Ridiculous Rhymes
By (Author) John Foster
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins Children's Books
13th December 2001
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes
Educational: First / native language: Literature studies
821.008
Paperback
96
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 6mm
82g
RIDICULOUS RHYMES is the second of 4 sparkling new collections of nonsense poems which mark the return of Collins Childrens 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
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 Childrens 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
Well-known author/poet/teacher, John Foster promotes his books around the country and often, too, in Australia and New Zealand. He is a delightful and intelligent man who is well-known in poetry circles and to schools and libraries as well as to the trade.