Poems
As well as his other writing, Ivan Jones has published many poems for adults and children, including the very successful Good Night, Sleep Tight, which is published by Scholastic and Scholastic Inc (USA). The book contains a poem for every night of the year (365 in all) and each month is illustrated by a different, well-known artist.
Many of Jones' poems were commissioned for BBC schools' radio, including several about Kochi in India, viz: The Chinese Fishermen at Kochi; Water City; Monsoon Storm. Other commissioned works included poems The Magpie, Birds Arrive and many about "the sea". Numerous other poems appear in collections such as I Love You, Football; and I Wanna Be Your Mate, (edited by Tony Bradman ) and Spooky Poems, (published by Scholastic). More recently poems have appeared in collections edited by Gaby Morgan (Macmillan).
One of Jones's controversial poems, "Ironbridge" is featured in several collections including "Between the Severn and the Wye" edited by Johnny Coppin.
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