A collection of football poems covering a range of different aspects of the game, for example, referees, team talk, the 1966 World Cup, written in different verse forms (including sonnets, rhyming couplets and narrative poems).

 

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

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Allan Ahlberg has published over one hundred books including the classic Greenaway-winning picture books, THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN and EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM, illustrated by his late wife, Janet. His poetry collection, HEARD IT IN THE PLAYGROUND won the Signal Poetry Award. Allan lives in London. Fritz Wegner has been illustrating children's books for many years, as well as painting postage stamps, designing and teaching. Fritz lives in London. Allan Ahlberg is the author of nuemrous award-winning and popular children's books, including the HAPPY FAMILIES series and PLEASE MRS BUTLER, a book of school poems. Mark Williams is one of the stars of the BBC's THE FAST SHOW.