Overview

What can we learn from dragonflies, aardvarks, elephants, weeds and peat? Take a stroll through the natural world with Victoria Gatehouse and let’s find out together. From frogs with superpowers to otters with pockets, Aardvark Day is full of poems that shine a light on the fascinating lives of creatures and wildlife – and it’s all true! As a zoologist and nature lover, Gatehouse shares her passion for quirky creatures and fascinating plants in her debut children’s collection. Beautifully illustrated with organic-feeling, lively line drawings by Kate Lucy Foster, and accompanied by factual notes alongside the poems and poem-writing prompts at the end for budding writers.

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Author:   Victoria Gatehouse ,  Kate Lucy Foster
Publisher:   The Emma Press
Imprint:   The Emma Press
Weight:   0.081kg
ISBN:  

9781915628572

ISBN 10:   1915628571
Publication Date:   14 May 2026
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 90 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Poem for a Pebble The Tree and Me Creaturely Cacophony Fairy Armadillo A Rockpool is... Aardvark Day Beluga Song Octopus Skin How to Be a Dragonfly Sloth on Sports Day Dog vs Cat The Butterfly Leaves The Footprints of Elephants Planet Earth in Reverse Planet Earth In Reverse (mirror poem) My Litter-Picker A Weed in Need Interview with a Leaf Sheep Sea Slug Baby Rays Jelly Alarm! The Smallest Bird in the World White Egret and Black Rhino Poem for a Tear-Drinking Moth Truly Strange Mushroom Names I Have a Liking for Lichen Because Bee Purple Bamboo Stew Poem for Peat Which Frog Superpower Would You Choose? A Lizard Has Two Modes Hope is a Hedgerow Advice from the Minibeasts Otter Pockets Write your own poems! Acknowledgements About the author About the illustrator

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Author Information

Vicky Gatehouse is an awardwinning poet and children’s writer, based in Yorkshire. She originally trained as a zoologist and loves to write about animals and nature. Vicky’s poems for children have appeared in Tyger Tyger, The Toy, Little Thoughts Press, Northern Gravy, and various Pan Macmillan anthologies. She was Highly Commended for the Caterpillar Prize, 2025. A pamphlet of Vicky’s poetry for adults, The Mechanics of Love, published by Smith | Doorstop, was selected as a ‘Laureate’s Choice’ by Carol Ann Duffy in 2019, and her debut adult’s collection, The Hawthorn Bride was published by Indigo Dreams in 2024.

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