The latest poetry book for schools to come off the press from Hodder & Stoughton, this is a welcome addition, and probably the best available so far. It is a handsome book, beautifully printed and laid out (so that most of the poems hold on a single page), with generous margins and with each of the eight sections preceded by a pleasant line drawing by Jennifer Northway, illustrating some scene related to the theme of that section. Section 2, for example, “‘Childhood & Adolescence,” has a humorous and appealing drawing of three boys playing a game of cricket with obviously improvised equipment, while the cover has an illustration of a spirited game of dominoes in progress. The bright Orange covers, too, are laminated, water and dirt resistant, and should stand up to a lot of wear and tear.