| Description |
186 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
7-10 years old. |
| Summary |
This is a brilliantly funny anthology of the most giggle-worthy children's poems from one of the nations most celebrated children's poets, Brian Moses. Perfect for gifting and for reading aloud, you'll be chortling along with Brian as he shows you the funniest poems in the world! Explore chucklesome poems about pets, funny creatures, school, family, fantasy and fairy-tales, dinosaurs and dragons, space, and just plain SILLY poems. With poets such as Brian Bilston, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Pie Corbett and Paul Cookson next to Liz Brownlee, Mike Jubb, James Carter and Rachel Rooney, this is the ultimate hysterical collection of rib-tickling poems guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. |
| Contents |
Ladies and jelly spoons / Anon -- Reasons why your train was late this morning / Brian Moses -- Uffington / Myles McLeod -- Tarzan and Jane / Anon -- What's mine / Robert Schechter -- Hamster man / Kate Wakeling -- The jumblies / Edward Lear -- Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll -- The lochness monster's song / Edwin Morgan -- Silly dream / Karl Nova -- Bengal / Anon -- Roast Dinner / Graham Denton -- Poor Ollie / Colin West -- Slimmed / B.J. Lee -- Important points in choosing a name for you Guinea Pig / Julie Douglas -- Pet peeve / Brain Bliston -- The invisible man's invisible dog / Beain Patten -- Kittens for sale / Eric Ode -- There's a hamster in the fast lande / Brain Moses -- Miss King's kong / Paul Cookson -- Our hippopotamus / Colin West -- Dog's swear words / Roger Stevens -- Emus / Roge McGough -- The hippopotamus's warning / Val Nuebecker -- Poem to answer the queston: how old are fleas? / Anon -- Who's who? / Alison Chisholm -- The animal kingdom's a hoot / Anon -- Nobody loves me / Anon -- Etelephony / Luara E. Richards -- Lemminfa / Doda Smith -- A goat in a landfill / Kenn Nesbitt -- A quick thought about birds / A.F. Harrold -- Haik-haik-haik / Norman Silver -- The firefly / Anon -- Recipie for a wasp / Sarah Ziman -- Snowing polar bears / Peter Cole -- A vain polar bear / Julia Watson -- The hyena / Valerie Bloom -- Elephant cleaners / Dom Conlon -- I stood on the celing / Darren Sardelli -- The headmaster's welcome / Jill Townsend -- Where teacher's keep their pets / Paul Cookson -- Cakes in the staffroom / Brain Moses -- Instructions for the first day at monster school / Kate Snow -- Make sure you get to class on time / Pete Cole -- Science lesson / Mike Johnson -- Callum's homework / Debra Bertulis -- Making a meal of it / Bernard Young -- The school golie's reasons... / Brian Moses -- Tables / Valerie Bloom -- School photo day / Peter Dixon -- Thirteen questions you should be prepared to answer if you lose your ears at school / John Coldwell -- Erasing the board / Darren Sardelli -- um used Prit stick / Paul Cookson -- The car trip / Micheal Rosen -- Crossing the line / Michelle Schaub -- My mum's put me on the transfer list / David Harmer -- When my little sister sings / Paul Cookson -- My brother's not evolved yet / Joshua Seigal -- My dad's more embarrasing thab your dad / Chrissie Grittins -- Dad, don't dance / Roger Stevens -- Zach's diary / Mary Evans -- Sold! / William Peery -- Upgrading granny / Andy Seed -- Grandpa's stories / David Harmer -- Ten torn messages / Celia Warren -- Puzzle / Brain Moses -- Common problem encountered in writing poetry / Brian Bilston -- Poetry postman / Roger Stevens -- I don't like poetry / Joshua Seigal -- Pantomime poem / Coral Rumble -- The worst poem ever / Neal Zetter -- It's 'bring your brain to the library' day / Mike Lucas -- Why this poem ended up not being about oranges after all / Carole Bromley -- The storyland sprint / Clare Bevan -- Epitaph for Humpty Dumpty / Rachel Rooney -- Hickory, dickory, dock / Anon -- Coded nursery rhymes / Ian McMillan -- The frog prince / David Keyworth -- Three bearss vs Goldilocks / Laura Mucha -- Why the Hulk's blue / Philip Waddell -- Poem written after upsetting a witch at the watering hole / A.F Harrold -- When Midas me Medusa / Neal Levin -- Twenty ways to avoid monsters and mythical beast / Sue Hardy Dawson -- The spagettisaur / Chris white -- Dear Mr and Mrs T. Rex / Julie Douglas -- Dining with dinosaurs / Sue Hardy Dawson -- Dragon air / Matt Goodfellow -- The toaster / William Jay Smith -- The dragon in the cellar / Nick Toczek -- Diondictionary / Chris White -- The dino disco / James Carter -- Dinosaurs are still alive! / Trevor Harvey -- Hallowe'en / Roger Stevens -- A ghost went out haunting / Marian Swinger -- The relentless pursuit of the 12-toed snortliblog / Anon -- The phantom kiss / Brian Moses -- Sam spook / Peter Dixon -- Feeding Fred / Mary Evans -- The ghoul inspectre's coming / Liz Brownlee -- Advertisement from the ghostly gazzette / Brian Moses -- A Halloween date from hell / Mark Bird -- Announcing the guest at the space beasts' party / Wes Magee -- Aliens stole my underpants / Brian Moses -- Shed in space / Gareth Owen -- The astronaut near me / Dom Conlon -- My granddad Burt's an alien / Dale Neal -- Little green men / Brain Moses -- The alien wedding / Mike Jubb -- An alien limerick / Eric Finney -- The blob / Wes Magee. |
| Audience |
7-10 years old. |
| Subject |
Humorous poetry -- Juvenile literature.
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Children's poetry, English -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Humorous poetry.
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| Added Author |
Moses, Brian, 1950- compiler.
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Moses, Brian (COM)
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| ISBN |
9781529049718 (paperback) |
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