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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0995647895|title=The Owl Sadie and the Pussy-catSea Dogs|author=Edward Lear, Charlotte Voake Maureen Duffy and Julia DonaldsonAnita Joice|rating=3.5
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|summary=This is Sadie's mother always said that she was a poem which has always resonated with medreamer, because there is something about it which is nothing short of magicalher mind never on what she should be doing. It taps into that part of children which still love nursery rhymes, or to pretend they fly to She lives by the moon when they go River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to sleep. This edition is beautifully laid out, and I would happily buy it in a heartbeatspend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>072329321X</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Esiri Poem|title=The It Doesn't Matter Suit and Other StoriesA Poem for Every Day of the Year|author=Sylvia Plath and David RobertsAllie Esiri|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=I've said it before and I'll say it againFor those who do not read much poetry, that you should always approach classical authors through their least typicalfor those who do not know where to start, shortest this is a fun and more individual works – you won't gain much insight perhaps into why they were famous, but you will find more entertainment and greater pleasures by staying outside the canoneasy commitment to take on. And the lovely people at Faber and Faber have Reading a poem a case in point – rather than plough through serious dross from Eliotday does not take long, mere minutes, why not stick to [[The Illustrated Old Possum by T S Eliot and Nicolas Bentley]]? And with Sylvia Plath I cannot think of over three-hundred poems in here there's bound to be a better place poem that speaks to start with her oeuvre than with these snappy and delightful pageseach reader directly.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571314643</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Stevenson_Garden|title=Over the Hills and Far AwayA Child's Garden of Verses|author=Elizabeth Hammill (Editor)Robert Louis Stevenson|rating=52|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseAnthologies|summary=I’m Robert Louis Stevenson was a bit picky on behalf very versatile writer; he delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of my toddler. See the word ‘Treasury’ Doctor Jekyll and I expect him to be treated to a volume Mr Hyde'' but he will want did not restrict himself to pass on to his own children. Anything less representations of the gothic and I am disappointed. I’m relieved to get one thing straight from the startpersecuted. This one’s a gem - a gorgeous joy of a book that you will just want to keep opening again He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again. It’s , he did not a question of whether it is worthy of hypothetical grandchildren, it’s more a question of how well thumbed it will be when they get itrestrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847804063</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Donaldson_Treasury|title=What A Wonderful WorldTreasury of Songs|author=Bob Thiele, George David Weiss Julia Donaldson and Tim HopgoodAxel Scheffler
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|summary=You know Some people have all the song alreadyskills, not only is Julia Donaldson one of the most successful children's authors, but this peep-through book recreates she can also carry a tune. For the magic past few years, she has adapted many of her most popular stories into songs and plays them during open readings, or releases them as part of a songbook. For the ''Twelve Days first time, A Treasury of Songs brings together several of Christmas'' her books in one omnibus and it also has a beautiful and special wayCD too of Donaldson singing the songs.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848958862</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=The Oxford Treasury of Nursery RhymesWoollard_Kipling|author=Sarah Williams and Karen King|rating=3.5|genretitle=For Sharing|summary=When it comes to nursery rhymes, what you learn at your Mother’s knee as a baby is gospel. Recently I have expanded my repertoire courtesy of Cheshire libraries excellent rhyme time activities, but at heart I still canRudyard Kipling't quite come to terms with the librarian saying 'washed ''the spider'' out as opposed to my mum’s washed ''poor Incey'' out'. Sadly, Williams’ and King’s compendium ''The Oxford Treasury of Nursery Rhymes'' doesn’t take my Mum’s side in this.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192738666</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Mad About Mega Beasts!|author=Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz (Illustrator)|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=When I was small I was fascinated with things that were big; big buildings, big vehicles, big animals. However, I have recently learnt that there is a size that is bigger than big – mega. What beasts, both from now and from the past, are large enough to achieve this accolade and be welcomed into the hallowed pages of this book?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408329352</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=A is Amazing!: Poems about Feelingss Just So Stories|author=Wendy Cooling Elli Woollard and Piet GroblerMarta Altes
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|summary=How do you get young children interested Now, whatever our age, there are probably a few books that we have all encountered at some point in poetry? I guess you hope our childhoods. They have stood the test of time to such an extent that you don't they have become a piece of our culture common to – you want them to be aware so many of clapping us, and skipping songs are known throughout the world. One of them is by natureRudyard Kipling, who brought a child's sense of wonder and his own Victorian absurdist set of lyrics explanations to music heard play in school and at home. Surely it's a case dozen examples of making sure a child never learns warm whimsy. In shrugging off evolution he got to hold verse in disfavourconvey how the rhino skin is so ill-fitting and rumpled, how the whale learnt he cannot eat humans, and carries how the elephant got such a natural eagerness for poetry through to adulthoodthing as his trunk. But just in caseIn doing so he entertained his young daughter, there are books such not knowing she would die as this wonderfully thoughta child long before he produced a book-through compilation, length collection – and way before he saw something into print that will catch the eye has lasted ever since. Just in case these tales are not for your young audience yet (and entertain those aged six or seven and upit won't be long, trust me), you can start them in early with this lovely and provide for many a read of many a different style of versebright adaptation.