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In this entertaining and amusing collection of poems about all things football related, you will find hopeless dribblers, useless goalies, competitive dads, and biased refs. But you will also find triumphant teams, supportive families, lucky mascots and failsafe superstitions. There's all toplay for - and something for everyone.* Brilliant selection of poems by top children's poets like Tony Mitton, Allan Ahlberg, Michael Rosen and Paul Cookson* John Foster's books have sold over 1 million copies and his previous collection of football poems, Football Fever, has sold over 10.000 copies alone* Funky fluorescent cover and accessible format make this book eminently 'pick-uppable'!

I Love My Mum is a gorgeous collection of poems celebrating how wonderful our mums really are. From poems about a crazy mayonnaisy mum to a handstand-skateboarding supermum, messages for Mother's Day and a spell to make mum smile, this is the perfect gift for mothers, stepmothers or foster mothers. My Mum wears a jelly bra. She says it helps her figure. I reckon she has matching pants That make her bottom quiver. Funny, silly, beautiful, emotional and thankful, this collection includes over fifty poems chosen by Gaby Morgan from Paul Cookson, Julia Donaldson, Rachel Rooney, and many more. With quirky illustrations by Jane Eccles, it's sure to make any mum laugh out loud, shed a happy tear, or raise a knowing eyebrow.

The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems is a hilarious anthology of the most giggle-worthy children's poems from one of the nations most celebrated children's poets, Brian Moses. Perfect for gifting and for reading aloud, you'll be chortling along with Brian as he shows you the funniest poems in the world! Explore chucklesome poems about pets, funny creatures, school, family, fantasy and fairy-tales, dinosaurs and dragons, space, and just plain SILLY poems. With poets such as Brian Bilston, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Pie Corbett and Paul Cookson next to Liz Brownlee, Mike Jubb, James Carter and Rachel Rooney, this is the ultimate collection of rib-tickling poems guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.

From John Agard and Julia Donaldson to Nikita Gill, Brian Bilston and Carol Ann Duffy, The Big Amazing Poetry Book is a brilliant, accessible introduction to poetry and to fifty-two fantastic poets. Introduced by Roger McGough, the book features the illustrations of former Children's Laureate and beloved author of the Goth Girl and Ottoline series, Chris Riddell. A warm, funny collection, this book is packed with many different styles of poetry – ballads, riddles, tongue-twisters, shape poems, haikus, sonnets and raps – about seasons, festivals, animals, birds, love, war, food, fish and football and much more. Each poet is showcased with seven of their poems alongside a biography to give exciting, engaging context to their work – plus a stunning line artwork on every page. A must have for any young readers, The Big Amazing Poetry Book primarily features work from twentieth and twenty-first century poets. Included are John Agard, Brian Bilston, Lewis Carroll, Joseph Coelho, Julia Donaldson, Carol Ann Duffy, Nikita Gill, Jackie Kay, Roger McGough – and many more. '[A] warm, funny and imaginative celebration of verse, and the ideal introduction to a mix of diverse poets' – Lancashire Post

Description Altered Perception is an eighteen month daily journey from an acute psychiatric hospital admission prior to my 2009 acute psychiatric admission via HMP Holloway Women's Prison. This diary explores my lesbian sexuality, the parenting role of James, my young biological son in looked after foster care, and my support of a loved one with prostate cancer. In this diary I reveal that for me it is not so much whether mental illness can be cured, but what one does in life in between each acute psychiatric episode. A kind of walking between the raindrops, until you get wet experience. About the Author Yvonne Stewart-Williams[Butler] was born in 1961 and is a black English European lesbian single mother with a history of mental illness. She is employed and has spent a short time in HMP Holloway Women's Prison and several admissions in a locked women only ward, in a psychiatric hospital.

Do you feel as though you never have time to breathe in between all those things that need to get done? Swamped with the ever-increasing demands of work and motherhood? Then Time Management For Manic Mums is the book for you! Allison Mitchell, a sought after 'Mum coach', brings relief to all manic mums with this realistic, no-nonsense approach to managing your time better. Offering simple, fast and easy solutions, this dynamic guide offers tools you need to become a calmer and more organised parent. By following Allison's time-management programme you can really bring balance to you, your children and your home.

A “Mom Must-Read”—Parents A National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA) Winner Easy-to-follow practices that will help moms find quick, daily opportunities to reset and refocus with mindfulness. And don’t miss Don’t Forget to Breathe for more 5-minute mindfulness. Moms can feel as if they are sprinting through life, crashing onto the pillow at day’s end only to start again the next morning. In Breathe, Mama, Breathe, psychotherapist Shonda Moralis outlines the benefits of daily meditation and shows moms how to do it—in just five minutes! Plus, she shares over 60 “mindful breaks” that will help moms tune into their own well-being (along with everyone else’s): Eat a mindful breakfast—with no phone, TV, or newspaper! Cuddle your child and take three deep breaths together. Give yourself a mindful-mommy high five—because moms can use positive reinforcement, too. Every mom—whether caring for a new baby, an overscheduled grade-schooler, or an angsty teen—can become a mindful mama!

Shayla is on a newspaper assignment when she returns to the public housing estate where she grew up and finds it demolished. The locals have been evicted, their homes erased, their stories too. Standing among the rubble of Rosemeadow, Shayla is assailed by her memories of living there. The bad secret Daddy asked her to keep. Mummy rekindling a dangerous romance. Making friends with 'the gutter kids'. Surrounded by poverty, confronted by domestic violence, Shayla found her escape in reading. Now it's time to tell the stories of Rosemeadow, including her own. Roseghetto is an unforgettable and moving coming-of-age story, an account of breaking the cycle of violence and poverty.