Animals, fish and birds pop up in lots of poems on the Children’s Poetry Archive, some real and some imaginary ones, doing all sorts of funny and strange things. Visit the poems below and listen to what the creatures get up to, then see if you can find the answers to the questions. You will need to use the search bar in Let’s Explore to discover the answers - https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore. You can search using particular words or the name of the poet. Enjoy listening to the poems too.

The answers are below – no peeking until you are finished!

1. What food is offered to the dragon in Brian Patten’s poem - ‘A Small Dragon’?

2. How many times does the dog go ‘woof’ in Zara Weil’s poem - ‘A Boy and his Dog’?

3. Which insects have to go first in Zaro Weil’s poem - ‘Bug Parade’?

4. What kind of a smile does the crocodile have in Joan Poulson’s poem - ‘Crick, crack, crocodile’?