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[[Category:Anthologies|*]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{adsense2Frontpage|isbn=1737030942|title=Bag O'Goodies|author=Jolly Walker Bittick|rating=4|genre= Anthologies|summary=Sometimes, you deserve a treat and mine was Jolly Walker Bittick's ''Bag O'Goodies''. I first encountered his writing about a year ago, when I read his [[Cape Henry House by Jolly Walker Bittick|Cape Henry House]], a rollicking tale of what happens when five young men find a base for their partying. Right now, I didn't want a full-length novel, so I turned to this anthology of verse and short stories. Bittick's writing has matured - and so have his characters. Well... most of them!}}__NOTOC__{{Frontpage|isbn=140638853X|title=Somebody Give This Heart a Pen|author=Sophia Thakur|rating=5|genre=Anthologies|summary=Sophia Thakur's debut anthology is a collection of poems that are all unique, whether in relation to their style, length or theme. The collection is split into four sections, titled 'grow', 'wait','break' and 'grow again', guiding you through a process which is one of the foundations that the anthology is built on. Each section begins with a foregrounded title page containing various small pieces of writing, ranging from a quote by a Nigerian playwright, to African proverbs. This provides a nice introduction to the section before you are immersed in the beautifully written and eloquent poems that Thakur has clearly put her heart and soul into.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1789016789|title=You're the Froth On My Soy Cappuccino: Poems for the Present|author=Don Behrend|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=''You're the Froth On My Soy Cappuccino'' begins with ''A Modern Love Story'':

''You’re the froth on my soy cappuccino''<br>''You’re the spread on my paleo toast''<br>''You’re the nose of my GM-free Pinot''<br>''You’re organic, my love. You’re the most!''<br> Ha! How can you not laugh at this gently mocking take on love in the hipster world? }}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=PUP_Rising|title=Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry|author=AesopPop Up Projects|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=This collection brings together five emerging voices in poetry. And despite what the publisher says, Fiona Waters and Fulvio TestaI wouldn't personally impose an age restriction on the writing here. Each poet uses words that will appeal to many readers. I found this particularly so with Jay Hulme's poetry.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Stevenson_Garden|title=AesopA Child's FablesGarden of Verses|author=Robert Louis Stevenson|rating=4.52|genre=Confident ReadersAnthologies|summary=Everyone knows Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and loves Mr Hyde''Aesopbut he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's Fablesadventure stories such as ''. TheyTreasure Island''re part of our literary tapestry and our everyday lives. We know sour grapes''Kidnapped'', but, again, we know [[Tortoise vshe did not restrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry. Hare - The Rematch! by Preston Rutt and Ben Redlich}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Esiri Poem|title=A Poem for Every Day of the tortoise and the hare]]Year|author=Allie Esiri|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=For those who do not read much poetry, the boy for those who cried wolf do not know where to start, this is a fun and so many moreeasy commitment to take on. Fiona Waters has retold 60 of the most famous fables Reading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutes, and with over three-hundred poems in this delightful anthologyhere there's bound to be a poem that speaks to each reader directly.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390495</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony RossHerbertson_Wordsworth|title=My Favourite Fairy TalesWilliam and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany|author=Gavin Herbertson|rating=3.5|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=Tony Ross has pickedWilliam Wordsworth was a defining member of the romantic literary era. He was part of the first wave, retold and illustrated his favourite fairy talespoetry helped to shape a large part of it. Nature was the key: existing in nature, taking in such classics as ''Rumpelstiltskin'finding one' s own true nature and ''Beauty and becoming natural in the process were the Beast'', whilst also offering up slightly lesser-known ones like ''The Hedley Kow'', ''The Musicians of Bremen'', ''Sweet Porridge'', ''Prince Hyacinth'' and ''Fairy Gifts''driving forces behind it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709801</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Bradman and Tony RossMahfouz_Muslim|title=The Orchard Book of Swords, Sorcerers and SuperheroesThings I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write|author=Sabrina Mahfouz

|genre=Confident ReadersAnthologies|summary=Jason What does it mean to be British and Muslim? This is a question these writers tackle with stunning clarity. Modern-day British society has a varied sense of cultural heritage; it is a society that is changing and moving forward as it adds more and more voices to the Argonautspopulation, King Arthurbut it is also one that has an undercurrent of anxiety and fear towards those who are minorities. So this collection displays how all that fear is received; it comes in the form of stereotypical labels and racial prejudice, Aladdinwhich are themes eloquently reproduced here.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Holland Cheap|title=View from the Cheap Seats|author=Barry Holland|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|summary=A little bit about Barry Holland: he was born in Newport, William TellSouth Wales, Herculesto working-class parents. He loves rugby and his son - his son is his favourite rugby player, Sinbadwhich is just as it should be. He is a qualified engineer but is unable to work because of mental ill-health. All of these things feed into ''View from the Cheap Seats'', St George, Ali Baba, Theseus which is a collection of poems and imaginings as vivid and immediate and Robin Hoodstriking as you could hope for. If you love myths Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke and legends as much as [[Top Ten Retellings his book was a pleasure to read.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Marshall EFT|title=The Book of Myths, Legends English Folk Tales|author=Sybil Marshall and Fairy TalesJohn Lawrence|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|we do]] then those ten heroes will have got your juices flowingsummary=From ghosts to witches, to giants and youfairies, ''The Book of English Folk Tales''ll be desperate to dive in to this is a fascinating collection of adventuresstories retold by social historian and folklorist Sybil Marshall. It's fantasticOut of print for over three decades, this beautiful new clothbound edition is complete with wood-engraved illustrations by John Lawrence and is sure to capture the attention of a new generation of lovers of folklore. You'll love it!}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Trotman_Winter|title=Winter: A Book for the Season|author=Felicity Trotman (editor)|rating=4|genre=Anthologies|amazonuksummary=<amazonuk>1408309211</amazonuk>This seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetry, nature and travel pieces, and excerpts from longer works of fiction. Felicity Trotman, a freelance editor and member of the English Civil War Society, has arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year', 'Christmas, Sacred and Secular', and 'The New Year'. This creates an appropriate sense of chronological progression and also serves to make Christmas the heart of the book. Black-and-white illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets a short paragraph of biography and background.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Children's TrustElphinstone_Winter|title=The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite PoemsWinter Magic|author=Abi Elphinstone (Editor)

|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseAnthologies|summary=CelebritiesWith everything from dragons to mysterious crimes, including [[:Category:Richard Hammond|Richard Hammond]], Paul O'Gradyvoice-stealing witches to time travel, Sienna Miller, McFly and Lorraine Kellymagical worlds to first performances of world-famous ballets, have chosen their favourite poems for this anthology. All proceeds is a collection of short stories that delights from the book go start to [http://wwwfinish.thechildrenstrustAnthologies of short stories can sometimes fall flat, with one or two good ones and then a bunch of mediocre fillers, but this collection has no weak links.org.uk/ The Children's Trust]. It's a fantastic charity, who help disabled childrenall the stories are good, and most of them are brilliant. I urge you all to buy a copy of ''The Walrus felt entirely caught up in each individual world as I read, loving the varied and the Carpenter'' to support themextremely likeable heroines throughout.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140632650X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael RosenPhinn_Virgin|title=A To Z - The Best ChildrenVirgin Mary's Poetry From Agard To ZephaniahGot Nits|author=Gervase Phinn|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseAnthologies|summary=Michael Rosen has picked Christmas in our house is the best modern children's poetrytime we tend to get on a plane and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is far, far away from John Agard through the madness at home, last-minute dashes to Benjamin Zephaniahthe shops on Christmas Eve and food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a mere 36 hours. It stemmed from Rosen performing in schools But I do remember the feeling of Christmas when I was younger, back when it was magical, and libraries back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with many carol concerts and school nativities and Christmas parties. This book is an anthology of the poetsthose moments, and as children's poetry anthologies go, it's amongst took me right back to the very bestwonder of Christmas as a child.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141324503</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Zadie SmithAyrton_Pasaran|title=Changing My MindNo Pasaran: Occasional EssaysWritings from the Spanish Civil War|author=Pete Ayrton (editor)

|summary=Zadie Smith is best known as In ''¡No Pasarán!: Writings from the author of three novels: White TeethSpanish Civil War'', The Autograph Man and On Beauty. She now teaches Creative Writing at Columbia University in New York. This collection is Pete Ayrton has chosen a mixture majority of literary criticism and journalismtexts by Spanish writers, including travel writing, reviews and other writing on film and several pieces arguing that the conflict has long been written about Zadie Smith's family, and especially her father. It is divided into five sections under from the point of view of the headings Reading, Being, Seeing, Feeling and Rememberinginternational brigades.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241142954</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Spike MilliganEdwards_Manor|title=The Magical World of MilliganMurder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics)|author=Martin Edwards (editor)

|genre=Confident ReadersAnthologies|summary=Some people you just have to loveI'm not big on short stories, but two factors nudged me towards this book. It Firstly, it's broadly golden age crime, one of my weaknesses and secondly, the law. Spike Milligan was always fantasticeditor is [[:Category:Martin Edwards|Martin Edwards]], a man whose knowledge of golden age crime is probably unsurpassed and he's much misseddone us proud, not only with his selection but with the half-page biographies of the writers, which precede each story. He There's got just enough there to allow you to place the perfect mix of nonsenseauthor and to direct you to other works if you're tempted. It's an elegant selection, heartfrom the well known and the less well known, and surreal humour. He speaks to people of all ages, set in and he's just plain lovelyaround the country house. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905264844</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carol Ann DuffyColfer_Place|title=New and Collected Poems for ChildrenOnce Upon a Place|author=Eoin Colfer (editor)|rating=3.5

|summary=Sometimes You know the title is all bit of the introduction blurb on every ''Artemis Fowl'' book, where Eoin Colfer had it said about how you need: Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffypronounce his name? That wasn's 'New t the intention of an up-and-coming author to be recognisable; rather, it was pride. Pride in the difference of it, of the Irishness of it. Ireland, it seems to me, is more full than usual of people, things and ideas, and places that are different by dint of their singular nationality – and so many deserve to have pride attached to them. The places might not be the famous ones, but they can be the source of pride, and Collected Poems of stories, which is where this compilation of short works for Children'the young comes in, with the authors invited to select their chosen place and write about it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571219683</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Harry HorseCleeves_Murder|title=Higglety Pigglety Pop! And The Starlings and Other First PoemsStories|author=Ann Cleeves (editor)

|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=A poetry anthology that includes Edward LearSix authors, Spike Milliganknown collectively as 'Murder Squad', AA Milneand their six accomplices were each given photographs of the remote landscape of Pembrokeshire by acclaimed photographer David Wilson and asked to come up with a short story inspired by what they saw. Some of the stories will be more to your taste than others, Lewis Carroll and Michael Rosen as is immediately worth only to be expected in such a look. They're timeless classics that everyone has read varied anthology, but none are weak and has had read to themif you enjoy crime short stories then this book could be a real treat.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406323144</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Debi GlioriMilne_Love|title=Noisy PoemsLove From Pooh (Winnie the Pooh)|author=A A Milne

|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=Any For a small book of poetry that starts with Spike Milligan and ends with Roger McGough will get the thumbs up from me. Noisy Poems , a small review – this is full of just that: poems a quite delightful little thing, about sounds, with trucks honking, ducks quacking, trains clickety-clacking and shoes squeakingwhich not a lot can be said. Itis a gift book pure and simple, much in the way that Pooh Bear was a little simple at times ('s awash with alliteration and rhythm. It's crying out Pooh… thought how wonderful it would be to be read aloud and joined in withhave a Real Brain which could tell you things'').|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406323195</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=John Foster|title=Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I was recently subjected to With it comes a good 20 minutes of the rude version of Happy Birthday in Catalansimple blurb, even though it was neither my birthday nor am I Catalan. I responded with the ol' squashed tomatoes and stew version almost instructions that we all know it is for giving, and love, there is a space for a very restrained 15 minutesloving dedication at the beginning, which is again only apt, as it is all about love. Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar is packed full Love of such things. Kids honey, love in friendship, love those sort of rhymesall various kinds, and childish adults but just love 'em too. Whilst Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar isn It can't exactly rude, it does have a cheeky glint in its eye, a muddy splash on its new shoes, and gleeful laughter throughouthelp but make you most warm-hearted.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192755811</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paul B Janeczko and Chris RaschkaWalton_Scifi|title=A Kick In What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading The Head: An Everyday Guide To Poetic FormsClassics Of Science Fiction And Fantasy|author=Jo Walton

|genre=Confident ReadersAnthologies|summary=As the subtitle saysJo Walton has published over ten books, A Kick In The Head is an everyday guide to poetic formsseveral of which have been award-winning. It's a perfect primer to couplets, limericks, acrostics, sonnetsOn top of that, haiku and many more. Each form she has a brief explanationvoracious appetite for books - both as a well-respected writer of original fiction, an example, and then but as a more detailed explanation at the backwell-respected reviewer too. It's Not only does she have time to do all that, but she also writes a wonderful educational book regular column for any child (or for any adult who wants to brush up Tor.com, on their basic understanding Science Fiction and Fantasy books, and it is these columns that a selection of poetry)which are collected here.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0763641324</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Brian MacArthurTennant_Grub|title=For King Did We Meet on Grub Street?|author=Emma Tennant, Hilary Bailey and Country: Voices from the First World War David Elliott|rating=3.5|genre=HistoryAnthologies|summary=''For King Essentially, the three authors (all of whom have long careers in the book industry) revel in the idea of being whining old curmudgeons who miss the good old days of publishing. This unashamed nostalgia provides the focus of the book and Country – Voices allows the writers to recount numerous anecdotes from their days in the First World War'' publishing business. Whilst the primary audience for this book may well be students of creative writing and media studies, it also serves as an interesting exploration of an aspect of modern history: how a once-burgeoning industry is an anthology now a shell of its former self, much like a lot of writings edited by Brian MacArthurmanufacturing. It features around 450 pages Because of journalsthis, poems, articles I was disappointed that no space was given to a consideration of how the rise of the e-book and memories Kindle has directly damaged both the sale of those involved in WWIbooks and the potential for new books to be written (fewer real books sold = fewer financial advances paid to writers = fewer books written). These factual accounts cover all kinds Also, given the clear love of stylesbooks as treasured artefacts, lengths and subject matterthe dismissal of the Harry Potter phenomenon seems truculent, but each one is hopefully able given the impetus the series gave to give reading amongst both the reader a real taste of a time most of us are too young to remember first-handand adults.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349120293</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tom Hodgkinson Penzler_Big|title=The Big Book of Idle Pleasures|rating=4.5|genre=Trivia|summary=We've all heard the clichés about modern life. You know – technology was meant to free us from drudgery. Instead we've become its slaves and work longer hours than ever. We're overloaded with means of communication but few of us know our neighbours, etc, etc. On hearing these, most of us shrug and carry on with our busy, busy lives. But now and then, something reminds us of who and what we are. This delightful, unassuming book is one of those things.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091923328</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewChristmas Mysteries|author=Richard Dawkins |title=The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing Otto Penzler (editor)

|genre=Popular ScienceAnthologies|summary=Popular science Nostalgia is a huge field nowadaysbig part of the Christmas experience, populated and that's provided in sack-loads by both this hefty tome of short stories. Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Brother Cadfael jostle Morse, Rumpole and Vic Warshawski for space on these tightly packed pages, while lesser-known and long since forgotten writers who turn to science furnish new and scientists who took to writing. The collection I have unexpected pleasures for even the pleasure of reviewing contains samples of writing by scientists, most well-read of it at least illuminating, some truly excellentbook worms.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0199216800</amazonuk>