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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__{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Angela Macmillan 140638853X|title=A Little, Aloud for ChildrenSomebody Give This Heart a Pen|author=Sophia Thakur

|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=This very special Sophia Thakur's debut anthology is a collection of story extracts and poems that are all unique, whether in relation to share aloud their style, length or theme. The collection is a wonderful idea from The Reader Organisation to encourage reading aloud to children by parentssplit into four sections, teacherstitled 'grow', grandparents'wait', librarians'break' and 'grow again', friends or even other childrenguiding you through a process which is one of the foundations that the anthology is built on. The terrific and very varied selection includes something to appeal Each section begins with a foregrounded title page containing various small pieces of writing, ranging from a quote by a Nigerian playwright, to all tastesAfrican proverbs. It should tempt the reader This provides a nice introduction to seek out the original books from which section before you are immersed in the extracts are taken beautifully written and maybe to try children’s fiction eloquent poems that they have not considered before. The book includes classics, tried and tested old favourites Thakur has clearly put her heart and newer titles too. Dipping soul into this anthology for the first time feels a little like meeting old and maybe long forgotten friends and making new ones along the way.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857560425</amazonuk>

{{newreview''You’re the froth on my soy cappuccino''<br>|author=Stephanie Tillotson and Penny Thomas''You’re the spread on my paleo toast''<br>|title=All Shall be Well|rating=4.5|genre=Anthologies|summary=Twenty five years - a quarter ''You’re the nose of a century my GM- is a long time. Itfree Pinot''<br>'s an incredible length of time as an independent publisher, particularly one which specialises in publishing the best in Welsh women's writingYou’re organic, but that's exactly what Honno have achievedmy love. To celebrate You’re the occasion theymost!'ve published this anthology of twenty five short stories and non-fiction pieces. They've previously been seen in the numerous anthologies published by Honno but when combined they give an interesting and enlightening insight into the work of these great writers.|amazonuk=<amazonukbr>1906784337</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Mary Beard|title=All in a Don's Day|rating=4|genre=Autobiography|summary=Mary Beard's latest collection, 'All in a Don's Day', of her assembled blog pieces from 2009 until the end of 2011, covers similar concerns to her previous selection, [[It's A Don's Life by Mary Beard|It's a Don's Life]]. Professor Beard is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge and became Classics Professor Ha! How can you not laugh at there in 2004. She is also an expert in Roman laughter, an interest which she fully indulges in the pages of her TLS blog. In her latest collection she bemoans the parlous current state of both Education and the Academy, and makes witty observations this gently mocking take on matters as various as television chefs, what and how to visit love in Rome and the art and worth of completing references in an age when only positive things may be said about postgraduate job-seekers.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846685362</amazonuk>hipster world?

 {{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 PUP_Rising|title=Magic BeansRising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry|author=Pop Up Projects

|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=This collection brings together five emerging voices in poetry. And despite what the publisher says, I was attracted wouldn't personally impose an age restriction on the writing here. Each poet uses words that will appeal to this book because it features stories from [[:Category:Jacqueline Wilson|Jacqueline Wilson]], [[:Category:Philip Pullman|Philip Pullman]], [[:Category:Michael Morpurgo|Michael Morpurgo]], [[:Category:Alan Garner|Alan Garner]] and many other prominent children's writersreaders. I thought it might make a great Christmas or birthday present (and it would). Therefound this particularly so with Jay Hulme's a selection of stories from traditional sources such as Hans Christian Andersen, and Aesop, and I imagine that the authors were inveigled into writing for publisher David Fickling with a free choice of original storiespoetry. So don't expect a collection or compendium, but rather an anthology of tales that have entranced and inspired these writers in their own childhoods – magic beans indeed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857560433</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Christopher Golden (Editor)Stevenson_Garden|title=MonsterA Child's CornerGarden of Verses|author=Robert Louis Stevenson|rating=4.52

|summary=Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote ''The MonsterStrange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde's Corner'' is a collection but he did not restrict himself to representations of tales that are told from the monstergothic and the persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's perspective. It takes the idea that we are all the heroes of our own story adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and has a gloriously good time with it. Ranging from the thought-provoking to the strange''Kidnapped'', to the shocking and gory – they're a great selection of stories from the likes of [[:Category:Kelley Armstrong|Kelley Armstrong]]but, [[:Category:Kevin J Anderson|Kevin J. Anderson]]again, Sarah Pinborough and many othershe did not restrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749957859</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael PalinEsiri Poem|title=Ox TravelsA Poem for Every Day of the Year|author=Allie Esiri

|genre=TravelAnthologies|summary=Ox Travels is an anthology of travel writing compiled For those who do not read much poetry, for those who do not know where to raise funds for Oxfamstart, but it this is well worth buying a fun and reading in its own righteasy commitment to take on. Its generous 432 pages offer the chance to meet 36 writersReading a poem a day does not take long, including travel writersmere minutes, journalists and novelists, with an introduction by Michael Palin and an afterword by Barbara Stocking, Oxfamover three-hundred poems in here there's Chief Executivebound to be a poem that speaks to each reader directly.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184668496X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David LodgeHerbertson_Wordsworth|title=The Art of FictionWilliam and Dorothy Wordsworth: A Miscellany|author=Gavin Herbertson|rating=45

