimed children’s poet (and sleep deprived dad) who has shared stages with Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and John Hegley. His first picture book Kites was published in 2019, followed by I Love My Bike in 2021, and I Love My Cat in 2022.
Simon is a National Poetry Day Ambassador, with over ten years’ experience using rap and poetry in community and education settings, including projects with Great Ormond Street Hospital and Arsenal Football Club.
The tutorial videos at his YouTube channel are used by hundreds of thousands of children and teachers across the world each year, and have been featured on BBC Bitesize.
Simon is also one half of kids comedy rap duo Mole & Gecko (you can probably guess which half).
Write a poem with Simon in just ten minutes right now: www.youtube.com/simonmole
Simon is a positive and inspirational artist whose work explores issues that are important to young people, in a way that is accessible to them. He has over ten years’ experience using rap and poetry in community and education settings, including projects with National Literacy Trust and The Poetry Society. Whether working with vulnerable elders, refugees or primary school children, Simon is a passionate believer that poetry can help anyone grow in self-belief, discover the power in their own voice, and think about the wider change that voice might bring about.
To book a school visit, or talk about creating a longer-term bespoke project or residency email me at simonmolespokenword@gmail.com or head to the contact page.
Hi, I’m Simon Mole, and I’m a poet. I have 15 years experience using poetry and rap in education and community settings. I am currently the Digital Poet in Residence for National Literacy Trust, and I was recently made an official National Poetry Day Ambassador.
I run two live online poetry workshops a month, which are suitable for children aged 5-12. We usually start with a few fun (and quite silly) warm up games to build confidence and skills, before I guide the group through a prompt-based writing exercise set out in a similar approach to the tutorial videos I make for my channel. You can see the latest timetable here.
For £7 each month you get 2 live workshops on zoom, and access to a catch-up video if you can’t make the workshop. Sign up via Patreon here
Simon Mole is an acclaimed children’s poet (and sleep deprived dad) who has shared stages with Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and John Hegley. His first picture book Kites was published in 2019, followed by I Love My Bike in 2021.
Simon is a National Poetry Day Ambassador, with over ten years’ experience using rap and poetry in community and education settings, including projects with Great Ormond Street Hospital and Arsenal Football Club.
The tutorial videos at his YouTube channel are used by hundreds of thousands of children and teachers across the world each year, and have been featured on BBC Bitesize.
Simon is also one half of kids comedy rap duo Mole & Gecko (you can probably guess which half).
Write a poem with Simon in just ten minutes right now: www.youtube.com/simonmole
Mole, Simon STOMP AND CHOMP Candlewick (Children's None) $19.99 10, 10 ISBN: 9781536231243
Welcome to the world of the dinosaurs.
Despite the subtitle, this likely won't be children's first book of dinosaurs--most little ones' first exposure to the ancient reptiles will likely come well before they're old enough to read a relatively complex text like this. Even a 7-year-old might be stymied by comparing a dinosaur's weight to "100 grand pianos" or "350 reindeer," let alone to "10,000 cats." And vocabulary such as quadruple, clamber, kazoo, and magma might trip them up. The author implies that Cedarosaurus produced a stench comparable to "a massive moving compost bin" (though proper compost shouldn't have an unpleasant odor). Saying that "dinosaurs can't swim" misses a key distinction between several that could floppily flounder and those that could smoothly stroke--probably only Spinosaurus. (Too late for this book, the 12/22 discovery of an aquatic dinosaur, Natovenator polydontus, dethroned Spinosaurus.) An allusion to dinosaur development fails to mention evolution. The reign of dinosaurs here ends in fire with the asteroid apocalypse. A simplified timeline puts Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus in the same period, though they were separated by at least 30 million years. The text is arranged in verse, some actually poetic, while other bits are amusing and imaginative but short on information. Colorful, Carle-inspired illustrations are the best part of this book: They would make fantastic posters.
Romping, stomping images don't compensate for target-audience confusion. (Nonfiction. 5-10)
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"Mole, Simon: STOMP AND CHOMP." Kirkus Reviews, 15 Sept. 2023, p. NA. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A764873160/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=176b9d35. Accessed 16 Feb. 2024.
MOLE, Simon. Stomp and Chomp: My First Book of Dinosaurs. illus. by Matt Hunt. 80p. Candlewick. Oct. 2023. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781536231243.
K-Gr 3--Award-winning children's poet and author, Mole, brings dinosaurs to life with his lyrical and rhyming verse that includes interesting facts and pronunciation guides for about 30 different dinosaurs. The book is divided into four sections: "Meet the Dinosaurs," "Eat or Be Eaten," "Dinosaur Families," and "The End. Or Is It?" Included are favorites like Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor, as well as lesser known dinosaurs such as Baryonyx (Bairee-ON-iks), "Swift sprinter/ Tail flicker/ River watcher/ Quick dasher/ Fish grabber/ Flesh ripper/ Best hunter/ Gets dinner!" and Coelophysis (SEE-lo-FIE-sis), "You're a slowpoke and I'm so faaaaast./ If we had a race, you would come in laaaaast." Exuberant poems are aptly matched by bold and dynamic artwork. Hunt uses a variety of mixed media to brightly illustrate full-page dinosaurs in all their larger-than-life glory. The book closes with a dinosaur time line as well as a description of how fossils are found and an invitation, "Maybe the next incredible discovery/ will show us that something in this book isn't true./ Maybe it will be found by somebody reading this book./ Somebody like YOU!" Pair this with older favorite dinosaur poetry titles, including Jack Prelutsky's classic, Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast and Douglas Florian's, Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings. VERDICT A great introduction to dinosaurs for young children. The lively text and colorful illustrations make it a wonderful read-aloud that will engage young readers and ignite their curiosity about these prehistoric creatures. A welcome addition for homes, schools, and libraries.--Carole Phillips
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Phillips, Carole. "MOLE, Simon. Stomp and Chomp: My First Book of Dinosaurs." School Library Journal, vol. 69, no. 10, Oct. 2023, p. 94. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A766727799/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=bee49996. Accessed 16 Feb. 2024.