After many years teaching poetry, Raymond Antrobus became a multi-award winning poet with his collection There Perseverance. He introduces it here and shares three other collections that helped shape his own. The Perseverance: http://bit.ly/2NzuIAm Light Song of Light: http://bit.ly/2HtwIpW Chan: http://bit.ly/329gw59 Voyage of the Sable Venus: http://bit.ly/2ZnDicw | Waterstones

Then Dad Bear asks again, “CAN BEARS SKI?” Is that really what he’s asking me? Can Bears Ski? is the debut children's book from award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus, illustrated by Polly Dunbar, that tracks a father-and-child journey into the discovery and management of deafness. Raymond draws on his own experience to show how isolating it can be for a deaf child in a hearing world. But through his lyrical and moving words, matched with Polly's stunning imagery, he also shows how many ways there