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John Foster

He was born in Carlisle, then educated at Denstone College in Staffordshire and Brasenose College, Oxford. For over twenty years John taught English at various Oxfordshire comprehensive schools. He is now a full-time writer and much in demand in schools and libraries as a performance poet. John's poetry anthologies present children with original and contemporary poetry, proving that poetry is both accessible and fun!

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School's Out
School's Out
John Foster
Art lessons, drama, assembly, wet playtime and school dinners are just some of the many aspects of SCHOOL that are captured in these wonderfully wide ranging anthologies of contemporary poems. Both are a feast of entertainment that’s fun to dip...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2009
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Excuses, Excuses
Excuses, Excuses
John Foster
Art lessons, drama, assembly, wet playtime and school dinners are just some of the many aspects of SCHOOL that are captured in these wonderfully wide ranging anthologies of contemporary poems. Both are a feast of entertainment that’s fun to dip...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2009
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Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictionary
Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictionary
John Foster
Aimed at 5+/Year 1. Newly updated. A fully illustrated alphabetical dictionary of first science words and concepts. Over 300 science words from ‘abdomen’ to ‘zoo’ are cleverly brought to life with illustration and text.
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/10/2008
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Oxford First Rhyming Dictionary
Oxford First Rhyming Dictionary
John Foster
Aimed at 5+ (Years 1 – 3). Newly updated. An innovative illustrated first rhyming dictionary with rhyming words, rhyming families even raps! This dictionary will help children build phonic and spelling knowledge in a fun way and is a brilliant...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
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My First Oxford Book Of Poems
My First Oxford Book Of Poems
John Foster
Age 0 - 5+ A delightful first collection of poetry for young children with many old favourites and plenty new too. From the fantastical and nonsensical to everyday creatures and the weather you and your child will be charmed by...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2006
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Books by John Foster

Essays in A Series of Letters
Essays in A Series of Letters
John Foster

Format: Hardback - Released: 21/11/2009
Price: £26.99
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Dirty Fingernails
Dirty Fingernails
John Foster

Format: Hardback - Released: 30/10/2009
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Geisha and Maiko of Kyoto Beauty, Art, and Dance
Geisha and Maiko of Kyoto Beauty, Art, and Dance
John Foster

Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2009
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Spirit-footprints
Spirit-footprints
John Foster

Format: Hardback - Released: 10/04/2009
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For Sale Over 200 Innovative Packaging Designs
For Sale Over 200 Innovative Packaging Designs
John Foster
Highlights 20 top firms with several spreads of work samples, along with a profile to capture their creative process and advice. This title contains profiles that include noted packaging designers Sharon Werner, Haley Johnson, Wink, Sandstrom, Pearlfisher, Sub Pop, Martha...
Format: Hardback - Released: 31/10/2008
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Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictionary
Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictionary
John Foster
The Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictionary is organised alphabetically and contains more than 3000 rhyming words, rhyming families, rhyming sounds, phonics, poems and illustrations. It is the ideal tool to build children's phonic and spelling knowledge in a fun way. It...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/10/2008
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Oxford First Rhyming Dictionary
Oxford First Rhyming Dictionary
John Foster
The Oxford First Rhyming Dictionary is organised alphabetically and contains rhyming words, rhyming families, rhyming sounds, phonics, poems and illustrations. It is the ideal tool to build children's phonic and spelling knowledge in a fun way. It also helps children...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/10/2008
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An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance
An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance
John Foster

Format: Hardback - Released: 18/08/2008
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A World for Us The Case for Phenomenalistic Idealism
A World for Us The Case for Phenomenalistic Idealism
John Foster
A World For Us aims to show that the physical world does not exist independently of the human mind, but draws its existence from the way in which, under God's ordinance, things appear to us in experience.
Format: Hardback - Released: 24/04/2008
Price: £39.00
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Microbiology An Evolving Science
Microbiology An Evolving Science
J. Slonczewski, John W. Foster
Focusing on research, genomics and molecular genetics, this book enables students to learn how microbiologists think as they learn the discipline's foundational topics. It features an art program that helps students visualise microbiological processes and structures.
Format: Hardback - Released: 28/03/2008
Price: £54.99
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Quality of Life in Alcohol Dependents A Longitudinal Study
Quality of Life in Alcohol Dependents A Longitudinal Study
John Foster
Tests the hypothesis that not-relapsing to heavy drinking will result in an improved quality of life (QoL) and seeks to ascertain those variables that are predictors of outcome. This book examines the role played by sociodemographic and other confounding factors...
Format: Hardback - Released: 18/12/2007
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