I have loved Michael Rosen's books since a teacher at school read us poems from "Quick let's get outta here". 'Michael Rosen's A to Z – the Best Children's Poetry' is a collection of poems chosen by him but written by lots of other poets as well.

There are two of Michael's poems, one is long and the other short. The short one is called "The Difference". He says that in a hotel in Glasgow they called the soap "soap" but in a hotel in Edinburgh they called it a "skincare bar" when, of course, it is the same thing.

There are over 100 poems in total and every letter of the alphabet has poets attached except U, V, X and Y. There is even a Z - a brilliant rap poem from Benjamin Zephaniah.

All the poems are about different subjects but they are easy to understand for kids today.

Some of the poems are useful to help with history: "Air Raids 1942" by Gerald Benson is about what he felt as a little boy in the air raids during the second world war. What makes it interesting is he talks about how a little boy in Germany would feel too. This would be a good poem to read if you were studying WW2 at school.

"Powder Monkey" by Chrissie Gittins talks about the little boys who worked on ships in the old days to take the powder to the cannons. We learnt about powder monkeys when we visited HMS Victory so I was interested to read this poem. It is written from the point of view of a powder monkey and helps you understand how he would have felt. It's quite sad at the end because he says he never knew his mother and I feel he has grown up too quickly as he says he "doesn't need her kiss".

I have two favourite poems from Michael Rosen's A to Z – the Best Children's Poetry: "Me" by Roger McGough is about the things he would want to be if he had to be things from different categories. So, if he were a tree, he'd want to be a "toffee apple tree" and if he were a summer fair, he'd want to be a "bouncy castle". It's a funny and clever poem with a really great last line (which I won't give away).

"I Wanna Be a Star" by Tony Mitton is a great poem too. It feels like a song and talks about ambition. I think it tells you that it is good to have dreams but just because you want something doesn't mean it will automatically come true. I learnt this poem for a local speech and drama festival and the adjudicator said it was a very interesting choice.

I recommend this book because you can dip in and out. The poems are all like little stories so you feel you are reading lots of short books, very quickly.

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