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Author:   John Foster
Publisher:   Salt Publishing
Imprint:   Salt Publishing
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 11.00cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   0.120kg
ISBN:  

9781844712885

ISBN 10:   1844712885
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   15 January 2011
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 11 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children's (6-12)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements I Am a Poem In the Land of the Flibbertigibbets In Looking-Glass Land The Wizard’s Dragon The Spotted Origami This is a Troll-Bridge The Grand Old Count of York When Dracula Went to the Doctor Beware the Draculasaurus Di Knows What’s Best For Dinosaurs A Cheeky Boy Called Robert Rung You’re for the High Jump! My Brother’s Allergies Grandpa’s False Teeth In Memory of Billy Green Epitaphs The Name of the Game How To Make a Football Best Selling Football Books Football Haiku There Was an Old Woman Mary’s Dad Was Football Mad Final Scores Let’s Give a Cheer for Onomatopeia Have You Heard? What Do You Call… Anagram Antics Backwards and Forwards Geographical Definitions Travellers’ Tales The Itinerant Worker I Used To Work By Definition: Scents Classified Ants Animal Complaints How To Make a Teacher The Word Wizard Said: Give Yourself a Break Anna’s All-Star Band Z’s a Zipper-Zapper Adverbially Speaking It’s a Question of Homonyms Exceptional Pasts Things That Sound Old Blowing Hot and Cold Understanding Uncle Sam Hey Diddle Diddle Bedbug, Bedbug Riddle Spells Threats After the Storm Toothache is a Torturer Six Clerihews Two Kennings Diamond Poem I Am a Free Verse Poem In My Mind’s Eye Epigrams Behind the Raised Eyebrow Inside a Shell

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John Foster's sharp eye has caught exactly how children view school, parents, siblings, friends and much more besides. His sharp ear has caught children's language enabling him to write poems that speak directly to them.--Children's Books of the Year

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John Foster is the well-known anthologist of over 150 collections of poetry for children, including the best-selling Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar and the six books of poetry illustrated by Korky Paul – Dinosaur Poems, Fantastic Football Poems etc. John also compiled the Glow-worms poetry books in the Oxford Reading Tree series. He is the author of twelve books of his own poetry for children, such as Four O’Clock Friday and The Poetry Chest – a collection of over 250 of his original poems and of two rhyming dictionaries – the Oxford First Rhyming Dictionary and the Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictionary.

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