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November 1, 2004/in Poetry 10-14 Middle/Secondary /by Angie Hill
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BfK 149 November 2004
Reviewer: Tania Earnshaw
ISBN: 0192753916
Price: N/A
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Genre: Poetry
Age Range: 10-14 Middle/Secondary
Length: 96pp
  • Chosen by: Susie Gibbs
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Poems to Take on Holiday

Illustrator: Jess Mikhail

This is an amusing collection full of holiday aggravations and catastrophes. Even the old classic about wherever an English person is, there must be a fried breakfast appears. Images of ‘airborne trampolines’ and trolleys hiding in the car park stayed with me long after I closed the book. You’ll recognise many of the cringe inducing experiences like the poem of what not to say to the B&B landlady. I loved the idea that ‘bank holiday’s aren’t just for people, the sun’s worked non-stop since July’. Not sure that this would fit in my luggage but a fun attempt to get shelf space in the bookshops at Heathrow.

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