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Book SynopsisEven those put off by the word 'poetry' will find this a box of treasures. Each poem is expertly crafted in a style to suit it, starting with a thrilling adventure, followed by what children think of adults, Christmas lights gone mad, an unforgettable culinary disaster, a restaurant so bad it succeeds, the climate crisis in a nutshell, a disastrous school outing, the joys of becoming a grandmother, an island that moves, what tummy buttons are for, as well as nonsense, rhyme and tongue-twisters, all enlivened by Jim Housego's crisp and witty line drawings.
Table of ContentsContents Introduction 3 The Monsters of Maumbury Rings 9 Adults 19 Albatross 22 Blindingly Obvious 23 Everyone's an Oddity 26 Homo not so Sapiens 30 How The Turkey Cooked my Goose 31 Poole and her Lighthouse 33 Recycling the Cycle of Spiky Mike Sykes 35 Silly Soppy Sausages 38 The Cafe Ole 41 The Earwig in my Pencil Case 44 The Iron Ball 47 Their very own Island 51 The Poetry Competition 66 The School Outing 67 The Student Volunteer 71 The Unwanted Visitor 81 To a new Grandmother 82 Trees 84 What are Tummy Buttons for? 86 When are you going to Die, Great-Granny? 88 When the Pirates come 91 About the Author 93
