Some members of staff may  have found a little surprise in their dookits today.  Yesterday the nation celebrated National Poetry Day and today our very own poetry fairy could be seen delivering the poetry day postcards to staff and pupil desks in the school library.  I missed the little fairy, it was far too quick for me, but I was very happy to note that she had left me a copy of one of my favourite poems, I Opened a Book. There are some extra poetry day postcards in the school library for pupils to take home and/or post to friends.  Lets all share a poem this week.  A huge thank you to the Scottish Poetry Library for the postcards this year.   Miss Owens. 

I Opened A Book
I opened a book and in I strode
Now nobody can find me.
I’ve left my chair, my house, my road,
My town and my world behind me.

I’m wearing the cloak,
I’ve slipped on the ring,
I’ve swallowed the magic potion.
I’ve fought with a dragon,
dined with a king
And dived in a bottomless ocean.

I opened a book and made some friends.
I shared their tears and laughter
And followed their road with its bumps and bends
To the happily ever after.

I finished my book and out I came.
The cloak can no longer hide me.
My chair and my house are just the same,
But I have a book inside me.

Julia DonaldsonFrom Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum, first published 2004 by Macmillan Children’s Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers International Limited. Text copyright © Julia Donaldson 2004