A collection of nursery verses for the very young. It contains a mixture of rhymes and includes poems by A.A.Milne, Eleanor Fargeon and Christina Rossetti. Thompson has compiled two other story/poem collections, "Bull's Eyes" and "Lollipops", and has retold an Indian tale in "The Story of Rama".
He read English at Cambridge. Since 1973 he has written for a living as a radio and television playwright and a documentary film maker. He is also the author of several acclaimed biographies: A Monkey Amongst Crocodiles, Imperial Vanities and The Nightmare of a Victorian Bestseller.