Moondust and Mystery : Magic Poems

by John Foster (Editor)

In this spirited selection of poems about magic, you will find witches and wizards, dragons and trolls, black cats and magic carpets - all the ingredients, in fact, for a wonderfully atmospheric magical brew, stirred and seasoned to perfection by our most tried and trusted poetry anthologist. BLBrilliant selection of poems by top children's poets including Jack Prelutsky, Brian Moses and Grace Nichols BLJohn Foster's books for OUP have sold over 1 million copies. His previous book of magic poems, which was illustrated by Korky Paul, has sold over 50,000 copies alone BLBewitching cover artwork and lively black and white tone illustrations throughout by Peter Bailey who is well-known for his illustrations for Philip Pullman's younger novels, and for the inside artwork for Tony Mitton's poetry collection Plum BLTopical subject, especially with the current popularity of novels for both young and teenage age-groups that feature a magical theme

Paperback

First published October 3, 2002

About the author

John Foster taught English for twenty years before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of over 100 books for classroom use including the best-selling PSHE and Citizenship course Your Life. He is also a highly regarded children's poet, anthologist and poetry performer.

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