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A gorilla doing a ballet! An Anteater who won't eat ants! An invisible dog! You'll find them all here along with a much bigger bunch of amazing animal poems, raps and rhymes featuring the blue-footed booby bird, the quagga and many more. This wonderful collection comes alive even more by combining comedy performance poet Neal Zetter's wacky words with Julian Mosedale's zany illustrations. You are guaranteed to laugh!

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Here’s a poetry collection by comedy performance poet Neal Zetter that takes you back to his time at school – and it looks as if not much has changed! Meet Mr Shoutyteacher, always getting in a STROP, as well as the school nose-picker (careful if he’s sitting next to you!). What’s your excuse for not doing your home-work? Who feels like maths is a number-filled mystery? What’s your favourite sport – football in the playground or risk the dangers of roller-skating? Rap and rhyme your way around all the notable characters in school, not forgetting the members of your own embarrassing family. And look out for jokes as well as fascinating facts (true or false?).

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Welcome! Roll up! Come on down to the Universal Zoo. Want to see amazing animals? Buy a ticket, join the queue. Every creature has a place at the far end of Space, in the Universal Zoo. Look out for the Shy Shimmereen, the Snoozing Snoralotz, the Invisible Ballaboo Beast and the Ten-Legged, Swivel-Headed, Bushy-Bearded, Twirly-Tailed Horrox. Meet the Martian kids with two heads, and stare at the Enormous Egg. And if you think dragons don't exist and dodos are extinct, then think again. But be warned – never, never, never feed the Gronk! A riot of imagination and fun, these poems also send a message about conservation and saving species.

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Do you like peanut butter and popcorn? Would you like to find a friend, or give yourself a fright? See what happens when you live next door to a Viking – and read about the boy who ate his school! This is an inventive and funny new collection from a very popular school performance poet. Entertaining, laugh-out-loud but also thought-provoking, the poems are perfectly matched by Will Hughes’s wild and witty illustrations.

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‘It follows me and yet it’s not a part of me It does the things I do’. 48 inventive, insightful poems exploring the darker side. From bullies to black holes, cats to clowns, these original and thought-provoking poems are a roller coaster ride through both the silliness and sadness of being human. Scared? celebrates the work of poets Neal Zetter and Joshua Seigal and it’s not afraid of exploring the tougher side of growing up. A book that can pave the way for important conversations. This is Neal and Joshua’s second collaboration for Troika. Yuck and Yum: A Feast of Funny Food Poems has been widely praised for its vibrant poetry and has been cited as the perfect book for using in the classroom and engaging children.

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