Neal Zetter – författare

Two popular performance poets join together to make not just a meal but a feast of funny poems about foods that you might like and some that you will definitely hate.

Welcome!Roll up!Come on downto the Universal Zoo.Want to see amazing animals?Buy a ticket, join the queue.Every creature has a place at the far end of Space, in the Universal Zoo.Look out for the Shy Shimmereen, the Snoozing Snoralotz, the Invisible Ballaboo Beast and the Ten-Legged, Swivel-Headed, Bushy-Bearded, Twirly-Tailed Horrox. Meet the Martian kids with two heads, and stare at the Enormous Egg. And if you think dragons don't exist and dodos are extinct, then think again. But be warned – never, never, never feed the Gronk!A riot of imagination and fun, these poems also send a message about conservation and saving species.

Do you like peanut butter and popcorn? Would you like to find a friend, or give yourself a fright?  See what happens when you live next door to a Viking –  and read about the boy who ate his school!This is an inventive and funny new collection from a very popular school performance poet. Entertaining, laugh-out-loud but also thought-provoking, the poems are perfectly matched by Will Hughes’s wild and witty illustrations.

Small poems are fabulous funSo I thought I would write this oneIt will not be too long I thinkCos my pen has run out ofOnly Neal Zetter could create a collection of short poems that includes 'The Loooooooooongest Poem in the Universe'. His new volume makes a great introduction to the fun, enjoyment and new understandings that poetry can bring. All are short, direct and entertaining. Whether reading with a single child or a group, they arouse immediate interest and are perfect for reading aloud. Year 6 children in a London primary school followed the production from draft to publication: here are some of the things they said about it. "A book where you go up and down and swirl around", "Neal's poems challenge me, but I enjoy figuring out the jokes", "His poems inspire me and make me want to ROAR with joy".

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?).