   WHO AM I? poem from Okido 86 DNA Over the tracks POEM from OKIDO 88 TRAINS  WONDER WANDA - SUPERWORMY! POEM from OKIDO 84 RECYCLING  
Interplanetary Squabble! poem, illustrated by Alex Barrow, from Okido 83 Our Solar System
 
Roller-coaster around the body! Poem, illustrated by Aex Barrow, for OKIDO 81 (from A Roller-coaster Ride Around the Body, published by Frankline Watts)
DIFFERENT AND THE SAME, illustrated by Rachel Ortas & Alex Barrow, for OKIDO 80 BIODIVERSITY
WHO ATE ALL THE SANDWICHES? ILLUSTRATED BY ALEX BARROW, for OKIDO 79 NUMBERS
The Electric Song! Illustrated by Alex Barrow, for OKIDO 78
The Skeleton Bop, illustrated by Alex Barrow, for OKIDO 77 TEETH & BONES (from A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE AROUND THE BODY, published by Franklin Watts)
THE LIBRARY poem, illustrated by Ian Morris, for OKIDO 76 BOOKS
Little boat, little boat poem, illustrated by Alex Barrow for OKIDO 74
The moth and the moon, illustrated by Alex Barrow for OKIDO 73
A song for our planet POEM, illustrated by Alex Barrow, for OKIDO 72 MY PLANET
 
The COCK-A-DOODLE CHOIR, illustrated by Alex Barrow for OKIDO 71 ON THE FARM
WHATEVER THE WEATHER SONG, illustrated by Alex Barrow for OKIDO 70 WEATHER
SENSES AT THE SEASIDE, illustrated by Alex Barrow for OKIDO 68 SENSES
Where's Your Habitat? illustrated by Daisy Hirst for OKIDO 67
Roller-coaster Round the Heart, illustrated by Alex Barrow. POEM for OKIDO 66 BLOOD (from A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE AROUND THE BODY BOOK, published by Frankin Watts)
THE DATA BUS POEM for OKIDO 65 CODING
 
