When the Bell Goes: A Rapping Rhyming Trip Through Childhood - Softcover

Zetter; Neal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909991570 ISBN 13: 9781909991576

Publisher: Troika Books, 2021

Synopsis

Here’s a poetry collection by comedy performance poet Neal Zetter that takes you back to his time at school – and it looks as if not much has changed! Meet Mr Shoutyteacher, always getting in a STROP, as well as the school nose-picker (careful if he’s sitting next to you!). What’s your excuse for not doing your home-work? Who feels like maths is a number-filled mystery? What’s your favourite sport – football in the playground or risk the dangers of roller-skating? Rap and rhyme your way around all the notable characters in school, not forgetting the members of your own embarrassing family. And look out for jokes as well as fascinating facts (true or false?).

About this title

About the Author

Neal Zetter has been using poetry writing and performance to develop literacy, confidence, self-expression and creativity in 3 to 103 year-olds for over twenty years and his book Bees in My Bananas won the 2015 Wishing Shelf Independent Book Award.

Emily Ford is a freelance illustrator from Cumbria and collaborated with Stevie Westgarth to create Troika's Aife and Stray: Seven Style Secrets for a Perilous Party. She has recently illustrated Riding a Lion, Coral Rumble’s poetry collection, for Troika.

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<b>The Dog Ate My Homework </b><br><br> The dog ate my homework Miss<br> At breakfast time today<br> I managed to complete it first<br> I&#8217;m sure I got top grade<br><br> He suddenly felt peckish<br> In one gulp wolfed it down<br> I can&#8217;t hand in my homework<br> &#8216;Cause I have a hungry hound<br><br> The dog ate my homework Miss<br> He shredded it to bits<br> Then munched it, crunched it, lunched it<br> Sent it to the dark abyss<br><br> It&#8217;s stuck inside his stomach<br> It nestles in his guts<br> I can&#8217;t hand in my homework<br> &#8216;Cause my mutt has scoffed it up<br><br> The dog ate my homework Miss<br> I hate to break bad news<br> Preferred it to his dinner<br> And his biscuits, treats and chews<br><br> I&#8217;m begging you believe me<br> I&#8217;m telling you the truth<br> I can&#8217;t hand in my homework<br> &#8216;Cause my pet&#8217;s a piggish pooch<br><br> The dog ate my homework Miss<br> It&#8217;s never coming back<br> My literacy, French, science<br> Art, geography and maths<br><br> He certainly is sorry<br> I hope you&#8217;re fine with that<br> But think I&#8217;d better warn you...<br> I also own a greedy cat

Edition details

• Publisher: Troika Books
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909991570
• ISBN 13: 9781909991576
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Ford, Emily
• Number of pages: 96