A collection of delightful and insightful poems about traditional and contemporary toys - from teddy bears and dolls to wendy houses, building bricks and - electronic gadgets. The range of poetry tackles playing with, sharing, losing and outgrowing favourite toys as well as the imaginary games we play with them. Poets include Tony Mitton, Judith Nicholls, John Foster, Roger Stevens, Roger McGough.

 

This book is part of a book series called Poetry Picture .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Tony Bradman was born in London in 1954. He has written poetry, picture Ian Cunliffe worked at Shepperton Studios, creating special effects, and spent five years as a designer and illustrator at Penguin Books before becoming a full-time illustrator. Today, Ian works from home where he watches green parakeets fly past his studio window! He has created artwork for well-known children's books, including 'A Very Fishy Battle' by Jeremy Strong.