Paul Cookson has been enthusing and entertaining children with his poetry for almost thirty years. A National Reading Hero from the National Year of Reading, he has performed not only throughout the UK but internationally. A keen football fan, he is the Poet in Residence for the National Football Museum. Among his best-known collections are Pants on Fire, The Truth About Teachers and It's Behind You!. Paul lives in Retford, Nottinghamshire, with his wife, two children, a dog, and several ukeleles.