The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry - Hardcover

Patten

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9780670873197: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry

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ISBN 10: 0670873195 ISBN 13: 9780670873197

Publisher: Puffin, 1998

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A celebratory anthology of the best of Puffin poetry publishing, including selections from Roger McGough, Michael Rosen, Charles Causely, Benjamin Zephaniah, Jackie Kay, Spike Milligan, John Agard, Brian Patten, Allan Ahlberg and Kit Wright. Full colour illustrations in a range of styles from such artists as Emma Chichester Clark, Fritz Wegner and Korky Paul.

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Review:

In a future life, Kit Wright would like to be "a brilliant painter, an ace musician, or a really great fast bowler." Spike Mulligan went to school in a tent way off in the Indian desert. When he first arrived in England it felt like "living under an inverted bowl of grey." Michael Rosen calls himself "the best thief in the world." What and who does he steal from? Stories and jokes from his own children. If Michael Rosen wasn't a human being, he'd like to be a cockroach.

In this colourful, musical approach to children's verse there are 10 sections, each devoted to a poet and an illustrator. Accompanying each section is a short interview with the poet. So, along with poems about squirdles, sneaking slice after slice of chocolate cake, and having an itch in your nose when your hands are covered with glue, you'll learn cool stuff about the poets too. --Martha Silano

About the Author:

Brian Patten came to public attention with the publication of THE MERSEY SOUND in 1967. He is a very popular performance poet, always in demand for conferences and school visits. Collections of his own poetry are published in Puffin and he edited the PUFFIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH CENTURY VERSE. Brian lives in London.

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