Everyone's the Smartest E-Book

Contra

• Herausgeber: The Emma Press
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: The Emma Press Children's Poetry Books
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 36

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

School can be hard, fun and strange – sometimes all at once. It's full of your best friends and all the teachers as well as lots of kids you haven't met. Every day reveals more stories and challenges… Everyone's the Smartest is a collection of poems which tell strange new stories in familiar settings. From clever ducks who fly far away while children are stuck in school, to bathroom taps that are just one mistake away from turning the school into a great lake, this collection reminds its readers that there is wonder everywhere. Packed with extra features, including interviews with the author and illustrator, notes from the translators, fun facts about Estonia, and ideas to help you write your own poems.

Leseprobe

EVERYONE’S THE SMARTEST

First published in Great Britain in 2018 by the Emma Press

Originally published in 2015 as Kõik on kõige targemad

Text © Contra

Illustrations © Ulla Saar

English language translation © Charlotte Geater, Kätlin Kaldmaa & Richard O’Brien

A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library

Supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture

Printed in Latvia by Jelgavas tipogrāfija

All rights reserved.

ISBN 978-1-910139-99-8

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CONTENTS

GOING TO SCHOOL (STEP, STEP, STOMP)

The first day of school

The first walk to school

New school nightmare

Waiting for the summer holiday

Going to school (Step Step STOMP)

Pine cones

A man is not a fish

My secret path

Waiting nervously

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER

The caretaker is scared of autumn

The wondrous plant

Fish and chips

Healthy inside and out

Klara and Sara

Together We Are Stronger

Ice skater’s lament

Let’s keep a secret

Fancy skis

Snowball fight

Scarf party

Glove

MODERN DAY PINOCCHIO

The clever duck

Restless Richard

Modern day Pinocchio

Hungry cat

A question of funds

An important guest

Hurry up!

Scratching lessons

Fighting sleep

Spring problems

Sunbeams

Future artists

SIXTEEN CHESS PIECES

It’s not easy to be a monkey

Kristjan Palusalu

Classmate fun

Breaktime fun

Mountaineers

Alien railway

Sixteen chess pieces

Flooding at school

TO READ AT THE SPEED OF A SQUIRREL

Pink piggy

A speedy snail

Sports day: good news and bad news

Exchange student

First in the class!

Bigger or smaller?

Clever Dad

A crucial cloth

My pet

My teacher is a squirrel

EVERYONE’S THE SMARTEST

A wilful poem

How I Learned A and O

Maths

Math-smarts

Music teacher

Class orchestra

Queen

The smartest teacher

Everyone’s the smartest

About the poet and the illustrator

About the translators

BONUS BITS

Interviews with Contra and Ulla

Learn some Estonian

Places in Estonia

Write your own poem!

Translation station

About the Emma Press

The first day of school

My shoes are brand-new

and this snow-white shirt too!

Now everybody: please make way –

a superhero started school today

whose test marks will go soaring through the roof.

The first walk to school

‘Hello, neighbours! Hi!!’

‘Where are you going, dear child?’

‘I’m going to school –

I already know all the letters!’

‘But if you go abroad,

they might have different letters.’

‘Luckily it’s not that big, abroad,

and I’m sure I can also learn those letters.’

‘But child, if you go to outer space

you’ll find that they’ve got their own whole set of letters.’

‘Yes, space has lots more letters,

but I won’t go too far –

If I choose one letter

as my favourite, I’ll learn a lot

about just this

and when I write

I’ll always leave

a lot of space

around it!’

New school nightmare

I get to my new school –

it’s fancy and big.

I’ve seen it before

but I don’t think I saw

how scary it was, so huge –

so many mysterious rooms!

And the assembly hall’s as wide

and noisy as a jungle –

beneath its hustle-bustle,

a tiger must be hiding!

Only my white shirt

can make my nerves calmer,

because I don’t stand out –

the walls are magnolia!

I’ve already started praying

to be saved by the bell

when I hear with dismay

that my name’s being called!

Waiting for the summer holiday

The summer sun’s rays are sharp. I’m tired

of waiting for my first school-bell.

In September I start at the school down the road –

I couldn’t go before, I was too small!

Right now, the big kids have their summer break

but I don’t have any holiday at all –

before I can get my own, I have to wait

till I’ve finished a whole year of school.

Going to school [Step Step STOMP]

Out of my bed [ahhhhh!]

getting dressed [rssshhh flup aarrggh ahh]

water from the tap [fssshhhhh ffsssshhhh rrsshh]

open the door [criiiiiiiiik]

and then to school [step step stomp]

chalk on the blackboard [eeeeekk eeeee eeeeekkk!]

We are thinking [whirrr whirrrrr whirrrr]

the bell goes [BREEE ruuuussshhhh]

we run around [whirl HEY tap]