We agree that ‘The Trial of Derek Drew’ will go down particularly well – I am looking forward to reading the children’s own poems for their trial transcripts!

If you decide not to receive newsletters at all, you’ll have to unsubscribe from all the mailing lists. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I raised the question with Better World Books and although they could not supply a hardcover version they were extremely generous in making up for the descepency. Innovative, funny and moving, his work encompasses storybooks, picture books, easy readers, joke books and novels as well as poems.This illustrated collection of amusing poems and songs celebrating primary school life won the Signal Poetry Award in 1990. I remember my mum (a primary school teacher) carrying a very battered copy of this in her bag to and from school. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Shed a tear for The Boy Without A Name, discover the secrets to teachers (they NEVER leave the school! It was because Janet wanted to illustrate a book that Allan wrote his first book, the Brick Street boys.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Packed with rhythmic poetry and playful songs, this timeless collection has delighted children for generations. Unfortunately rather than being hardcover as described at time of sale, it was a paperback but it is in good condition . Classic characters like Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman have become firm favourites with a generation of children who are now reading them to their own offspring. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. If you believe that your personal data has been misused, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.