The Poetry Book: Poems for Children by Fiona Waters

Fiona Waters is well-known and admired in the children’s book world for her vast knowledge of poetry and of children’s reading tastes. An ex-children’s bookseller, she has for many years been responsible for choosing books to sell direct to children in schools. School Librarian called her ‘one of the best anthologists there are’ and her many collections have had long-running sales. Ailie Busby was trained in graphic design and illustration at Northampton and Cambrdge and started work as a freelance illustrator in London in 1995. In 1997 she moved to Newcastle and got married. She loves riding on the moors, painting, printmaking and collecting objects of interest in flea markets. This is her first major book.