In the Land of the Flibbertigibbets is a collection of playful poems and versatile verses bound to entertain and capture the imagination of the young reader. From poems about a wizard's dragon and a dinosaurs' health spa, nonsense versions of nursery rhymes and fantastic football results, to a cautionary tale about a boy who is always sticking his tongue out. These new poems for children aged 7 to 12, include wordplay poems about anagrams and homonyms, a word-building poem about how to make a teacher, a chant about onomatopoeia and a poem about peculiar plurals. Haikus and clerihews, epitaphs and epigrams, kennings and lists make up this inventive collection.

This book is part of a book series called Childrens Poetry Library .

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Salt Publishing .

John Foster is Britain's leading author in the field of Citizenship and PSHE.

This book has the following chapters:

• Acknowledgements
• I Am a Poem
• In the Land of the Flibbertigibbets
• In Looking-Glass Land
• The Wizard's Dragon
• The Spotted Origami
• This is a Troll-Bridge
• The Grand Old Count of York
• When Dracula Went to the Doctor
• Beware the Draculasaurus
• Di Knows What's Best For Dinosaurs
• A Cheeky Boy Called Robert Rung
• You're for the High Jump!
• My Brother's Allergies
• Grandpa's False Teeth
• In Memory of Billy Green
• Epitaphs
• The Name of the Game
• How To Make a Football
• Best Selling Football Books
• Football Haiku
• There Was an Old Woman
• Mary's Dad Was Football Mad
• Final Scores
• Let's Give a Cheer for Onomatopeia
• Have You Heard?
• What Do You Call.
• Anagram Antics
• Backwards and Forwards
• Geographical Definitions
• Travellers' Tales
• The Itinerant Worker
• I Used To Work
• By Definition: Scents
• Classified Ants
• Animal Complaints
• How To Make a Teacher
• The Word Wizard Said: Give Yourself a Break
• Anna's All-Star Band
• Z's a Zipper-Zapper
• Adverbially Speaking
• It's a Question of Homonyms
• Exceptional Pasts
• Things That Sound Old
• Blowing Hot and Cold
• Understanding Uncle Sam
• Hey Diddle Diddle
• Bedbug, Bedbug
• Riddle
• Spells
• Threats
• After the Storm
• Toothache is a Torturer
• Six Clerihews
• Two Kennings
• Diamond Poem
• I Am a Free Verse Poem
• In My Mind's Eye
• Epigrams
• Behind the Raised Eyebrow
• Inside a Shell