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Maggie was born into a race of Romani Gypsies first discovered within Scotland in the 14th century, they were then known as "Little Egyptians", which later got corrupted to Gypsy or Gypo, but were known to each other as "Travelers". People believe this group of Romanies originated from India, but Maggie strongly believes that her race originated from Egypt, hence the endearing name of "Little Egyptians". From the 14th century to the late 18th ...

Maggie was born into a race of Romani Gypsies first discovered within Scotland in the 14th century, they were then known as "Little Egyptians", which later got corrupted to Gypsy or Gypo, but were known to each other as "Travelers". People believe this group of Romanies originated from India, but Maggie strongly believes that her race originated from Egypt, hence the endearing name of "Little Egyptians". From the 14th century to the late 18th ...

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Poetry. Modelled on the famous United States competition, the third annual Best New British and Irish Poets competition was open to any poet of British or Irish citizenship and/or UK or Irish residency who has not yet published or will not publish a full-length collection of poetry. This anthology comprises work by some of the biggest rising stars and new talents in these isles.

As if lost in the soft, bewitching world of fairy tale, Maggie Smith conceives and brings forth this metaphysical Baedeker, a guidebook for mother and child to lead each other into a hopeful present. Smith's poems affirm the virtues of humanity: compassion, empathy, and the ability to comfort one another when darkness falls. 'There is a light, ' she tells us, 'and the light is good.'" - D. A. Powell"Smith's voice is clear and unmistakable as s...

A worry settled deep into my claws. Attila the Hummer is the meanest, nastiest, toughest one of the bunch, and now he's my group leader!

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Count your way through a baby's busy day! Count from 1 to 10 as this adorable baby takes a bath, gets dressed, and eats a snack. Through a day of splashing in puddles and playing with puppies, we count down from 10 to 1. By the end, baby is happy and tired-and dirty enough for another bath! "You can't miss with a wet baby fresh from the bath, making a gleeful escape covered only by a purple towel. . . . Fans of counting and bath time will be s...

She may not be the Downton Dame, but Maggie Smith is also in her mid-eighties - and a writer whose first three decades encompassed World War II and massive post-war social changes. This is not a misery memoir but a tale of the survival of a bright girl from a family where only a boy would have been worthy of higher education. Written with energy and humour, it was intended originally only for her own family, but readers of all ages have enjoye...

Explores the men behind what was once the largest industrial building in the world.

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A celebration of a mother's love for her baby. Perfect for Mother's Day or a shower gift, with a padded cover and space for a personal photo. A cat has her kittens, a dog has her puppies, a sheep has her lamb, and I have you. This book celebrates the love between mothers and babies throughout the animal kingdom. Ducklings, piglets, foals, and fawns frolic through the pages. As our human baby grows from newborn to toddler, Mom offers the consta...

Here in Maggie Smith's first book we encounter a voice that is spare, confident, and precise. Her images click into place, and the movement of each poem is deft, muscular, taut. These are poems we trust, poems that ask hard questions while at the same time convincing us of the magic in the world. Smith's voice is reserved, yet she carries her world forward in her teeth, so to speak. There's wisdom and acceptance in many of the poems, coupled w...

First published in 1995 by Orchard Books, this book takes one baby, two dogs, and three bicycles on a journey from the big city to Maine's seacoast. Objects packed for the trip and things seen along the way are all happily counted, finishing in a shining finale as the family tallies 20 fireflies found during their last evening in Maine.

Tight and purposeful as a fable, The List of Dangers gives us sorrows and warnings from a world imbalanced by beasts and little beauties. The images are precise as a child's playroom - keyholes, miniature candelabra, the 'trebly notes' of wrens and gypsies - but perilous in their tender transformations. Maggie Smith's rich lyric gifts produce here a poetry of balancing composure in the face of peril and pretty chance." - David Baker, author of...

* An enchanting and utterly absorbing memoir of a forgotten way of life* Previously published as Our Forgotten Years

Full of the language and lore of the Gypsies, this remarkable memoir offers insight into the Romani way of life from an insider's perspective. Maggie Smith-Bendell shares stories from her traditional Gypsy childhood in the rural South of England, from traveling the countryside and facing hardships, such as the death of a family member, to catching wild animals and earning a living from the woods, hedgerows, and fieldwork in the area. Moving an...