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I Love You, Football Tony Bradman

I Love You, Football By Tony Bradman

I Love You, Football by Tony Bradman


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SeriesPoetry

Summary

A collection of poems about football, which covers various aspects of football, both as sport and popular culture, from going to watch your favourite team, to kicking about in the park, collecting the club strip and playing for the school. This title includes many well-known poets liked Alan Ahlberg, Ted Hughes. Roger McGough, and others.

I Love You, Football Summary

I Love You, Football: Poems About the Beautiful Game by Tony Bradman

Covering a wide variety of aspects of football, both as sport and popular culture, from going to watch your favourite team, to kicking about in the park, collecting the club strip and playing for the school, this anthology represents the very best of poetry on one of the most popular subjects. It treats the theme seriously, though not without humour, and includes many well-known poets liked Alan Ahlberg, Ted Hughes. Roger McGough, Jackie Kay, Ian McMillan, Gerard Benson, John Foster, Nick Toczek, Paul Cookson, Roger Stevens, Brian Moses and many more. Tony Bradman is a highly respected children's poet, novelist and anthologiser who is himself a fanatic football lover and the author and editor of football stories for children including "One Nil" and three volumes of "Football Fever".

I Love You, Football Reviews

Earns its place on this crowded shelf ... An impressive line-up of contemporary children's poets ... For a football anthology for upper juniors this is probably as good as any available. -- School Librarian 20040301 Children who love 'the beautiful game' will appreciate the range of emotions, the agony, the ecstasy, and the excitement described by the many poets included in this well-chosen and humourously illustrated anthology ... There is plenty of variety to suit all tastes ... You'll be over the moon with this anthology, not sick as a parrot. -- Books for Keeps 20040701

About Tony Bradman

Tony Bradman is an experienced editor, writer and anthologist in the world of children's books. He has written numerous plays, stories and poems for young children. He is also a fanatical football follower.

Additional information

GOR004046523
9780750242783
0750242787
I Love You, Football: Poems About the Beautiful Game by Tony Bradman
Used - Good
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
2003-07-17
128
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