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805132</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=Kicking A BallHarris_Rhyming|author=Allan Ahlberg|ratingtitle=5|genre=ChildrenI's Rhymes and Verse|summary=There is a boy who likes kicking a ball. It’s the best thing of all m Just No Good At Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for him, and there’s nothing he’d rather be doing, nowhere he’d rather be. We see his bedroom and this has some football albums in, Mischievous Kids and a football table, but his interest is definitely with playing rather than being on the side lines. There are other ball sports too, of course, but he’s not into tennis or volleyball or golf or cricket or hockey or netball or playing catch with a child in a wheelchair (nice touch). No, kicking a ball is where it’s at.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0723271208</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Macavity,the Mystery CatImmature Grown-Ups|author=T S Eliot Chris Harris and Arthur RobinsLane Smith
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|summary=Meet Ava. She's In the sniffy world of literary poetry, people seem to be able to knock together a girl dozen verses and get an audience of great imagination twenty people to buy a pamphlet, and they call themselves published authors. You get a big heartsimilar thing at times with poetry for the young – most poetry books, who brings an invisible cat home to mum one dayafter all, have a lot more blank space in them than routine volumes, who humours Ava by feeding it invisible food and letting the people compile their best arrays of very few words in between two bond. But when mess gets made, covers and mistakes about the house happenbingo, Ava declares innocencethey have a book, and blames twenty minutes later bingo, you've read it all on . That's most certainly not the cat – case here, for this is crammed with what has to be considered a major outpouring of wit and rhyme. And whatever age you are, and whatever experience with verse youmay have, this will not seem to you like someone'd be surprised how many accidents can be the result s first book of having an invisible kitten indoors…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571302505</amazonuk>poetry.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=What Does the Fox Say?Goss_600|author=Ylvis and Svein Nyhus|rating=3|genretitle=Children's Rhymes and Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse(Dr Who)|summaryauthor=I know an 18 month old who is ace at animal noises. He knows what the cat who lives with him says, but also knows what dogs say and monkeys say and owls say James Goss and cows say. I’ve not asked him if he knows was foxes say, but I imagine he doesn’t. I mean, do you?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471121941</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=I am a Poetato|author=John HegleyRussell T Davies
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|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=In this collection John Hegley says Consider the Doctor. Just how many birthday and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out each year, were he to keep in touch with even half of his companions? He would certainly need a few novelty gifts for some of them, say, for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of a Time Lord and that poetry is like music of some of his friends and enemies. As luck would have it, he has space in his TARDIS to stock up in that advance, so my advice to him – sorry, her – would be to pop along to understand it his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. And if you'sometimes…you need more than one go at it'. There is certainly more going re working on a shorter timescale, with John Hegley’s poems than a first read through reveals. So though 'I am a Poetato' has been published as a book for childrenshorter lifespan, these are poems for everyone and contain a lot for readers of any age to enjoythinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is pretty much the same.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847803970</amazonuk>
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{{newreview|title=Miss Dorothy-Jane Was Ever So Vain|author=Julie Fulton and Jona Jung|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Miss Dorothy-Jane is very much obsessed with her appearance, so when she sees there’s a competition to find Hamilton Shady’s best lady she just has to enter! She spends ever such a long time perfecting her look but on the way to the contest, disaster strikes. Will she realise that there’s more to life than looks, and sacrifice her chance to win a meet and greet with the Queen (yes, her Majesty!)? Can she do the right thing, even if she gets all dirty and dishevelled in the process? I’m sure you can guess the outcome, but the final ending was a surprise, even for me. A nice surprise, I should add.Frontpage|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848861060</amazonuk>}} {{newreview0956503527|title=What can you Stack on the Back of a Yak?|author=Alison Green and Adam Stower|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=You might be wondering why anyone would want to stack anything on the back of a yak, but the answer is simple. In this adorable tale, Captain Quack and the Yak (you’ve guessed it, this is a rhyming one) deliver post to the top of a mountain. Along the way the Yak likes to play, and, well, deviate from the track, and no matter how hard he tries, Captain Quack cannot control him. Uh oh. One day, the Yak ends up with a rather more interesting load than his usual parcels and boxes and sacks.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407135724</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Counting Sheep: A Bedtime Adventure!|author=Kathryn Cave and Chris Riddell|rating=5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Tom is supposed to be asleep. He’s been tucked up in bed for ages, so long in fact that it’s now mum and dad’s time to go to sleep, but he’s still wide awake. Just count some sheep, his mum says finally. But what should be a calming, boring, wind down activity that would put any sane person to sleep does not work for Tom. Because when the sheep come, they steal him off for a bedtime adventure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847804802</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=WhereThere's Tim's Ted? It's Time for Bed!