The Fantasy Kid
Published on 15. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-84471-794-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Fantasy Kid collects together Rupert Loydell's poems for children, teenagers and the young-at-heart, all of which have been test-driven by the author at schools, festivals, libraries and readings around the country. Whether making excuses at school, pondering questions about the nature of chocolate, serenading slugs, saying good bye to a starfish, introducing us to Doctor Fizz and Alvin the Aardvark, or remembering holidays with distant relatives, these poems are witty, irreverent, memorable and odd - although this book has a serious side too ... Look out! The Fantasy Kid is coming to your town, and your world will never be the same again.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Illustrations
With 12 line art illustrations; 12 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84471-794-1 (9781844717941)
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Persons
Rupert Loydell is Senior Lecturer in English with Creative Writing at University College Falmouth, and the editor of Stride and With magazines. He is the author of many books of poetry, including A Conference of Voices and the forthcoming Boombox!, as well as several collaborative works; he also paints small abstract paintings. He lives in a creekside village in Cornwall with his family and far too many books and CDs.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgements
The TV Went Away Today
Poem to Order
We Don't Do That One Anymore
A Nice School
The Teachers
a (o)
Wilberforce Grommett-Smith
The Fantasy Kid
If You Were Made Of Chocolate
Excuses
Morning Poem
Full
Sea
Dusk
Sunset
Days of Rain
River, in Flood
Snow
Frost
Tonight
Winter Triptych
Spider
Happy Hippy Poem
Timeless
Spiral Weld
Doctor Fizz
Alpine Zoo, Innsbruck
Found Animal Rights Poem
Teflon Finial And Alvin The Aardvark
Slugs
Poetic Blues
A Few Moments of Freedom
M6 Motorbike
Back Seat Driver
This Train
Truant & Fly
I Surfed Home On The Motorway
Who's A Lucky Boy Then?
A Right Charlie
No One Made MashLike My Grandad!
Distant Relations
Glorious
Norfolk Broads
Keeping the Same Tension
Me and the Missus
The Pedlar of Winds
Tree Stump
November the Fifth Love Poem
Firework Finale
Missing Persons
Nobody
Clown
My Pebble
River
Poem For A Girl Putting A Starfish Back Into The Sea
Lullaby
Acknowledgements
The TV Went Away Today
Poem to Order
We Don't Do That One Anymore
A Nice School
The Teachers
a (o)
Wilberforce Grommett-Smith
The Fantasy Kid
If You Were Made Of Chocolate
Excuses
Morning Poem
Full
Sea
Dusk
Sunset
Days of Rain
River, in Flood
Snow
Frost
Tonight
Winter Triptych
Spider
Happy Hippy Poem
Timeless
Spiral Weld
Doctor Fizz
Alpine Zoo, Innsbruck
Found Animal Rights Poem
Teflon Finial And Alvin The Aardvark
Slugs
Poetic Blues
A Few Moments of Freedom
M6 Motorbike
Back Seat Driver
This Train
Truant & Fly
I Surfed Home On The Motorway
Who's A Lucky Boy Then?
A Right Charlie
No One Made MashLike My Grandad!
Distant Relations
Glorious
Norfolk Broads
Keeping the Same Tension
Me and the Missus
The Pedlar of Winds
Tree Stump
November the Fifth Love Poem
Firework Finale
Missing Persons
Nobody
Clown
My Pebble
River
Poem For A Girl Putting A Starfish Back Into The Sea
Lullaby