P6 Both
"The five stories in verse in the Mightly Slide are narrative poems to rival The Pied Piper and The Highwayman. Alberg never falters whether dealing with a child's experience on a winter's day in the school playground, or with Captain Jim who gave crocodiles what for with 'his bare hands and a cricket cat' Wonderful!
-Wes Magee, junior education"

i dont think that I have ever read narrritive poetry until now, how strange. I know I like narritives I know I like some poetry,but do I like the two together. seems like the answer is yes. As with all poetry I found that this took more concentration to read than just a story and i wondered whether this was worth the effort. However reading just the first of this collection "the mightly slide" I cannot see how this could be written in prose with anything like the same effect that Ahlberg manages to achieve.
I am not convinced that narrative poems with ever be popular with the general reading public, especially kids. But this book is worth suggesting