A collection of poems to celebrate childhood. From the make-believe world of `The Land of Counterpane` to the simple pleasure of `At the Seaside`, the curiosity of `Auntie`s Skirts` to the dreams of

The idea for Tom Brown`s Schooldays came one day when Thomas Hughes was wondering what to say to his son, aged 8, before he went off to Rugby. He decided that good might be done by writing a real nov