An innovative poetry ‘how to’ collection aimed at school pupils, Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees is packed full of fun poems, limericks, haiku, song and rap from Wales Children's Laureate Alex Wharton. With brief introductions to different types of poets and a section on how to create your own poems.

Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees is a playful, imaginative and curious 'how to' poetry book for children by the Children's Laureate Wales Alex Wharton. It encourages readers to enjoy, collaborate on and participate in different forms of writing, including limericks, haiku, rap and song lyrics. These fun, joyful poems play with language in a reader-friendly way that will inspire many to pick up a pen, even if they'd never thought poetry was for them before. Illustrated throughout with lively black and white illustrations by Rhiannon Smith.