|author=Ian Whybrow and Russell Ayto|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Tim is visiting Grandad and Granny Red on the farm. It’s bed time, but Tim can’t find Ted. He makes them look for him, but they don’t really bother. Just a perfunctory peek behind the sofa and, when that doesn’t unearth the teddy, Tim is packed off to bed with the promise that they’ll look again in the morning. But it’s hard to sleep without your toy, isn’t it? So, deep in the middle of the night, Tim creeps out of bed to go searching once more. He’s not alone, though. Grandad and Granny Red might be fast asleep but others on the farm are awake, and like the Pied Piper, Tim soon finds himself with quite a following.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007509561</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=The Pet Itch|author=Elli Woollard and Elina Ellis|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Most children want a pet at some point. Mossy Monster wants a pet itch more than anything else in the world. But his family (refreshingly consisting of a Granny, an Uncle and a sister) have all sorts of reasons why he shouldn't have one and his sister just seems to delight in tormenting him - as sisters do. But Sister comes though in the end with a crafty plan that will help Mossy get the Itch of his dreams, and make sure the grown ups do all the work as well. There is never a dull moment in this book with temper tantrums, rude rhymes and absolutely delightful illustrations. The best part of all though is the way the adults are so easily bamboozled.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861079</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace|author=A A Milne and E H Shepard|rating=5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Do you remember that time when they were changing guard at Buckingham Palace, and Christopher Robin went down with Alice? Or how about that Christmas when King John (not a good man) asked for lots of things but only really wanted a big, India-rubber ball? These were the poems of my childhood, so much so that when this new compilation arrived I remembered some of them by heart even though it must have been a good 20 years since I leafed through 'Now We Are Six' and 'When We Were Very Young'|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405268638</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Trumpety Trump|author=Steve Smallman and Adria Meserve|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Two subjects guaranteed to have any nursery age child in stitches are bums and farts. This book has plenty of both, along with some other very rude behaviour which will have children begging to hear this again and again. Although the book reads like a non stop riot of rude and raucous behaviour, it does teach children about friendship and manners as well. Adults will appreciate the moral to the story, but children will be so busy laughing, they'll hardly notice that they are learning at the same time.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407121812</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Sean Taylor and Ross Collins|title=Robot Rumpus|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=My sons tore open the parcel with ''Robot Rumpus'' and were already reading it themselves before I could even get the tape from the rest of the box, so they had one up on me when we settled down to read it later as a family. We began looking through the robot models on the inside of the front of cover, and as I mentioned which ones I wish we could have, the boys were already laughing with a ''just'' ''wait'' ''and'' ''see'' look on their faces.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849396280</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tor Freeman|title=The Toucan Brothers|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I hate to mention illustrations before mentioning the story with a children's book, but the illustrations are clearly the first thing you will notice with the book. Lion In My children, drawn by the illustrations, had this pulled out of the box of books it came in and were sitting down reading it before I could even sort through the rest. As soon as I saw this, I thought of [[:Category:Richard Scarry|Richard Scarry]]. The illustrations are highly reminiscent of Scarry's work, but if anything these are bolder, brighter and busier. If you have a child who is a visual learner, or who needs plenty of visual cues when reading, this book is definitely one you want to take a closer look at. The expressions on the characters faces are perfect and each page literally seems to come to life with so many activities going on.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447218639</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton|title=Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam|rating=5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two dogs with half baked idea for what thy think will be the perfect crime - despite their previous failures. The dogs prepare a wonderful feast to lure their intended victims out, making cupcakes, pies, buns and every sort of baked treat you can imagine. They have a wonderful time baking, but all the while they are planning to rob all of their guests when the party is in full swing. The feast is a huge success, but the robbery is another disaster. A small act of kindness and a heart felt apology results in forgiveness, and a wonderful idea for a new career. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857631462</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewBathroom|author=Robert L Forbes and Ronald Searle|title=Beast Friends Forever!|rating=3|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=We're never far away from spring, when the thoughts of the whole animal kingdom turn to love Giles Paley- or at least, one aspect of it we'd better not mention in a book for the very young such as this is. Skunks need to smell nice, elephants and crickets need to make the right noises to attract a mate, while others can just celebrate their being together in different ways, whether they be real love birds or grizzly bears. The whole wildlife love life is here, in a very chaste and harmless manner.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1590208080</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Roger Stevens|title=What Rhymes With Sneeze?