Poems chosen by Colin West (Walker)

With all publisher’s profits going to the Children’s Trust, this is a book worth buying – and not just because it’s for a good cause. Poems old and new, funny and sad, scary, silly and often informative. There are real bears here, along with teddy bears, fictional bears and even non-bears (the koala). The works of an impressive array of renowned poets, including Spike Milligan, Roger McGough, Roger Stevens, Wes Magee, AA Milne, John Foster – and not forgetting Anon – is expressively illustrated by the anthologist. If you like bears, of any kind…

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