'Superb.I love its unpredictability.a subtle and variegated selection and I'd be delighted to give it to my favourite children.' Kate Kellaway, Observer'Anthologies as good as this are few and far between. Roger McGough has chosen poems which reflect feelings, some reassuring, some surprising, all important.' Julia Eccleshare, Guardian'Children like poetry for its imagined worlds, emotional resonance and the way that its sounds and shapes reveal the character and texture of words.Roger McGough's excellent new anthology offers all these and more.' Lavinia Greenlaw, New Statesman

 

This book was recognised by the Blue Peter Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school .

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Faber & Faber .

Roger McGough is a renowned performance poet, with many collections of well-loved children's poetry to his name. Satoshi Kitamura is a Japanese children's picture book author and illustrator, famous for his watercolours and quirky characters.