I start to beg andHere you will find your favourite classics (Blake's "The Tyger", Keats' "Ozymandias", Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"),along with soon-to-be favourites like Pauline Clarke's "My Name is...":
fur hot and frizzy and
head's gone sizzle dizzy and
you're there through the glass and
more hankies whizz past and
Oh Oh Oh
the drier starts to slow
my fur starts to spark and
the pillow-cases bark and
the nightdress winks and
the clean wash sinks
to a stop
My name is Sluggery-wuggeryThis is a collection for every child (and adult) who has ever been afraid, sleepless, full of questions, full of life.]]>
My name is Worms-for-tea
My name is Swallow-the-table-leg
My name is Drink-the-Sea.
My name is I-eat-saucepans
My name is I-like-snails
My name is Grand-piano-George
My name is I-ride-whales.
My name is Jump-the-chimney
My name is Bite-my-knee
My name is Jiggery-pokery
And Riddle-me-ree, and ME.
Featuring specially commissioned poems by: * Gerard Benson * James Berry * Valerie Bloom * Charles Causley * Judith Chernaik * Gillian Clarke * Wendy Cope * Gavin Ewart * Cicely Herbert * X. J. Kennedy * Adrian Mitchell * Edwin Morgan * Kit Wright *
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