Meet Calico Kate and her cut-throat Crew, learn 12 ways of walking the plank, find out about the buried treasure of Spyglass Island and Blackbeard's ghost in this collection of pirate-themed poems for seven to nine year-olds.
Giants. Goblins. Graveyard whispers. Pirates, rumours and tongue-twisters. Football. Friends. Great-Great Grandad Ben. Astronauts and aliens. David's poetry has been entertaining children for over thirty years. This book brings together much-loved and brand new poems, perfect for reading alone or aloud: spooky poems, cheeky poems, quiet and outrageous poems. Here are poems about the moon and poems that make you think, as well as good advice on how to deal with a giant and where the worst place to find an alien might be.
Read all about Magic the rabbit, the space explorer and the ferret. Beware of Barry' s budgie and whatever you do, don' t look behind you! A sparkling collection from one of the UK' s top performance poets.