|summary=Some academics produce streams William Wordsworth was a defining member of fantastic concepts and ideas but their attempts at articulating them to a wider reading public stumble into jargon and complexitythe romantic literary era. Thankfully David Lodge has no such troubles. As a mighty fine novelist ([[Nice Work by David Lodge|Nice Work]]He was part of the first wave, [[Thinks... by David Lodge|Thinks...]], Deaf Sentence and many more) who also has his poetry helped to shape a day job as a professor large part of English, Lodge is perfectly qualified to deliver a book on it. Nature was the craft of writing an key: existing in The Art of Fiction he has delivered nature, finding one that is informative 's own true nature and enlightening as well as highly entertainingbecoming natural in the process were the driving forces behind it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099554240</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Martin Waddell and Emma Chichester ClarkMahfouz_Muslim|title=The Orchard Book Of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy TalesThings I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write|author=Sabrina Mahfouz

|summary=With ''The Princess What does it mean to be British and the Pea'', ''The Ugly Duckling'', ''The Tinderbox'', ''The Little Match Girl'', ''The Emperor's New Clothes'', ''The Tin Soldier'', ''The Swineherd'', ''The Nightingale'' and ''The Little Mermaid'', this Muslim? This is a mustquestion these writers tackle with stunning clarity. Modern-have compendium day British society has a varied sense of classic fairy tales. You can't really go wrong with Hans Christian Andersen's best, can you? Martin Waddell cultural heritage; it is a society that is changing and moving forward as it adds more and Emma Chichester Clark have not just churned out more voices to the old classicspopulation, but they've given them it is also one that has an amazing freshness 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 vibrancyracial prejudice, which are themes eloquently reproduced here.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169380</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Penny DannHolland Cheap|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your BabyView from the Cheap Seats|author=Barry Holland|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseAnthologies|summary=All your favourite nursery rhymes are hereA little bit about Barry Holland: he was born in Newport, from Hickory Dickory DockSouth Wales, through Little Bo Peep to working-class parents. He loves rugby and Three Blind Micehis son - his son is his favourite rugby player, which is just as it should be. He is a qualified engineer but is unable to Sing A Song Of Sixpencework because of mental ill-health. With over sixty nursery rhymes to choose All of these things feed into ''View fromthe Cheap Seats'', all the big names are presented in which is a beautiful compendium that collection of poems and imaginings as vivid and immediate and striking as you'll treasure could hope for years.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304589</amazonuk>Barry sounds like a thoroughly nice bloke and his book was a pleasure to read.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Aesop, Fiona Waters and Fulvio TestaMarshall EFT|title=Aesop's FablesThe Book of English Folk Tales|author=Sybil Marshall and John Lawrence|rating=4.5|genre=Confident ReadersAnthologies|summary=Everyone knows From ghosts to witches, to giants and loves fairies, ''AesopThe Book of English Folk Tales's Fables''. They're part is a fascinating collection of our literary tapestry stories retold by social historian and our everyday livesfolklorist Sybil Marshall. We know sour grapesOut of print for over three decades, we know [[Tortoise vs. Hare this beautiful new clothbound edition is complete with wood- The Rematch! engraved illustrations by Preston Rutt John Lawrence and Ben Redlich|is sure to capture the tortoise and the hare]], the boy who cried wolf and so many more. Fiona Waters has retold 60 attention of a new generation of lovers of the most famous fables in this delightful anthologyfolklore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390495</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony RossTrotman_Winter|title=My Favourite Fairy TalesWinter: A Book for the Season|author=Felicity Trotman (editor)|rating=3.54|genre=For SharingAnthologies|summary=Tony Ross has pickedThis seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetry, retold nature and illustrated his favourite fairy talestravel pieces, taking in such classics as ''Rumpelstiltskin'' and ''Beauty excerpts from longer works of fiction. Felicity Trotman, a freelance editor and member of the Beast''English Civil War Society, whilst also offering up slightly lesser-known ones like 'has arranged the material into three sections: 'The Hedley Kow'Old Year', ''The Musicians of Bremen''Christmas, ''Sweet Porridge'Sacred and Secular', ''Prince Hyacinth'' and ''Fairy Gifts'The New Year'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709801</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tony Bradman This creates an appropriate sense of chronological progression and Tony Ross|title=The Orchard Book also serves to make Christmas the heart of Swords, Sorcerers and Superheroes|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Jason and the Argonauts, King Arthur, Aladdin, William Tell, Hercules, Sinbad, St George, Ali Baba, Theseus and Robin Hoodbook. If you love myths Black-and legends as much as [[Top Ten Retellings of Myths-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 adventuresbiography and background. It's fantastic. 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>