A Nest Full of Stars

'A Nest Full of Stars is a marvellous, warmly humane and richly humourous new collection from James Berry' Achuka From A Nest Full of Stars Only chance made me come and find my hen, stepping from her hidden nest, in our kitchen garden. In her clever secret place, her tenth egg, still warm, had just been dropped. Not sure of what to do, I picked up every egg, counting them, then put them down again. All were mine. All swept me away and back. I blinked, I saw: a whole hand of ripe bananas, nesting. I blinked, I saw: an open bagful of ripe mangoes, nesting. I blinked, I saw: a might nest full of stars.

James Berry was born in Jamaica and grew up in a tiny village on the coast. In 1948 he moved to Britain where he became a leading campaigner for black people. He has compiled Around the World in 80 Poems for Macmillan (ISBN: 0333 90382 X) and is the author of numerous poetry collections for children and adults.