July 2010

Author/s: John Foster
Publisher: Oxford University Press UK
Reviewed by: Tamryn Momsen, age 12
ISBN 13: 9780192755803

This is an incredibly funny poetry book. I really enjoyed reading these poems as they are all about everyday happenings at school and most children would agree that their feelings are the same.

Some of the best poems for me are Back to School Blues, Let That Be a Lesson and Teachers, I Don’t Understand Them. I would definitely recommend the book for children who love poetry yet don’t really think that school is cool. Excuses, Excuses is the perfect name for this funny book. Excuses is all you get out of these poems, besides the joy and laughter.

Recommended for readers 11 - 15

Link to online catalogue
Excuses, Excuses