This beautifully illustrated anthology takes children on a cultural journey from Greenland to the United Kingdom visiting Chile, India and many other countries on the way. A ground-breaking collection that includes 80 poems from over 60 different countries, there are familiar and new poets here for children to discover. With poems to make you laugh and poems to make you think, this book both teaches and entertains.
An award winning and distinguished poet, James Berry was born in Jamaica and grew up in a tiny village on the coast. He moved to the UK in 1948 where he became a leading campaigner for black people. One of the first black writers to achieve wider recognition, he was awarded an OBE in 1990 and is a strong advocate for young black writers.
He now divides his time between Great Britain and Jamaica.