The Land of the Flibbertigibbets

John Foster is the well-known anthologist of over 150 collections of poetry for children, including the best-selling Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar and the six books of poetry illustrated by Korky Paul – Dinosaur Poems, Fantastic Football poems etc. John also compiled the Glow-worms poetry books in the Oxford Reading Tree series. He is the author of twelve books of his own poetry for children, such as Four O’Clock Friday and The Poetry Chest – a collection of over 250 of his original poems and of two rhyming dictionaries – the Oxford First Rhyming Dictionary and the Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictiionary.

Acknowledgements
I Am a Poem
In the Land of the Flibbertigibbets
In Looking-Glass Land
The Wizard’s Dragon
The Spotted Origami
This is a Troll-Bridge
The Grand Old Count of York
When Dracula Went to the Doctor
Beware the Draculasaurus
Di Knows What’s Best For Dinosaurs
A Cheeky Boy Called Robert Rung
You’re for the High Jump!
My Brother’s Allergies
Grandpa’s False Teeth
In Memory of Billy Green
Epitaphs
The Name of the Game
How To Make a Football
Best Selling Football Books
Football Haiku
There Was an Old Woman
Mary’s Dad Was Football Mad
Final Scores
Let’s Give a Cheer for Onomatopeia
Have You Heard?
What Do You Call…
Anagram Antics
Backwards and Forwards
Geographical Definitions
Travellers’ Tales
The Itinerant Worker
I Used To Work
By Definition: Scents
Classified Ants
Animal Complaints
How To Make a Teacher
The Word Wizard Said: Give Yourself a Break
Anna’s All-Star Band
Z’s a Zipper-Zapper
Adverbially Speaking
It’s a Question of Homonyms
Exceptional Pasts
Things That Sound Old
Blowing Hot and Cold
Understanding Uncle Sam
Hey Diddle Diddle
Bedbug, Bedbug
Riddle
Spells
Threats
After the Storm
Toothache is a Torturer
Six Clerihews
Two Kennings
Diamond Poem
I Am a Free Verse Poem
In My Mind’s Eye
Epigrams
Behind the Raised Eyebrow
Inside a Shell