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.



Alex Wharton is an award-winning poet, writer, author and performer. His is the Children's Laureate Wales 2023 - 2025 and a judge on the 500 words competition. Doughnuts, Thieves and Chimpanzees is his second collection of poetry written for children. His first collection, Daydreams and Jellybeans (Firefly Press) was published in 2020 and shortlisted for the Laugh out Loud Book Awards and the Wales Book of the Year.