Pam Ayres

Brilliant!
I was struggling with a book I was listening to and thought I'd give myself a bit of light relief by swapping to Pam Ayres' collection of poems. I don't even understand poetry normally, but I've heard Pam Ayres since I was a teenager and I knew it was poetry at my level. She is hilarious!

This collection contains two shows that Pam performed and then some newer work at the end. I'm surprised to hear myself saying it, but I was much more involved when listening 'with' others and show more enjoying their laughter, than when listening to the readings without an audience.

She makes shrewd observations on life about things that affect us all.
She makes us think, she makes us laugh, what more could you ask for?
I'm off to search out more Pam Ayres audiobooks. show less

Rhymes don't really scan, and some order is odd.
Shows pros and cons of cutting down a tree from child's view, but should they over-rule the parents?

Some people look down at Pam Ayres's poetry. They really should look up. This book has essays and monologues as well as poems and wise words such as 'laughter cuts through the barriers', page 3. The author describes her early days traipsing to bookshops with copies of her first collection of poems written on an ironing board and carried round in a string bag.

A wonderful story about respecting our environment because it does do so many great things for us that we take advantage of. The young boy is happy at first and gives several reasons why it would be a good thing that the tree is cut down, but then he realizes there are so many things he would miss out on if his dad did cut down the tree. Children need to be taught at a young age that trees our good for us and we should respect that, which is why it is good that it is written in a language show more that young children could follow. It has short sentences and easy words so a kid could read it on their own, it doesn't have flashy illustrations but I like them because they are realistic and true to the simple storyline. show less