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A superb collection of football poems covering many aspects of the game. Written in verse forms - sonnets, rhyming couplets and more. As good as previous collection!

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9780141307497

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An appealing collection of football poems covering many aspects of the game, written in a wide variety of verse forms.

Football-mad youngsters will love this witty and nostalgic collection of football poems by Allan Ahlberg, author of the bestselling collections Please Mrs Butler and Heard it in the Playground. Ahlberg has the knack of getting inside the minds of his young readers, empathizing with their thoughts, feelings and dreams. David Beckham wannabees will undoubtedly be inspired by 'Surely This Boy Must Play for England', and identify with the embarrassment of over-enthusiastic parents in 'Dad on the Line', while the havoc caused by a lost ball in 'Polite Children' is bound to raise a chuckle. There's even a poem for Dad - '1966, or Were You There, Daddy?' - which is sure to have 50-somethings getting a little misty-eyed! Ahlberg has used a variety of verse forms, such as sonnets, rhyming couplets and narrative poems which, coupled with his chatty style and use of the modern idiom, will hopefully encourage youngsters to develop an appreciation of poetry. The book is enhanced by Fritz Wegner's humorous, cartoon-style illustrations. Ages 5-13 (Kirkus UK)

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In the early 1960s, Allan studied teacher training in Sunderland, where he also met Janet, his future wife. He had tackled a wide variety of jobs, ranging from postman to plumber's mate before working as a primary teacher for ten years. Janet, however, discovering that she 'couldn't do the policing job', went on to study graphic design, which led her to her vocation as an illustrator. Several years later, bored with her then current job, and desperate for a creative opening, Janet asked Allan to write a children's book for her to illustrate. Allan, having always wanted to write but being unable to find his niche, suddenly felt 'as though he was a clockwork toy and she had turned the key'. So began the career which would later lead them to become one of Britain's most successful author/illustrator teams, producing ingenious books of the highest quality. Influenced by comics and cartoons, their perfect partnership went on to produce masterpieces including PEEPO!, which reflected Allan's childhood ('I am the Peepo! baby.'), EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE BABY'S CATALOGUE. These books have all become children's classics, with their 'rhythmic prose, their mix of dottiness and sentiment appealing both to young children and to the parents who read them aloud' (Louette Harding, The Daily Mail). Working together, they saw their books as more than simply the combin

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