Inspiration for poetry can come from anywhere - a memory, an insight and even broccoli Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen explains the inspiration behind a selection of his own quirky poems, highlighting that ideas can come from many different places.

A collection of poems about school and friends - some familiar favourites and some brand new poems to excite young readers. Michael Rosen's humorous insights into children's lives make this a wonderfully accessible collection, with full colour illustrations by the irrepressible Korky Paul.

Just how did Roald Dahl get into writing? Where did he get his ideas from? What ingredients in his life turned him into the kind of writer he was? Michael Rosen - poet, broadcaster and former Children's Laureate - comes up with some of the answers to these key questions in his lively biography of the world's nunmber one storyteller.

Whether it's haunting or funny, musical or compassionate, Michael Rosen has created this collection of some of the best children's poetry to delight readers young and old, everywhere.

This new collection of children's poetry will delight readers young and old with Michael Rosen's famous sense of humour, wonder and pathos.

Imagine the fun of going on a bear hunt-through tall, wavy grass (SWISHY SWISHY ); swampy mud (SQUELCH SQUELCH ); and a swirling whirling snowstorm (HOOOO WOOOO ) - only to find a "real" bear waiting at the end of the trail

This is an appealing big-format paperback version of the 1989 Smarties Book Prize winner. Beautifully written and illustrated, the favourite children's rhyme is ideal for sharing with groups of children or perfect as a bedtime story.

He's wild, he's wicked, he's Little Rabbit Foo-Foo The bully-boy bunny likes nothing better than to ride through the forest bopping everyone on the head. Wriggly worms, tigers, no one is safe. But here comes the Good Fairy - and she is not amused

"You Can t Catch Me" and "You Can t Put Mustard in the Custard" were first published 25 years ago and were groundbreaking collections of poems for children. "You Can t Catch Me" won the Signal Poetry Award in 1982, and both books went on to become bestsellers. Combined here for the first time, the conversational and fun poetry from both these collections is fantastically matched by silly but perfectly detailed full-color illustrations. An audio CD is also provided so that children can listen to their favorite poems."

We all have 'sad stuff' to deal with in life. What makes Michael Rosen most sad is thinking about his son, Eddie, who died. In this book he writes about his sadness, how it affects him, and some of the things he does to try to cope with it.