John Foster
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 68
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In this spirited selection of poems about magic, you will find witches and wizards, dragons and trolls, black cats and magic carpets - all the ingredients, in fact, for a wonderfully atmospheric magical brew, stirred and seasoned to perfection by our most tried and trusted poetry anthologist.* Brilliant selection of poems by top children's poets including Jack Prelutsky, Brian Moses and Grace Nichols* John Foster's books for OUP have sold over 1 million copies. His previous book of magic poems, which was illustrated by Korky Paul, has sold over 50,000 copies alone* Bewitching cover artwork and lively black and white tone illustrations throughout by Peter Bailey who is well-known for his illustrations for Philip Pullman's younger novels, and for the inside artwork for Tony Mitton's poetry collection Plum* Topical subject, especially with the current popularity of novels for both young and teenage age-groups that feature a magical theme