Description
Shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Awards – the UK’s only prize for funny children’s books
A brilliant collection of poems by an exciting young poet, this book is perfect, whether you like poetry or not!
‘When you read this book, the windows will burp and the grass will turn blue. That’s how magic these poems are.‘ Michael Rosen
Packed full of silly, funny, or downright hilarious poems (with a few serious ones mixed in) this brilliant collection from exciting young poet, Joshua Seigal is perfect for fans of Michael Rosen and anyone else who needs a giggle. If you like poetry, you’ll like this book. And if you don’t like poetry you’ll LOVE it!
With poems on every topic from the power of books to the joys of fried chicken, this collection is a fabulous mix of Joshua Seigal’s subversive humour and insight into the world of children. With hilarious doodle style illustrations by Chris Piascik, if you don’t like poetry after reading this, there’s probably something wrong with you!
Book band: Grey – Ideal for Age 8 – 9
Postman Bear 
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats 
Loss of the Magyar and Other Poems 
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats 
River Lane 
The Tamarit Poems 
The Handle of the Door 
The Bees 
New and Selected Poems, Volume Two 
The Black Place 
Cross-Talk 
This Is Yarrow 
The Iliad 
The Genre of Silence 
The Skies Above My Eyes 
Poems & Fragments 
Clare Beaton's Bedtime Rhymes 
Imagined Sons 
Will Burns 
Floss 
Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum 
Selected Poetry 
The Last Poems of Jules Laforgue 
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer