If you've ever wanted to pack all your belongings up in a handkerchief and run away, then you'll love Tony Mitton's new book of poetry. Full to the brim with poems of adventure, magic, fun and discovery, this marvellous collection is a real bundle of delights, guaranteed to send you on your way with a spring in your step. So get ready to set out on a joyful journey - and when you pack up your handkerchief - don't forget this book!

 

This book was recognised by the Smarties Book Award.

There are 158 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Scholastic .

Peter Bailey has been illustrating books for more than thirty-five years and has worked with many of today's best known authors, including Philip Pullman, Allan Ahlberg, Michael Morpurgo and Joan Aiken. He lives near Liverpool with his wife, Sian, who is also an illustrator. Tony Mitton is an award-winning poet, and author of Wayland and The Storyteller's Secrets. Potter's Boy is his first prose novel.