This collection of approximately 40 poems features work by some of the UK's top children's poets. The focus is on poems that come to life in performance and meet the needs of the classroom teacher, particularly at Key Stage 2 in terms of delivering the Literacy Hour requirements for poetry. Paul Cookson, Michael Rosen, Andrew Fusek Peters, Pie Corbett, Wes Magee and John Rice are some of the featured poets. Ethnic minorities are strongly represented, including work by John Agard, Valerie Bloom, Debjani Chatterjee and Adisa. Brian Moses has compiled this collection not only to demonstrate the richness and excitement of poetry, but also to meet a wide variety of curriculum needs.