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Check out Oliver's website https://www.oliver-sykes.com for news, updates and fun, as well as great homeschooling UK storytime resources and ideas like these. Why not share this clip - let your friends know what you're watching! Discuss performance poetry - how does this poem make you feel? Is there a prank that you've played on your sibling? Or one they've played on you? Look at Oliver's other poems - which ones do you like, and why? How does Oliver's work compare and contrast with another poet? Teachers or Homeschoolers - work with your kids to create your own performance piece for selected poems. Pupils could create their own story poems about a hobby or an activity that they do with a loved one. Who Is Oliver Sykes? Oliver is an award-winning author, poet and writer/performer. His debut children's poetry collection, We Are Family: Six Kids and a Super-Dad was published in May 2024 by Otter-Barry Books. His debut children’s novella, Alfie’s First Fight, won Best Illustrated Young Reader at the 2023 Children’s Literature Festivals’ Book Awards, and Alex Wheatle described it as “Compelling!” When he isn’t writing, Oliver can be found performing at theatres, libraries and schools all across the world. He lives in Denbigh, North Wales. What does Oliver do? Writes books Writes articles for newspapers and magazines Performs one-man shows (often adaptations of books) at schools, libraries, theatres and even boxing clubs! Makes audio-books Helps children write poems and stories Appears on radio and TV programmes, either reading books or talking about books/poetry/stories Co-runs 'Your Story’, a non-profit organisation based in Denbigh, co-founded by primary school teacher/partner, Gwen Jones. We collaborate with and for communities to discover and creatively share stories. Your Story runs a monthly Story Club for children, in collaboration with Denbigh Library and three local schools, and is funded by The National Lottery's Community Fund. Click here for more info:   / yourstoryden.  . Occasionally guest lectures at universities about independent book-making, theatre practice in the community and children's literature Review of We Are Family by BookTrust: The wonderfully talented Oliver Sykes invites us on a journey into the intricacies of his family upbringing in this collection of powerful poems. Telling the real and often hard-hitting story of his childhood, he lays his emotions bare with poems that include real emotional lows and experiences of socio-economic disadvantage as well as uplifting highs that remind us of the love and resilience of family units. The admiration the author feels for his family, especially his “Super-Dad”, is palpable throughout. There are a variety of poetic techniques on show in this book which will maintain readers' engagement. Sykes plays with repetition, humour, rhyme, word placement, puns, syntax and sentence length to convey a myriad of emotions. It's all complemented by Ian Morris’s cosy black and white illustrations, which are full of scruffy, expressive charm. As the narrative follows the story of a single father raising a large family, this book is an excellent means of celebrating fathers and male role models. Similarly, it could help to spark reflection on different family makeups and dynamics – reminding us of the perfect imperfections that make our families uniquely special. Buy Oliver's books here: https://oliver-sykes.com/#Bookshop #OliverSykesAuthor #Kids #poetry #stories #pranks #siblings #family #singleparent