Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

'Eunoia', which means 'beautiful thinking', is the shortest word in the English language to contain all five vowels. This book also contains them, but never at the same time. It includes five chapters that use only one vowel.

Contains 120 poems, including The Battery Hen , Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In , Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire , Mother and, of course, Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth .

Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the 'seven ages' of a human life, this anthology brings together the poems in English. Beginning with babies, it is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, ending with poems of mourning and commemoration.

In 1995 BBC Television's Bookworm programme conducted a poll amongst viewers to determine their favourite poems. The top 100 are presented in this book. They include the winner, Kipling's If , and many other classics, as well as modern verse by writers such as Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes.

The bestselling collection from Britain's best-loved poet and entertainer, Pam Ayres - now with extra new poems for the paperback edition

An epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must test his bravery and cunning to the full.

A collection of the poetry of Pam Ayres, this book offers an amalgamation of all her published works. Her poems take a humorous and honest look at life's pleasures and tribulations and includes such poems as Oh I Wish I'd Looked After me Teeth and Do You Think Bruce Springsteen Would Fancy Me? .

This collection contains 366 inspirational poems from around the world. With a different poem for each day of the year, including old favourites and new discoveries, this book aims to uplift and brighten the day of those who read it.

An illustrated book of poetry.

A comprehensive anthology of best-loved verse for all ages, beautifully illustrated by Isabelle Brent.