The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

How I Walk

I walk like a dinosaur
STAMPING STOMPING
I walk like a giant
CLOMP CLOMP CLOMPING
I walk like a duckling
WIBBLE WIBBLE WADDLING
I walk like a baby
TIPPING TODDLING
I walk like a kangaroo
BOINGING BOUNCING
I walk like a princess
FLOWING FLOUNCING
I walk like a cowboy
CLINK CLONK MOSEYING
I walk like a supermodel
STRIDING AND POSING

I walk so many walks,
but there’s a problem, you see:
I don’t really know how to walk like me!

About the Writer


Annelies Judson

Annelies Judson is a children's author and poet from Aotearoa New Zealand. She loves cooking, cricket and her kids (not in that order). She also has alopecia, but that is neither hair nor there. Her debut picture book, Turkey Hurly-Burly, was released by Scholastic (NZ) in 2025. You can find her at anneliesjudson.wordpress.com