From schooldays to summer holidays, and from childhood fantasies to nostalgic reminiscences, writers have provided us with a rich seam of children's poetry over the years. This delightful selection brings over seventy poems together, from such celebrated poets as A. A. Milne, Kenneth Grahame, Hilaire Belloc, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Lear, Michael Rosen, Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, Allan Ahlberg, Spike Milligan and Rudyard Kipling.

It mixes classic titles such as The King's Breakfast, On the Ning Nang Nong, Teeth, The Jumblies and Jabberwocky with more recent entries including First Day at School, Aliens Stole my Underpants, Talking Turkeys!! and The Computer's First Christmas Card.