A wonderful anthology of poems that will form the cornerstone to a lifetime's enjoyment of poetry. With poems from authors as diverse as Spike Milligan, Stevie Smith, Lewis Carroll and John Lennon, each verse has been selected with the intent to set sparks flying through the combination of subject matter, rhythm and pace, each of them begging to be read out loud and remembered forever.

Author Biography

Michael Morpurgo is an internationally acclaimed children's author, with over sixty books to his name. He lives in Devon, where he and his wife run the charity Farms for City Children.