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Book Synopsis

Magic slips
between the
cracks in
real life.
One day
you will
step on
it.

A monster’ s lunch, a wolf boy, Monday mornings, monkeys, headlice, Christmas, making friends, goldfish – and lots more. Full of jokes, surprises and puzzles, but also sensitive and thought-provoking, this is a spellbinding new collection from the winner of the CLPE Poetry Award.



Trade Review

'Lovely. A good follow up to the delightful, award-winning Language of Cat, this book features poems short and long, sometimes rhyming, sometimes not. I can’t find a poem I don’t like in here. Some of them are light hearted, but some are quite serious; most will appeal to adults as well as children.'


"This book is like opening a box of joy and laughter – we all love it."


'Lovely. A good follow up to the delightful, award-winning Language of Cat, this book features poems short and long, sometimes rhyming, sometimes not. I can’t find a poem I don’t like in here. Some of them are light hearted, but some are quite serious; most will appeal to adults as well as children.'

"This book is like opening a box of joy and laughter – we all love it."

My Life as a Goldfish: and other poems

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    A Paperback / softback by Rachel Rooney

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      Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 02/10/2014
      ISBN13: 9781847804822, 978-1847804822
      ISBN10: 1847804829

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Magic slips
      between the
      cracks in
      real life.
      One day
      you will
      step on
      it.

      A monster’ s lunch, a wolf boy, Monday mornings, monkeys, headlice, Christmas, making friends, goldfish – and lots more. Full of jokes, surprises and puzzles, but also sensitive and thought-provoking, this is a spellbinding new collection from the winner of the CLPE Poetry Award.



      Trade Review

      'Lovely. A good follow up to the delightful, award-winning Language of Cat, this book features poems short and long, sometimes rhyming, sometimes not. I can’t find a poem I don’t like in here. Some of them are light hearted, but some are quite serious; most will appeal to adults as well as children.'


      "This book is like opening a box of joy and laughter – we all love it."


      'Lovely. A good follow up to the delightful, award-winning Language of Cat, this book features poems short and long, sometimes rhyming, sometimes not. I can’t find a poem I don’t like in here. Some of them are light hearted, but some are quite serious; most will appeal to adults as well as children.'

      "This book is like opening a box of joy and laughter – we all love it."

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