# Collected Poems

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- Book: [Collected Poems](https://www.bookquiver.com/allan-ahlberg/collected-poems) ([Collected Poems.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/allan-ahlberg/collected-poems.md))
- Authors: [Allan Ahlberg](https://www.bookquiver.com/allan-ahlberg)
- Publisher: Puffin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4191-872-3
- Published: 2008-06-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Allan Ahlberg's five poetry books, written over a period of twenty-five years – Please Mrs Butler, Heard it in the Playground, Friendly Matches, The Mighty Slide and The Mysteries of Zigomar – have delighted generations of children and received many accolades and prizes. Allan has sifted through them and chosen a collection to delight and entrance a new generation of readers and their parents. Here are all the trials and tribulations of childhood, embracing school, quarrels, friendships, football and storytelling from a much-loved author and poet. Charlotte Voake's black-and-white illustrations enchance the charm of this handsome and definitive collection.