A collection of poems that take a look at the grosser, weirder, funnier side of life, including "A Giant Gorilla Came Up to Me," "Itchy Feet," and "If Ever Aliens."

A collection of poems that take a look at the grosser, weirder, funnier side of life, including A Giant Gorilla Came Up to Me, Itchy Feet, and If Ever Aliens.

A collection of poems that take a look at the grosser, weirder, funnier side of life, including "A Giant Gorilla Came Up to Me, " "Itchy Feet," and "If Ever Aliens>"

A collection of comical poems on such subjects as school, bullies, aliens, dinosaurs, and monsters.

In Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge, the irrepressible, ever-irreverent Colin McNaughton -- creator of verses to be read when grownups aren't around presents an exuberant collection packed with puns, parodies, and playground humor. Featuring such worthy poems as "Don't Stick That Marble Up Your Nose!" and "Itchy Feet, " as well as McNaughton's equally outrageous illustrations, this book is rated a solid five raspberries. A must for long car trips! In Wish You Were Here (and I Wasn't), the popular Colin McNaughton is as around the bend and far gone as ever. Side-splitting illustrations set off such gems as "I'm Off to Treasure Island, " "Aliens on Vacation, " and "Are We Nearly There Yet?"--providing hours of fun for itinerant fans and armchair travelers alike.

A collection of comical poems on such subjects as school, bullies, aliens, dinosaurs, and monsters.

This text on implementing the Literacy Hour in primary schools includes: a demonstration of how to meet the teaching objectives through well-chosen fiction and poetic texts; appropriate activities at whole text, sentence and word level; and practical ideas to aid the planning of the Literacy Hour.