Hard Boiled Legs

by Michael Rosen

Poetry and prose about the hazards of breakfast time, from spilled cornflakes to the danger of hard-boiled eggs turning into hard-boiled legs.

Genres: Poetry, Childrens, Picture Books

24 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 1986

About the author

Michael Rosen, a recent British Children’s Laureate, has written many acclaimed books for children, including WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, and I’M NUMBER ONE and THIS IS OUR HOUSE, both illustrated by Bob Graham. Michael Rosen lives in London.

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Reviews

[Petra X · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a real, laugh-out-loud book of story-poems (non-rhyming) about breakfast. The funniest has to be Nat and Anna where a big sister gets the blame for her younger sibling's naughtiness. If you are a big sister you will surely identify with the unfairness of it all.

Buy this for a child you like very much and stay to read it to them. Buy it for yourself if you really need cheering up because I guarantee, you will smile.

[B-zee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kumpulan puisi tentang berbagai hal salah yang bisa terjadi saat sarapan. Mulai dari makanan yang tertukar, konsentrasi yang buyar, imajinasi yang liar, sampai kejadian-kejadian gempar. Humornya sangat terasa, membuat saya terbahak beberapa kali.

[Adrian · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cat's on the table eating someone's bacon,
someone's wiped butter on their trousers.
Someone's poured tea into the sugar bowl,
the baby is eating eggshells. When is it?

Breakfast time.

When Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake team up you know you are in for a fun filled ride with illustrations to die for.

This is a collections of poems, of a sort, about breakfast time. Silly and funny in equal measures with illustrations that perfectly capture the scene. 4 stars.

[Isabel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny take of the truisms off breakfast time- used with student(5th grade)who immediately saw the humor- she has a 2nd grade reading level

[Sumedha]

I liked it but don't have a lot to say about it..