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Hello and welcome to my web site. Some of you may know me as a writer of poems for children. Some may have read my picture books. And, more recently, some of you may know of my Winnie-the-Pooh story in ‘The Best Bear in All the World’, which is published to celebrate Pooh’s 90th birthday.
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Poem of the week

Tea With Anagram Granama

I went for tea with Anagram Granama,
And this is what I had:
Nab nose stoat,
Freshi fings,
Chewis and mash,
Pongee scak,
Demon ale,
And a bowl of
Rancid lyce eel jam.

Anagram Granama wasn’t very hungry,
So she made do with a slice of
Burnt rat be dead
And a nice
Pue of cat.

(An anagram is made by mixing up the letters in the words. See below for what we had to eat.)

Nab nose stoat = Beans on toast
Freshi fings = Fish fingers
Chewis and mash = Ham sandwiches
Pongee scak = Sponge cake
Demon ale = Lemonade
Rancid lyce eel jam = Jelly and ice cream
Burnt rat be dead = Bread and butter
Pue of cat = Cup of tea

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