IMAGINE IF THE WORLD WAS JUST ONE COLOUR! from Okido 63 COLOURS
 
The Colourless Night story from Okido 63 COLOURS
 The Tiny Egg - from issue Okido 62 Dinosaurs  MR MOLE poem from Okido 60 Mammals   |
| ARCHITECT ME! from Okido 54 ARCHITECTURE |
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'BRAIN RIDE' from Okido 53 BRAIN |
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| 'Spring is Singing' from Okido 48 SPRING |
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| 'SUN & MOON, a Rendez-vouz' from Okido 49 MOON |
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| 'JITTERBUG BALL' from Okido 50 CREEPY CRAWLIES |
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| 'RUSTY'S HOLIDAY' from Okido 51 HOLIDAYS |
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| 'TIME FLIES' from Okido 52 TIME |
Onto Okido issue 46 - an interactive poem called: LOOK AT ALL THE SHAPES!
Okido re-booted a fantastic new ROBOTS issue for number 45 - January 2017 - to mark Okido magazine going MONTHLY! (See Robot Dance/Can you do the Robot? below...)
And in Okido 44 there's DREAMS (also from A Roller-coaster Ride Around the Body, published by Franklin Watts 2017)
The Ocean of Emotions, is the latest poem in Okido 43 EMOTIONS (from A Roller-coaster Ride Around the Body, published by Franklin Watts February 2017)
One of my very best faves, illustrated by Rachel Ortas, Fish and Me from Okido issue 42, WATER.
whoop-a-do! Okido issue 41 My Garden is out NOW!
Here's a little interactive 'picture-poem' for this issue
Oo-la-la...already we're at issue 40 of OKIDO...!
  Sneaky-peak of the next issue - what could this one possibly be about..? FOOD!  It's OKIDO 37 folks: the TV issue!  |
| "WHIZZ BANG WHOOSH WHEEEEE - TIME TO GO AND WATCH TV!" |
And for the 'Friends' issue of Okido...
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| "He likes to quack - I like to purr..." |
"We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun…"
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| Four little seeds, for OKIDO 35 SEASONS |
from Okido 34
From the latest issue of OKIDO
ALL ABOUT ME (that's you and me and everyone!)
Hang on, where have I seen these guys before…?
Look through the poems to find out!
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| From OKIDO 32 |
Meet
PAM & the PEA
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| From OKIDO 31 - Healthy! |
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| Tyrone the T-Rex by GD Illustrations by Alex Barrow |
The Seed Song (click to listen)
Okido HAIR issue
Strange creatures are super-cool
The strangest creatures are to me,
The ones I love the best.
The stinky, ugly and the odd
Are cooler than the rest.
Forget the cuddly, cute and soft
With large, appealing eyes;
I far prefer the ones that might
Just take you by surprise…
The Midwife Toad
will carry
Several strings of yellow
eggs,
Holding all his precious
babies
Round his super-daddy legs!
Like a sausage sabre-tooth,
Could also hold the secret to
Our own eternal youth…
The Cuttlefish can shape-shift
And it changes colour too;
Both invisible and skilful
In the Super-Powers Zoo!
There are polecats called Zorillas
Who can even make you blind
With a super-stinky substance
That they squirt from their
behind (yuk!)
The Tardigrade or Water Bear
Is very VERY small (only teeny)
But it’s almost indestructible…
Hey, does it die at all.?!
The Hairy Frog
when frightened,
Makes attackers stop and
pause,
For it breaks the bones
inside its hands
Revealing little claws (eurgh!)
Don’t get too close to Viperfish
Unless you want a fright
From watching how they lure
their prey
By switching on a light.
Who has the energy to jump
Two hundred times its size?
The Flea is
such an acrobat
It wins the bouncing prize!
50,000 miles a year
Across a global sky,
Is just about the distance that
An Albatross will fly.
Who can make the loudest noise?
(And this one’s really great)
It’s the tiny Water Boatman
As he serenades his mate!
Yes the strangest creatures are to me
The ones I love the best…
The stinky, ugly and the odd
Are cooler than the rest.
So do not underestimate
This weird and motley crew;
All creatures have a place on earth
Including me and you!
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| THE OKIDO SPACE ISSUE HAS LANDED.... |
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| Sneaky preview of latest poem for Okido 25 - GIRLS & BOYS! |
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| THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD IN MY PARK... |
Legend of the Library
In the stillness and hush of the carpeted room
In the space between Magic and Rhyme,
By the window that lends a warm light to the gloom
Sits a child who’s forgotten the time…
With her head in a book and her heart in a land
That is made up of legends and spells,
She is holding a world in the palm of her hand
And absorbs every tale that it tells…
Many wonders reside on the pages of books
Resting quietly, tucked up in bed
As they sit on the shelves and collect in the nooks
Waiting each to be picked out and read.
Because here in the silence of library life,
In the rustle of books and their kind,
You will find that the pen is a mightier knife
And that power lies all in the mind.
Gabby Dawnay
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| Feelings OKIDO FEELINGS & EMOTIONS issue made with Children's charity, Place2Be CLICK on link to hear the song .png)  |
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| OKIDO 23 FOOD/Taste |
CAN YOU DO THE ROBOT?
Click here to hear the Robot Song!!
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| OKIDO 5 - bugs and microscopic creatures |
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| The Animal Zoo OKIDO 24 - ANIMALS |
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| The Riverside Band OKIDO 20 - MUSIC - click on the link to hear the song! |
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| OKIDO NIGHT & DAY issue |
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| OKIDO MUSCLES & MOVEMENT issue |
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| OKIDO 17 - DIRT (In conjuction with The Wellcome Trust) |
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| OKIDO BIODIVERSITY issue |
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| OKIDO 11 - BLOOD |
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| LISTEN TO: Whatever the Weather OKIDO 16 - WEATHER HEAR THE WEATHER SONG HERE 
THERE’S ANOTHER ME THAT’S NAUGHTY
There’s another me that’s naughty
And it’s very plain to see
That the other naughty person
Absolutely isn’t me.
When I tidy up my bedroom
I make sure it’s spic and span
But the other me that’s naughty
Doesn’t buy into my plan...
So with everything I put away
The naughty me will shout
That he hasn’t finished playing,
And leave all the best toys out!
When my clothes are in a jumble
Don’t you see, it’s just the same?
It’s not me that left them messy
It’s the naughty me to blame!
And that special bar of chocolate
That went missing from the drawer,
It’s the naughty me who took it
(Like the many times before…)
So if someone trampled mud in,
Well there’s no use in asking: “Who?”
It’s the naughty me that just forgot
The thing he had to do.
Please remember when you think it’s me
I’m really not the one
It’s the naughty me that’s far too fond
Of having all the fun!
© GD December 2013
ALL WORDS © GABBY DAWNAY BUT USE IN SCHOOLS, IS COMPLATELY FREE! ALL I ASK IS FOR SOME FEEDBACK.
Send to:
gabbydawnay@gmail.com
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