The energetic Brian Moses has made the best of a difficult brief ... He's avoided the old jingoistic staples ... In their place he has let us hear the non-famous and the non-heroic ... It's good to see that the complex matter of British identity is given an airing with a poem about a freed African slave Olaudah Equiano and a fine piece by James Berry -- Michael Rosen, Junior Education 20040901 This Brian Moses anthology is compiled by a poet who has a great deal of experience of presenting poetry directly to youngsters of all ages, and it shows... The net has been cast wide and the final choices are precise and careful... A mix of contemporary and recent with the less obvious inclusions paving the way for fresh discoveries for the reader. This is altogether a refreshing procession through the annals of the years and it also manages the task of blowing away the dust of over-familiarity at times. This book is useful, of course, as a curriculum resource for older primary or younger secondary ages in particular; but over and above that it is a good read, especially as it is attractively illustrated and presented. -- School Librarian 20040601 Tony Mitton and I were pleasantly surprised by the variety and range of this anthology ... Snapshots of life for Stone Age Britain to recent times. The text is complemented by sumptuous line drawings. -- TES Teacher 20050610 Strong on quality and high in interest. Here is a book which should prove useful to teachers and of interest to children with an appetite for history. -- Books for Keeps 20051101 A superbly well-chosen collection dusting off our history and bringing it to life. -- Newbury Weekly News 20050707 Interesting book as it looks at British history with poems from the prehistoric , right up to modern times. Sadly most of the history is British, but I really enjoyed the Scottish poems. -- Teen Titles Issue 34 20060101