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Vampires, witches, fairies, wizards and mermaids meet them all here in Angela Topping's poems. She shares her wicked sense of humour about school and celebrates festivals, families and nature in this delightful collection of much anthologised poems now brought together for the first time. These poems have been enjoyed by children of all ages the length and breadth of the country in a variety of venues including schools, libraries and festivals. Enter Topping's zany world of magic and mystery, where teenage wizards wear doc martens and your auntie is a vampire. You will never want to leave.
List of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Witch in the Supermarket
- Baba Yaga and Katie Weir
- A Wizard Teacher
- The New Generation
- Aunt Jane
- Mer-Mum
- Midsummer Night
- My Old Man
- Satanic Supplies
- They Mean Business
- Dear Spider
- Cat's Prayer
- The Prayer of the Rabbits
- Counting Sheep
- Creatures Haiku
- Fears
- Snake
- The Pigeon Fancies
- Rivals
- Savoy Hotel Cat
- It's True
- Teachers These Days
- The Mean Librarian
- To Be Chanted Very Loud at Playtime
- Classroom Hamster
- End of Term Reports
- Snitch
- Not To Blame
- Lonely
- My Pets
- New Start
- The Staff
- After School Cinquains
- Bonfire Night
- Hallowe'en Party
- Christmas Tree
- Recipe for a Festival
- Recipe for a Birthday
- The Creation Disco
- Winter Morning
- Weatherings
- Finding Magic
- Haiku for the Seasons
- Friends
- My Best Friend
- After the Earthquake
- Change Our Ways
- Kenning My Dad
- Riddle
- Hypocrites
- After the Match
- Little Houses
About the author
Angela Topping is a freelance poet with twenty years experience as an English teacher. She was Head of Literacy and Oracy at Upton Hall School until 2009. Her poems have been widely published, are used in verse speaking festivals all over the world, and feature in textbooks and on the internet education sites of various organisations including Amnesty International and Oxfam. She is a seasoned poet-in-schools for The Poetry Society and Windows Project, Liverpool. She has mentored many young writers and has tutored creative writing courses for all age groups. Her poems have been performed in a wide range of venues including The Greenbelt Festival, Manchester Poetry Festival, and The Bluecoat Arts Centre Liverpool.
