Winner of the 2025 Children's Poetry Award Words are birds and songs have wings – fifty-one poems about animals from all around the world. What’s inside the elephant? Where is the goat? Who loves the hyena? When was the horse? This is a book for children who are interested in creatures and creativity, for children who love reading, as well as those who don't, because these poems will draw in everyone, both young and young at heart, with the thrill of momentum growing as you read from line to line. ABCtales.com Catherine Poarch’s Inside Elephant captures the spirit of empathy and wonder that poetry can inspire in young minds. Her poems look at the natural world through a child’s eyes, yet never talk down to the reader. The book is beautifully illustrated by Emma Weston, whose artwork perfectly complements Poarch’s vision—gentle, imaginative, and full of warmth. Judge's Comment, The Poetry Book Awards inaugural Children's Poetry Award 2025