In all its forms - from heart-melting sentiment to corrosive desire - human love is fragile, shot-through with yearning, and sharpened by the thought of loss. In Poems of Love and Longing ten of our foremost poets offer new insights into the most intense and intoxicating of all emotions.

Contributors include:

• Gillian Clarke
• Grahame Davies
• Christine Evans
• Gwyneth Glyn
• Rex Harley
• Christine Kinsey
• Julie Rainsbury
• Susan Richardson
• Owen Sheers
• Jenny Sullivan

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'Drat! says Shemi, surveying the contents of his pockets. 'No maggots! Now what shall I put on my fishing line instead?'

Ever resourceful, Shemi hooks a currant bun to the end of his line, ties himself to his fishing rod with string, and settles down for an afternoon nap. Imagine his surprise when he wakes to find himself soaring through the air on course for Ireland. His return trip to Wales is odder still - when he arrives home in Goodwick as a human cannonball!

With exploits involving giant crabs and right-angled rifles, Shemi Wâd sounds like pure invention; but in Shemi's Tall Tales storyteller Mary Medlicott succeeds brilliantly in introducing this real-life legend to a new generation of listeners.

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Jaco Evans is tired of dressing up for the Saint David's Day celebrations in school. So he makes a wish - and turns into Leek Boy!

How will Jaco get his pants on when he has no legs? Will the school cook chop him up for lunch? Will he get to play against Wood Green Juniors in the annual Saint David's Day football match?

Fast and funny and ever so stinky...This is one Saint David's Day he'll never forget!.

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A girl in their rugby team!

The boys can hardly believe it when the Head tells them that Becca Jones will be playing for the school. She's never even held a rugby ball! What are their chances now of beating Parkway? But on the pitch it's a different story....

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After 'borrowing' her knitting machine in 'It's Gone, Jac!', the wolf and Nain are best of friends. But there's still something bothering him. He'd really like to meet up with other wolves - there's just one snag - there are no more wolves in Wales. Join Wolf on his travels through Europe as he looks for his friends and relations!

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What's the difference between Rover, the family dog, and Danny, Sara's little brother? Well, not a great deal when Danny digs up the daisies and chases next door's Siamese! With friendly rivals Rover and Danny, this gentle picture book from author illustrator Jac Jones will set tails wagging all over Wales.

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Every year on the first of March, the people of Wales celebrate St David's Day. Who was David? Why do we remember him?

This story will tell you of a boy who had very special gifts. As he grew up, he became famous for his preaching and his miracles. Even today, we remember the good deeds and wise words of David, Patron Saint of Wales.

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Nelson's got 'retirement'. It's not an illness, just something which happens to old carthorses at the end of their career. But Nelson's boss, Mike the Milk, has problems with his new milk float, and crossword expert Nelson finds himself called out of retirement to head off an environmental disaster. A Nod from Nelson is Falklands hero Simon Weston's first novel for children, combining characteristic clear-sightedness with humour and compassion.

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Megan hates music - at least the kind made by her family: Dad's a composer and Mum's a professional violinist, not to mention Megan's music-mad brothers and sisters! It takes a move to the big city and a visit to the park before Megan realises that not all music is the same. The Urban Turbans are a band of Indian drummers and Megan finds herself mysteriously drawn to their special sound. Family and friends find Megan's fascination hard to fathom, and not all the Turbans are happy about her increasing closeness to their tight-knit group!

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'Hello, Cadi!' 'Bore da, Cadi!' 'Ciao, Cadi! 'Hi there, Cadi!' 'Shwmae, Cadi!'

Everyone's pleased to see Cadi, the perky cat-next-door. Her nine neighbours all offer breakfast, but Cadi has other ideas, that is until she reaches 'Penybryn' and comes whisker to whisker with the biggest dog she's ever seen! Cadi's adventures can be enjoyed by all the family in this delightful new picture book, Here Comes Cadi, with eye-catching illustrations by Suzanne Carpenter.

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Pity the poor priest! No sooner has he arrived in his new parish than he is flattened by Thomas (who has been watching his suspicious progress from a tree)! Troublesome Thomas is the story of a young boy caught up in the turmoil of the Civil War between Charles I and his people. He isn't a bad boy - just over-enthusiastic about catching Parliament spies! Join Thomas, Tirion and stable-boy Ifor at Llancaiach Fawr for a summer of intrigue and adventure in Jenny Sullivan's sequel to award-winning Tirion's Secret Journal.

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Finbar is all at sea when his 'people' - Ma Murphy, Annie and Baby Tom - leave their Irish farm on a long family visit. So the little leprechaun is extra pleased to hitch a lift to Wales. Leprechauns aren't the best-behaved creatures and Finbar isn't the best-behaved of leprechauns. Join him as he travels Wales in search of fun - from Pembroke Castle to the Millennium Centre, Fin's sense of mischief is never far away!

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Once upon a time - it might have been a long, long time ago, or it might have been yesterday - dragons slept and played on the earth and flew in the skies. Not everyone saw them then, and not everyone can see them now. But the storytellers, the poets, the children who watched and listened - they have seen the wondrous beasts, and they can tell you wonderful tales of Dragon Days.

Brett Breckon has painted the beautiful and awesome dragons he has seen on his wanderings - in the contours of cliffs, in the breaking of waves, in the tangle of debris and driftwood on the beach. He and all the writers who have contributed to this marvellous giftbook, have been happily bewitched by dragons. Here they share their visions of dragons with you.

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'Harriet felt the oilskin packet in her fingers. It was thin and smooth but she felt sure that it contained the whole world.'

After spending all her savings on old Jethro's pirate map, twelve-year-old Harriet Amos believes that Black Bart's treasure is within her grasp. Phil Carradice's rip-roaring story sees Harriet and her friend Ben sailing the seven seas - or at least the Severn Estuary - in search of pirate treasure. Unfortunately someone else is also on the trail...

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Set in a land the Romans never left, Frances Thomas's fast-moving novel shows well-brought up Livia disguising herself as a boy and attempting to piece together the mystery surrounding her father's death.

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A collection of stories and poems about what it means to be Welsh in the twenty-first century. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, eleven writers take a sideways look at Welshness. For readers of 13 upwards.

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A magical picture book by Yemeni husband and wife team: Leena Jamil and Abdulla al-Ameen. What happens when youngsters Asraf and Sa'ad are left to their own devices? This story combines fact with imagination - an information panel explains the connections between Wales and Yemen.

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A magnificent gift book for readers of 7 - 11 with contributions by some of Wales's most famous writers and illustrators. Saint David's Day will never be the same again, with mouth-watering stories from Malachy Doyle, Phil Carradice and Mary Medlicott - to name just a few!

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The latest in Jenny Sullivan's series of fantasy stories which started with the Magic Apostrophe. Tanith is not amused when she discovers that Merlin and Gwydion have arranged her wedding for her! The only problem - nobody asked Tanith!

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Nain - familiar to younger readers from Cold Jac and What's up, Jac? by author/illustrator Rob Lewis - has an argument with a wolf and finds that her life is never the same again!

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A new translation into English of the story of Saint Melangell, told originally in Welsh by Eiry Palfrey

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