Ridiculous Rhymes

by John Foster (Editor)

Overview

RIDICULOUS RHYMES is the second of 4 sparkling new collections of nonsense poems which mark the return of Collins Children's Books to poetry publishing. John Foster is a well-known poet, teacher, and his book, WHAM BANG ORANGUTAN is hugely popular (OUP). He is highly-regarded both in the trade and in schools.
The books use both new and existing material with humorous line illustrations thorughout. Well-known poets are included such as Spike Milligan, Michael Rosen, Pam Ayers, Jez Alborough and John Foster himself.
Where do dinner ladies eat
while you enjoy their cooking?
They pop out to the burger bar
when non one else is looking. Jez Alborough

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007112128
Publisher:	HarperCollins Children's Books
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

John Foster is a well-known author/poet/teacher/anthologist who promotes his books around the country and also in Australia and New Zealand. He is a delightful, intelligent man with a good reputation in poetry circles and in schools and libraries, as well as in the trade.

Editorial Reviews

Completely Crazy Poems
No one can fail to dip into this book and come away without a cheeky smirk on their face. One to chase away the winter blues.
Funday Times

Ridiculous Rhymes
Fantastic stuff to introduce youngsters to poetry before they go all silly and wander like clouds.
Dorset Echo

A Century of Children’s Poems
It is a compelling mix of all genres and treatments, and readers are sure to be enriched whether they dip in and out of the book or progress through it in a structured way. Enticing and rewarding, this collection gives a real insight into the superb variety of poems on the 20th century. Bookseller

From the Publisher