In this absorbing collection, Michael Rosen encourages children to see poetry as lively and entertaining. To this end he has included ballads, limericks, riddles, and nonsense verse, as well as a wide variety of poetry old and new, and from near and far.

Little Wolf, in a series of letters to his parents, tries his hand at writing poetry and produces some work that his friends admire and his parents find very useful.

A little seed grows from a sprout to a pumpkin. Extensive back matter on pumpkin life cycle stages, other fun pumpkin facts, and a recipe are included.