Mary Had A Trendy Lamb

By Peter Miles

'Mary Had A Trendy Lamb' is a collection of modified humorous nursery rhymes based on Mother Goose classics. The short poems are designed to engage children and school students with rhyming poetry, for reading, pleasure and performance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Miles
• Release date: Jun 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463033647

Peter Miles

Peter Miles lives in Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia. He is a father of 3, an English and Physical Education teacher, a Special Educator, a classroom Behaviour Management specialist, a surfer, a runner and a paraglider. His priorities in life are Family, Fitness and Career, in that order. After 32 years of teaching, he is also a RAT - Retirement Aspirant Teacher.Peter published the classroom behaviour management textbook "Don't Just Stand There, Yell Something?" in 2003 through McGraw-Hill Publishing and wrote a follow-up ebook "If You Can't Beat Them, Teach Them" in 2006. He also compiled the educational package "The Better Behaviour, Better Learning Professional Development Suite" for Education Queensland and a protective behaviours anti-bullying program called "Take Control" for his education district.

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MARY HAD A TRENDY LAMB

NURSERY RHYMES FOR

THE 21ST CENTURY

by Peter Miles

Copyright 2019, Peter Miles

Smashwords Edition, Licensing Notes

This book is provided for your reading enjoyment. It may be reproduced, copied and distributed in its complete original form, or in part, for non-commercial purposes but remains the copyright property of the author

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 – School Daze

Chapter 2 – Armed and Dangerous

Chapter 3 – The Twelve Days of the School Year

Chapter 4 – Accidents Will Happen

Chapter 5 – The Trouble with Animals

Chapter 6 – That Wasn’t Very Smart

Chapter 7 - Incredible Journeys

Chapter 8 – Food For Thought

Chapter 9 – Cool Moves and Cruel Moods

About the Author

INTRODUCTION

‘Mary Had A Trendy Lamb’ was written by me for the enjoyment of my own children, and to engage the English students I taught with rhyming poetry. Many students had not been taught the original Mother Goose nursery rhymes, or had outgrown or forgotten them. They were also terrified at the prospect of having to perform a poem orally to their classmates. The range and silliness of the modified nursery rhymes I wrote helped them to overcome such fears, and find the fun in poetry again.

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