Rhyme it right with Andrea Beaty: mini-interview with the Queen of Kids’ Rhyme

 

There’s nothing worse than a bad rhyming kids’ book… and one evening as I was writing a post about lousy kids’ rhyme, I desperately needed good rhymes for contrast (and to stop my heart from breaking).

Which led me to Andrea Beaty, the Queen of them All when it comes to contemporary children’s verse… and the wonderful idea of interviewing her for my blog.

Perfection in rhyme

As an aspiring rhymer, I was super, super honoured that she agreed. It has been far too long since I ran an interview. Believe it or not, it’s one of the less easy things I do here, because I put a lot of work into researching the writer or illustrator I’m profiling. Work like reading through books for great examples… like this one:

Six clever sheep in the new art museum
Some pose like a statue so no one will see ‘em.
Hooves click on marble
They dance and they play
With Salvador Dali, van Gogh and Monet.
(from Hide and Sheep)

I’m sure the big question on your mind when it comes to Andrea Beaty is probably how to pronounce her name.

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