The Works 7 really does contain every poem that you will ever need for the Literacy Hour, but it is also a book packed with fantastic poems that will delight any reader. These are the poems that punctuate our lives - at school, at home, at weddings and celebrations, and in sadder times too. It features treasured gems from generations of poets and hundreds of years of our history.

The book is arranged in sections which include The Sea, Weather, People, Creatures, Time, Magic and Mystery, Travel, Seasons, Childhood and Night and Day.