Product Description

Runner-up for the 1996 Mother Goose Award, this unconventional collection of poetry and rhymes turns the English language on its head, with tongue twisters, puns and nonsense verse.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17617 in Books
• Published on: 1997-02-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Customer Reviews

A book of funny laughs
This is my favourite book.Mummy knows some of the poems already, but most are new.They are so funny I can't decide which is my best one.I do like this, though; 11 was a racehorse, 22 was 1 2. 11 1 a race, 22 1 1 2.

Laugh and learn with Michael Rosen's perceptive book
This book exploits the vaguaries of English to hilarious effect whilst also provoking thought about how the language works. Adults, children and those in between will enjoy the word play and teachers will find ideal material for Literacy lessons. Discover an alternative spelling for 'potato' and laugh out loud!

Walking on the bridge of you Nose
Excellent, my 8 year old son loved this as a birthday gift. He is always playing with the sounds of words, phrases and accents. Some to the poems made him laugh so much as he either tried to read them himself or had them read to him.

Excellent resource for schools as well - good examples of poetry and very creative use of language