What is your favourite word
I like CRUNCHY and FIZZLE and TOAST
CARPET sure takes some beating
But I think I love LOVING the most
From cool boys and Year Six Sisters to the chicken school timetable; from Dad's terrible dancing to Mum's cunning treasure trail; dogs,hamsters,and dragons; sad times,happy times,love and togetherness - plus the joy and fun of poetry.
With themes of Family,School,Pets,the Wild,Being a Poet and Personal Favourites,this is an outstanding,exuberant collection of the very best work from one of the best-loved poets writing today.
Publisher: Otter-Barry Books LtdISBN: 9781913074418Number of pages: 112Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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"Roger Stevens is my favourite children's poet. You'll love this collection."
"All the best and most frequently requested poems from one of the UK's most popular poets."
"From an acclaimed writer of poems about school and family life comes an inventive,inspiring and funny collection that asks to be performed and imitated. A good way to start the new year with laughs."
"With themes including Family,School,Pets,the Wild,Being a Poet and Personal Favourites,this is a self-selected collection of Stevens'best work. I particularly enjoyed the poet's italicised annotations at the foot of some of the poems. As he says in the collection's witty introduction,"Just like I do when I'm performing,I often tell you something about the poem; maybe how I came to write it,or how you could perform it."
"Roger Stevens has done a lot to light the poetry world,and his poems always brighten an anthology...it is obvious that any book full of his own poems will be fabulous fun as well. And this is - plus inventive and offbeat and quirky.
Very much recommended,wittily illustrated by Mike Smith. Five stars."
"A lovely collection of poems... itsthemes will appeal to any school-goer or parents of one as they emerge from the human space of thoughts,feelings like joy,sadness,anger,loneliness and excitement...
A good read beckoning all to learn,empathise,motivate,enjoy and express themselves through poetry as well."
"Stevens'irrepressible humour wriggles its way through the book... A long time favourite poet of mine and the many children and trainee teachers with whom I've share his work,it's a delight to lay my hands on this fizzing collection."
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