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Book SynopsisA charming rhyming book that captures how a child's imagination runs wild when a noise wakes her in the night, and how it turns out to be something much more familiar...

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Book SynopsisFeaturing turbo-charged trees, double agent forests and leaves that perform magic, this is a wide-ranging collection of fun, lyrical and thought-provoking poems. Some have already appeared on programmes such as Blue Peter, Poetry Please and BBC Poetry Pie. Others have delighted audiences up and down the country. There are new poems that celebrate the outdoors, tree-climbing, forest school, ecological matters and nature in the city, alongside a smattering of favourites from previous anthologies and collections. As ever Andrew infuses the poems with his bonkers and surreal imagination.Table of Contents Contents Acknowledgements Leaves Are Like Traffic Lights Fight To The Death Trees Don’t Go To School The Time-Travelling Leaf Autumn Rhythms Top Secret Weather Report [Decoded] Guy Forks Leaf Song My Brother The Tree The No-No Bird Hare Piece The City Breathing Easy Beyond Beleaf December Winter Garden Birds Sledge Winter Cookbook Oak Winter Too Late Results Imagination Thief The Gold-Leaf Gangster What A Lark! A Fussy Riddle Keep Out! Arrest That Tree! Rhythm Of The Day The Rubbish Man Riddle-Me-Read The Magician The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Knitting I Know That You Might Think It Odd Journey Of A Tree Water-Cycle Alder The Last Tree In The World The Safest Place In The World Pigeon No Skateboarding Allowed Ballad Of The Trees Rain Song Dambusters The Old Mansion Forest Fire, Greece Loop The Loop Summer Swim Sunset Tide & Seek Night & Day Riddle Me Time Forest School Forestry Commission Meeting Minutes Slash & Burn 1. Lift That Leg, Doggy! 2. The Tree’s Reply A Very Thin Riddle A Tidy Poem Sellout Superfast The Whole Wide Wood Chant Answers To Riddles

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Book SynopsisHigh Tide is a collection of the best of my poems for children written since 2002. This is a book of very accessible, crafted poetry for children of seven years old and upwards, with a balance of rhyming poems and non-rhyming poems, amusing poems and serious poems. It ranges from pieces about animals and nature to poems about space, school, and family. It includes some nonsense and riddles, and two long story poems. Trade ReviewThe best newcomer is Robert Hull whose collection Stargrazer (Hodder and Stoughton) is wonderfully various, both in theme and form. It dips and delves into Roman history, Provencal legend, describes how shadows seem under bridges, retells, with a humorous lightness, Galileo’s story. This is a poetry book to make children feel and think simultaneously. Hull never patronises children by pretending to be one himself – he’s too mindful of their uniqueness to behave so improperly * New Statesman *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Space Black hole The Maker said Beginnings Snow My coloured pens Our short but interesting Greek bus journey Hunting in February Mr Frog, Deer’s skull Shadows Frost ‘Please do not feed the animals ...’ Starting School – Preston, 1912 ‘Scary doesn’t have an e, James.’ English Rules – ’Don’t use “and” all the time’ Slovenly student, 1345 Recent history lesson Peace process Ping Feng Frogs Cat sisters Table Sorry, mouse Things with feathers Swallows in September ‘Gift offer – Traditional Wishing Well – £47.50’ Shopping at Christmas The Tale of Sir Toby the Timid Humpty, the true story Shiny cheery poem High tide Seaside September Useful phrases for when you’re on holiday ... Autumn Flood Gnome at the Garden Centre Evening song

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