In this spirited selection of poems about magic, you will find witches and wizards, dragons and trolls, black cats and magic carpets - all the ingredients, in fact, for a wonderfully atmospheric magical brew, stirred and seasoned to perfection by our most tried and trusted poetry anthologist. It contains a brilliant selection of poems by top children's poets including Jack Prelutsky, Brian Moses and Grace Nichols. John Foster's books for OUP have sold over 1 million copies. His previous book of magic poems, which was illustrated by Korky Paul, has sold over 50,000 copies alone. It contains bewitching cover artwork and lively black and white tone illustrations throughout, by Peter Bailey who is well-known for his illustrations for Philip Pullman's younger novels, and for the inside artwork for Tony Mitton's poetry collection Plum. This is a topical subject, especially with the current popularity of novels for both young and teenage age-groups that feature a magical theme.