Mr Dilly Meets
Virtual Author Event: Zaro Weil - When Poems Fall From the Sky Book Launch
Mr Dilly speaks with award-winning childen's poet Zaro Weil about her rioutously imaginative book of poems celebrating our wonderful planet When Poems Fall From the Sky. Written in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Features inspirational chat + an interactive Poetry Activity with Zaro + readings from the book + a Draw Along with illustrator Junli Song + an exclusive taster from Mr Dilly’s forthcoming adaptation of Zaro’s book! Perfect online children’s author book event for poetry topics in schools and National Poetry Day teaching.
VIDEO CHAPTERS
(video chapter links will play on YouTube)
0:00 - When Poems Fall From the Sky Trailer
1:53 - Introduction from Mr Dilly
4:10 - Zaro Weil Interview
16:12 - Zaro reads poems from When Poems Fall From the Sky
19:06 - Illustrator Junli Song Interview
25:52 - Zaro reads 'Hickory Dickory Mirth' poem
29:20 - Mr Dilly performs 'I Spy' poem and Zaro classroom poetry activity
39:36 - Junli Song Bug Draw-a-Long
47:50 - Mr Dilly performs The Bug Parade
50:10 - Your questions to Zaro
57:48 - When Poems Fall From the Sky Actvity Sheets
58:37 - End and thank you's with Mr Dilly
ZARO WEIL
Mr Dilly talks to poet Zaro Weil for the virtual online book launch of the mesmerising When Poems fall From the Sky.
Zaro was born in the US, before moving to London, where she spent most of her life. She worked as a director, dancer, actress, playwright, historian, author, publisher and poet, among other things. Now she lives in an old farm on a little hill in southern France with her husband, two sheepdogs and a host of birds, insects, badgers, wild boars, crickets, donkeys, goats and hares, who provide her with inspiration for her work.
Full of hope and wonder, Zaro’s poems celebrate nature in all its shapes and sizes, and are often crammed with imagery, alliteration, assonance, consonance and surprise. She has a fabulous way of playing with language, making words leap and bounce off each other – encouraging us to celebrate the joy of language as well as the natural world.
About WHEN POEMS FALL FROM THE SKY
Original, inspiring and intimate, When Poems Fall From the Sky marries science and poetry to create a tender and thoughtful love-letter to Earth promising children a riot of imagination, humour and joy. The collection of poems, raps, rhymes, haiku and little plays is written by Zaro Weil, winner of the 2020 CLiPPA children’s poetry prize and is illustrated in full colour throughout by artist Junli Song.In exquisitely illustrated full colour pages, trees, birds, animals, rivers, flowers, mountains and insects each share their own magical stories. And the stories they tell, the 'poems' that fall from the sky, subtly and powerfully illuminate our hope and collective role as guardians of our earth.