What can we learn from dragonflies, aardvarks, elephants, weeds and peat? Take a stroll through the natural world with Victoria Gatehouse and lets 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 its all true!
As a zoologist and nature lover, Gatehouse shares her passion for quirky creatures and fascinating plants in her debut childrens 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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A fun and fact-filled poetry book from a former zoologist!
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
Vicky Gatehouse is an awardwinning poet and childrens writer, based in Yorkshire. She originally trained as a zoologist and loves to write about animals and nature. Vickys 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 Vickys poetry for adults, The Mechanics of Love, published by Smith | Doorstop, was selected as a Laureates Choice by Carol Ann Duffy in 2019, and her debut adults collection, The Hawthorn Bride was published by Indigo Dreams in 2024.
