Enjoy the world of animals from the greatest to the smallest - a friendly octopus, a hairy tarantula and the gruff, rough dog! This is an irreverent and humorous look at animals through poetry which includes a range of poems that are old and new, familiar and fantastical, poems containing patterned and predictable language and ones with more challenging vocabulary.

 

This book is part of a book series called The Wayland Poetry Colle .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Brian Morse is a primary school teacher in Warley, West Midlands. Joan Poulson is an experienced playwright, poet and anthologist. She compiled 'Pictures in my Mind' for the Hodder Wayland poetry list, 'Celebration' for UNICEF and 'Girls are like Diamonds' for OUP. Kelly Waldek did a graphic design degree (specialising in illustration) and has illustrated many works for Hodder Wayland, Belitha, Brilliant Books and BBC Education.