A COVENTRY bookshop was full of cabbages for a visit by a poet and illustrator.

Martin Brown and Sam Baxter were promoting their illustrated book of poems, A Thousand Scary Cabbages and Other Curiosities, at Borders Bookshop at the Ricoh Arena Retail Park.

In keeping with the book’s title, Sam had designed cabbage masks as a free gift for young buyers of the book, as well as free bookmarks for all. Youngsters could also draw or colour in a cabbage.

Martin, of Allesley Park and a member of the Coventry Writers’ Group said, “A lot of people bought copies of the book and were very enthusiastic about the pictures and poems. Everyone seemed to have a favourite poem.

“One person bought a copy for visitors from New York, so there will soon be scary cabbages on the other side of the Atlantic.”

One Thousand Scary Cabbages is currently available at Borders Bookshop at the Ricoh Arena Retail Park, and at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum shop, priced at £6.99. Other outlets including Waterstones hope to stock it soon.