"The Works has been a great go-to book for thousands of teachers for the last 25 years. Poetry needs space, time and ‘air’ so that children can find it, browse it, hear it and speak it. The Works does the work.” - Michael Rosen

The Works poetry collection is 25 years old! This special anniversary edition features brand-new lesson plans from poets including John Foster, Brian Moses, Valerie Bloom and Pie Corbett.

The Works contains every kind of poem you will ever need for school, but it is also a book packed with brilliant poems that will delight any reader.

It's got chants, action verses, riddles, tongue twisters, shape poems, puns, acrostics, haikus, cinquains, kennings, couplets, thin poems, lists, conversations, monologues, epitaphs, songs, limericks, tankas, nonsense poems, raps, narrative verse and performance poetry that's just for starters.

This WHOPPING 25th anniversary edition of the poetry classic, compiled and edited by Paul Cookson and published by Pan Macmillan, is organised to help students and teachers find poems based on specific criteria (like style, subject or author). It was a treat to be asked to illustrate what is one of the most iconic poetry books around.

You can order The Works at most online bookstores.

Amazon Australia: https://amzn.asia/d/0adS7oND​

Pan Macmillan: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/paul-cookson/the-works-1/9781035051144

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