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See You Later, Escalator by John Foster (view source)
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Always a sucker for a good poetry anthology here at Bookbag, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Foster. ''See You Later, Escalator'' continues in the same vein, with poems from the likes of Tony Mitton, Michael Rosen, Michelle Magorian and Brian Patten.
We adored [[Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar by John Foster|Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar]], but were a little less keen on [[Whizz Bang Orang-Utan by John Foster|Whiz Bang Orang-Utan]] as it didn't quite let its hair down enough. Thankfully, ''See You Later, Escalator'' is back on top form, with a super set superset of amusing, charming and evocative poems about childhood.
Particular favourites include Peggy Guthart's ''Ready For Spaghetti'', Paul Bright's ''Ice Cream With Fish Fingers'' and Celia Warren's ''Cake-O-Saurus'' (ok, I might be a little peckish at the time of writing this review!) Kaye Umansky's ''Gorilla!'' is also hilarious, and Daphne Lister's ''The Wuzzy Wasps of Wasperton'' is brilliant fun. If you're not moved my Michelle Magorian's ''Sad'' or Peter Dixon's ''Cuddle'' then there's something very wrong with you!
Thanks to the publishers for sending it to Bookbag.
As is usual with poetry reviews, we're recommending... nay, insisting, you buy [[A Kick In The Head: An Everyday Guide To Poetic Forms by Paul B Janeczko and Chris Raschka]]. [[Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things by Michael Rosen]] is also great fun, as are [[There's A Lion In My Bathroom by Giles Paley-Phillips]] and [[There's An Alien In The Classroom by Gervase Phinn]]. We also liked [[Book by John Agard and Neil Packer (illustrator)]].
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