Description
Why is it
The roustabout Rooster, raging at the dawn
Wakes us so early?
A warrior king is on fire!
His armour is all crooked daggers and scimitars
And it’s shivering red-hot – with rage!
First published in 1984, this book of prose-linked animal poems won both the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and the Signal Poetry Award. This new, illustated edition remains ‘a very beautiful book: God and his son go to visit mankind and ask a few simple questions . . . the poems are pure enchantment’ (The School Librarian).
Marratide 
Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy 
Dog Poems 
My First Mr. Men Nursery Rhymes 
Hansel and Gretel 
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats