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[[Category:Anthologies|*]] {{adsense2}}__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Adele Geras, Anne Fine, Henrietta Branford, Jacqueline Wilson, Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman, Tony Mitton, Alan Garner, Berlie Doherty, Gillian Cross, Kit Wright, Michael Morpurgo, Susan Gates and Linda Newbery 1737030942|title=Magic BeansBag O'Goodies|author=Jolly Walker Bittick

|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=Sometimes, you deserve a treat and mine was Jolly Walker Bittick's ''Bag O'Goodies''. I was attracted to this book because it features stories from [[:Category:Jacqueline Wilson|Jacqueline Wilson]]first encountered his writing about a year ago, when I read his [[:Category:Philip PullmanCape Henry House by Jolly Walker Bittick|Philip PullmanCape Henry House]], [[:Category:Michael Morpurgo|Michael Morpurgo]], [[:Category:Alan Garner|Alan Garner]] and many other prominent children's writersa rollicking tale of what happens when five young men find a base for their partying. Right now, I thought it might make a great Christmas or birthday present (and it would). Theredidn's t want a selection of stories from traditional sources such as Hans Christian Andersen, and Aesopfull-length novel, and so I imagine that the authors were inveigled into writing for publisher David Fickling with a free choice turned to this anthology of original verse and short stories. So donBittick't expect a collection or compendium, but rather an anthology of tales that s writing has matured - and so have entranced and inspired these writers in their own childhoods his characters. – magic beans indeedWell...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857560433</amazonuk>most of them!

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Christopher Golden (Editor)140638853X|title=Monster's CornerSomebody Give This Heart a Pen|author=Sophia Thakur|rating=4.5

|summary=''The MonsterSophia Thakur's Corner'' debut anthology is a collection of tales poems that are told from the monsterall unique, whether in relation to their style, length or theme. The collection is split into four sections, titled 'grow', 'wait','break' and 'grow again's perspective. It takes , guiding you through a process which is one of the idea foundations that we are all the heroes anthology is built on. Each section begins with a foregrounded title page containing various small pieces of our own story and has writing, ranging from a quote by a gloriously good time with itNigerian playwright, to African proverbs. Ranging from the thought-provoking This provides a nice introduction to the strange, to section before you are immersed in the shocking beautifully written and gory – they're a great selection of stories from the likes of [[:Category:Kelley Armstrong|Kelley Armstrong]], [[:Category:Kevin J Anderson|Kevin J. Anderson]], Sarah Pinborough eloquent poems that Thakur has clearly put her heart and many otherssoul into.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749957859</amazonuk>

''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|authorisbn=Michael PalinPUP_Rising|title=Ox TravelsRising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry|author=Pop Up Projects

|genre=TravelAnthologies|summary=Ox Travels is This collection brings together five emerging voices in poetry. And despite what the publisher says, I wouldn't personally impose an anthology of travel age restriction on the writing compiled here. Each poet uses words that will appeal to raise funds for Oxfam, but it is well worth buying and reading in its own rightmany readers. Its generous 432 pages offer the chance to meet 36 writers, including travel writers, journalists and novelists, I found this particularly so with an introduction by Michael Palin and an afterword by Barbara Stocking, OxfamJay Hulme's Chief Executivepoetry.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Stevenson_Garden|title=A Child's Garden of Verses|author=Robert Louis Stevenson|rating=2|amazonukgenre=Anthologies|summary=<amazonuk>184668496X</amazonuk>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 Mr Hyde'' but he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again, he did not restrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David LodgeEsiri Poem|title=The Art A Poem for Every Day of Fictionthe Year|author=Allie Esiri

|summary=Some academics produce streams of fantastic concepts and ideas but their attempts at articulating them For those who do not read much poetry, for those who do not know where to start, this is a wider reading public stumble into jargon fun and complexityeasy commitment to take on. Thankfully David Lodge has no such troubles. As Reading a poem a mighty fine novelist ([[Nice Work by David Lodge|Nice Work]]day does not take long, [[Thinks... by David Lodge|Thinks...]]mere minutes, Deaf Sentence and many more) who also has a day job as a professor of English, Lodge is perfectly qualified with over three-hundred poems in here there's bound to deliver be a book on the craft of writing an in The Art of Fiction he has delivered one poem that is informative and enlightening as well as highly entertainingspeaks to each reader directly.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099554240</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Herbertson_Wordsworth|authortitle=Martin Waddell William and Emma Chichester ClarkDorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany|titleauthor=The Orchard Book Of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy TalesGavin Herbertson