|rating=4|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Poems often seem to lose their appeal as we get older. They become tricky things that must be interpreted and understood and written about in essays rather than the instantly enjoyable experiences they are when you're a child. This book contains a wide variety of poems, written by the author but also some written by other poets, and the author uses them to show children about the different sorts of poetry, various rhyme schemes and how to go about writing your own poems too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408155761</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tariq Kurd and Laura Robertson|title=The Quest In A Vest (Gordon the Goblin)|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Gordon the Goblin is more than a little fed up because he is so small and not big and tough like all of the other goblins. They are all fearless hunters and go off on exciting adventures whilst Gordon is left behind. He decides that there is nothing else for it but to set out on his very own quest even though he feels very nervous at the thought of it. He approaches the chief goblin who laughs at him, before deciding to send him off to capture a dragon – not for one moment thinking that Gordon will succeed. It does look like an impossible feat especially as Gordon does lack strength and muscles. Maybe though, he will be able to use his brains and charm rather than relying on brute force. Will Gordon be able to find a dragon and actually persuade him that he wants to be captured and what will happen if he does? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907762051</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Neil Griffiths and Janette Louden|title=Hats Off!|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary='Hats Off!' is a wonderfully entertaining book that is written entirely in rhyme. It starts by asking if the reader has ever thought about how many hats they might have been bought and whether a hat actually looks good on their head or not. The author, Neil Griffiths, then goes on to suggest that there are: ''Hats too big, too tight''<br>''and too small,''<br>''Hats that just shouldn't''<br>''be worn at all!''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434839</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross|title=Sticky EndsPhillips
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=This is a book collection of funny rhymes and verses nonsense poetry takes in which rather disgusting all sorts of subjects, from wannabe magicians to armpits, and gruesome things happen from failed cowboys to the characters involved, a girl with each one getting their comeuppancesprings for feet. Tony Ross obviously had a wonderful time illustrating the book with everything from nosesIt's all very silly, all very nonsensical, dripping with blood as they're pinched off right through and good fun. A proportion of profits are being donated to Father Christmas using the toilet[http://www.beatbloodcancers.org/ Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research].|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392501</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0192731831|title=See You Later, Escalator
|author=John Foster
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731831</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Giles Paley-Phillips1849392021|title=There's A Lion An Alien In My Bathroom|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=This collection of nonsense poetry takes in all sorts of subjects, from wannabe magicians to armpits, and from failed cowboys to a girl with springs for feet. It's all very silly, all very nonsensical, and good fun. A proportion of profits are being donated to [http://www.beatbloodcancers.org/ Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research].|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956503527</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewThe Classroom
|author=Gervase Phinn
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=''There's An Alien In The Classroom'' is a collection of school-based poems, and poems aimed at school-age children. Taking in all forms, from limericks and cautionary verse, to acrostics and haiku, it offers a broad overview of poetry. With themes including school, families, seasons, Bonfire Night, Nativity plays and going to the dentist, there's something to appeal to every child.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392021</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1408304589|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby
|author=Penny Dann
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=All your favourite nursery rhymes are here, from Hickory Dickory Dock, through Little Bo Peep and Three Blind Mice, to Sing A Song Of Sixpence. With over sixty nursery rhymes to choose from, all the big names are presented in a beautiful compendium that you'll treasure for years.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0141324511|title=Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things
|author=Michael Rosen
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=When he was little, Michael Rosen's dad remembered all the bad things he'd done and reminded him of them when appropriate, so Michael imagined he'd written them all down in a Big Book of Bad Things. Here he presents the eponymous poem, as well as many many other tales of childhood, from the horrors of being a second late to school, to making a raft, to going to a café. Some bad, some sad, some quirky, some funny, some touching, some light-hearted, all wonderful.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=033051086X|title=The World At Our Feet
|author=Paul Cookson
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=With the World Cup just around the corner, football is on everyone's lips. Paul Cookson, Poet in Residence at the [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/ National Football Museum], has compiled the best football poems for young children.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0192729934|title=Whizz Bang Orang-Utan
|author=John Foster
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Subtitled ''rhymes for the very young'', you know what you're getting with ''Whizz Bang Orang-Utan''. It's a poetry anthology, with sweet poems about kids, what they get up to, and of course whizzing and banging orang-utans.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0230745865|title=In My Sky at Twilight
|author=Gaby Morgan (editor)
|rating=4
|genre=TeensChildren's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Off the back of the success of Stephenie Meyer's [[Twilight by Stephenie Meyer|Twilight]] series there has been a boom in vampire novels aimed at teenagers. In My Sky at Twilight is perhaps one of the most unusual books to come out of this craze as it is a collection of love poetry aimed at teenage fans of the series.
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