| Ottakar's Bookshops run an annual poetry competition with Faber books to celebrate National Poetry Day on 10 October |
| The following poem by Abbie won the 5-8 year old category for 2002 |
'Moon and Trees at Night' |
When the tired sun sets The evil trees say ‘Yes, yes! We can scare the children Who lay in their beds!’ When the alert moon comes out She says, ‘No, no! Don’t scare the children Who lay in their beds!’ When the sleepy children who lay In their beds hear the racket They say, ‘We won’t be scared by your shadows!’ And the children put their heads Under their pillows and fall Soundly asleep While the shadows Dance on the windows And the moon just smiles |
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