This illustrated collection of amusing poems and songs celebrating primary school life won the Signal Poetry Award in 1990. Meet Billy McBone and the Mad ProfessorοΏ½s Daughter, be amazed by the Longest Kiss Contest, shed a tear for the Boy Without a Name and οΏ½ if youοΏ½re a stressed teacher οΏ½ sing the
Heard it in the Playground
β Scribed by Ahlberg, Allan
- Book ID
- 107676183
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780141942476
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β¦ Synopsis
This illustrated collection of amusing poems and songs celebrating primary school life won the Signal Poetry Award in 1990.
Meet Billy McBone and the Mad Professor s Daughter, be amazed by the Longest Kiss Contest, shed a tear for the Boy Without a Name and if you re a stressed teacher sing the Mrs Butler Blues. Ο‘μ―¦λ
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