Walking With My Iguana

Written by Brian Moses

Illustrated by Ed Boxall

Publication date: October 2019
Ages: 3-8 years
Format: Paperback / 229 x 254 mm / 32 pages
ISBN: 978-1-909991-84-2
Rights available: World
UK retail price: £7.99

This is Brian Moses’ most popular poem when he performs in schools. It is full of energy, rhythm and fun.

With Ed Boxall’s colourful illustrations it is turned into a perfect picture book for sharing, with a collection of exotic animals – an iguana, piranha, chihuahua, chinchilla, gorilla and even caterpillar – all walking together on a hot, sunny beach.

Resources & extras

Walking with my Iguana has been the most listened-to poem on the Poetry Archive many times and is rarely out of the top 5. There are videos of performances on YouTube, including examples from schools in Phuket, Singapore, Boston and Malaysia.

Check out the Children’s Poetry Archive’s teaching sequence for Walking with My Iguana.

View the book trailer (below left) and a short clip of Brian performing Walking with My Iguana at the book launch at Battle Library in East Sussex (below right).

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