If you are looking for excuses not to have a bath and the delights of fantastic chips, or are looking for a advice on bedrooms from hell, then look no further than this dizzy, fizzy book of sparkling poetry from Lemn Sissey.

From the absolutely hilarious to the downright daft and the occasionally pertinent, the poetry in The Emperors Watchmaker will have young readers giggling in the aisles. --Susan Harrison