There is someone in my house. A picture fell yesterday and a window has cracked mysteriously. Doors slam. The towel is never where I left it. 'He manages to capture the moods of ordinary kids in ordinary places - their brashness, their insouciance, their posturing, their raw, plain-speaking habits, their very particular silliness' Independent on Sunday Lose yourself in Adrian Henri's spellbinding poetry. This beautifully balanced collection mixes spine tingle, humour and lyricism in just the right measures. We meet the Blood Brothers, experience a spooky winter moon and various things which go bump in the night. The poems are both old favourites and completely new works.

 

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Adrian Henri was renowned not only for his written poetry but also his sparkling, spirited performance poetry. In addition to his work as an artist, Adrian rose to fame as one of the Liverpool poets alongside Roger McGough and Brian Patten. Wendy Smith was born and brought up in south-west London. After studying Graphic Design at Hornsey College of Art, she trained as an illustrator at the RCA. She pursued a career in advertising, before beginning to illustrate children's books - a career she has pursued for the past twenty-five years. She also teaches illustration, part-time, at Brighton University.