Reddit reviews Please Mrs Butler (Puffin Books)

My favourite ever is Dog In The Playground by Allen Ahlberg (from the book Please Mrs Butler, which is stuffed with awesome poems).

Dog in the playground
Suddenly there
Smile on his face
Tail in the air

Dog in the playground
Bit of a fuss
I know that dog!
Lives next to us

Dog in the playground
"Oh no he don’t
He’ll come with me
You see if he won’t!"

The word gets round
The crowd gets bigger
"His name’s Bob"
"It ain’t - it's Trigger!"

"They call him Archie"
"They call him Frank"
"Lives by the fish shop"
"Lives up the bank"
"Who told you that?"
"Pipe down! Shut up
I know that dog
Since he was a pup"

Dog in the playground
"We’ll catch him, Miss
Leave it to us
Just watch this!"

Dog in the playground
What a to-do
Thirty five children
Caretaker too,
Chasing the dog
Chasing each other,
"I know that dog!
He's our dog’s brother!"

"We’ve cornered him now
He can’t get away
Told you we’d catch him
Robert and - hey!
Don’t open that door -
Oh, Glenis you fool!
Look, Miss what’s happened!
Dog in the school..."

Dog in the classroom
Dog in the hall
Dog in the toilets
He's paying a call!
Forty six children
Caretaker too,
Headmaster, three teachers
Hullaballoo!

Lost him! Can’t find him...
He’s vanished and then...
"Oh look, Miss he's back
In the playground again!"

Shouting and shoving
"I’ll give you what for!"
Sixty five children
head for the door

Dog in the playground
Smile on his face
Tail in the air
Winning the race

Dog at his element
Off at a jog
Out of the gates:
Wish I was a dog

Dog in the playground
Couldn’t he run?

Dog in the playground
.....Gone!