Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble: Magical Poems Chosen by Paul Cookson
Can you hear the distant dragon's rumble of thunder? And smell the sweet swampy aroma of the ogre? Can you taste the tangy tarantula tarts? And see the girl who's really a wizard? From magic carpets and wands to unicorns, potions, creams and lotions, Paul Cookson's brewing a spell of fantastically magic poems.
On this tattered magic carpet
You can choose your destination
For nothing’s quite as magical
As your imagination
Beautifully illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon, this enchanting anthology brings together work from a range of classic, established and rising poets. Whether you're in the mood for a haunting or a spell gone wrong, this collection of mesmerising poems will have you bewitched from beginning to end!
Poets include: William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Benjamin Zephaniah, John Agard, Valerie Bloom, Matt Goodfellow, Joshua Seigal and A.F. Harrold.
Book Band: Dark Blue
Ideal for ages 9+
Paul Cookson lives in Retford with his wife, two children, a dog and several ukuleles. He has worked as a poet since 1989 and has visited thousands of schools and performed to hundreds of thousands of pupils and staff. Paul is the official Poet in Residence for the National Football Museum, the Poetry Ambassador for United Learning and Poet Laureate for Slade. He worked as the Poet for Everton Collection at Liverpool Library, was Poet in Residence for Literacy Times Plus and, as part of the National Year of Reading, was nominated a National Reading Hero and received his award at 10 Downing Street. Paul has 60 titles to his name and poems that appear in over 200 other books, and his work has taken him all over the world. Follow Paul on Twitter @paulcooksonpoet.
When Eilidh Muldoon isn’t drawing she’s thinking about drawing and she loves nothing more than to immerse herself in the world of traditional stories. An illustrator and designer, she works on a variety of popular books and prints, and also teaches illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. Eilidh illustrated Fierce, Fearless and Free for Bloomsbury and you can discover more of her work at www.eilidhmuldoodles.com.