Valerie Bloom's Jamaican childhood inspires this collection of exuberant poems. Peculiar pets, family eating and cooking habits, mysterious neighbours, crafty teachers, football disasters: subjects close to a child's heart are treated in varying styles and moods. Ideal for reading aloud, many use Jamaican patois and speech rhythms to great comic effect. This new edition now also includes poems from a previous collection: 'The World is Sweet'.