|summary=With ''The Princess and William Wordsworth was a defining member of the romantic literary era. He was part of the Pea'', ''The Ugly Duckling'', ''The Tinderbox''first wave, ''The Little Match Girl'', ''The Emperor's New Clothes'', ''The Tin Soldier'', ''The Swineherd'', ''The Nightingale'' and ''The Little Mermaid'', this is his poetry helped to shape a must-have compendium large part of classic fairy talesit. You can't really go wrong with Hans Christian AndersenNature was the key: existing in nature, finding one's best, can you? Martin Waddell own true nature and Emma Chichester Clark have not just churned out becoming natural in the old classics, but they've given them an amazing freshness and vibrancyprocess were the driving forces behind it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169380</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Penny DannMahfouz_Muslim|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your BabyThings I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write|author=Sabrina Mahfouz|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseAnthologies|summary=All your favourite nursery rhymes are here, from Hickory Dickory Dock, through Little Bo Peep What does it mean to be British and Three Blind Mice, to Sing A Song Of SixpenceMuslim? This is a question these writers tackle with stunning clarity. With over sixty nursery rhymes 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 choose fromthe population, but 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 big names form of stereotypical labels and racial prejudice, which are presented in a beautiful compendium that you'll treasure for yearsthemes eloquently reproduced here.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304589</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Aesop, Fiona Waters and Fulvio TestaHolland Cheap|title=Aesop's FablesView from the Cheap Seats|author=Barry Holland|rating=4.5|genre=Confident ReadersAnthologies|summary=Everyone knows A little bit about Barry Holland: he was born in Newport, South Wales, to working-class parents. He loves rugby and loves his son - his son is his favourite rugby player, which 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 ''AesopView from the Cheap Seats's Fables''. They're part , which is a collection of our literary tapestry poems and our everyday lives. We know sour grapes, we know [[Tortoise vs. Hare - The Rematch! by Preston Rutt imaginings as vivid and Ben Redlich|the tortoise immediate and the hare]], the boy who cried wolf striking as you could hope for. Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke and so many morehis book was a pleasure to read. Fiona Waters has retold 60 of the most famous fables in this delightful anthology.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390495</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony RossMarshall EFT|title=My Favourite Fairy The Book of English Folk Tales|author=Sybil Marshall and John Lawrence|rating=3.54|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=Tony Ross has pickedFrom ghosts to witches, retold to giants and illustrated his favourite fairy talesfairies, taking in such classics as ''RumpelstiltskinThe Book of English Folk Tales'' is a fascinating collection of stories retold by social historian and ''Beauty folklorist Sybil Marshall. Out 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 Beast'', whilst also offering up slightly lesser-known ones like ''The Hedley Kow'', ''The Musicians attention of a new generation of lovers of Bremen'', ''Sweet Porridge'', ''Prince Hyacinth'' and ''Fairy Gifts''folklore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709801</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Bradman and Tony RossTrotman_Winter|title=The Orchard Winter: A Book of Swords, Sorcerers and Superheroesfor the Season|author=Felicity Trotman (editor)|rating=54|genre=Confident ReadersAnthologies|summary=Jason This seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetry, nature and the Argonautstravel pieces, King Arthurand excerpts from longer works of fiction. Felicity Trotman, Aladdina freelance editor and member of the English Civil War Society, William Tellhas arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year', Hercules'Christmas, Sinbad, St GeorgeSacred and Secular', Ali Baba, Theseus and Robin Hood'The New Year'. If you love myths This creates an appropriate sense of chronological progression and legends as much as [[Top Ten Retellings also serves to make Christmas the heart of Mythsthe book. Black-and-white illustrations – maps, Legends photographs and Fairy Tales|we do]] then those ten heroes will have got your juices flowingengravings – are interspersed throughout, and you'll be desperate to dive in to this collection each author gets a short paragraph of adventures. It's fantasticbiography and background. You'll love it!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408309211</amazonuk>

 {{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>