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Books with author Roger McGough

  • Poetry Pie

    ROGER MCGOUGH

    Paperback (Puffin, Oct. 1, 2015)
    Poetry Pie
  • All The Best

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Puffin, Aug. 3, 2004)
    A wonderful selection of over 100 of Roger's own best-loved poems from his vast Puffin catalogue of poetry collections. Lots of favourites and some lesser known surprises, too. Packed with fabulous Lydia Monks illustrations throughout.
  • Dotty Inventions and Some Real Ones Too

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Frances Lincoln, May 1, 2012)
    Find out about how everyday things were invented, in this mix of fantasy and science! Eccentric inventor Professor Dorothy Dabble sets off to London with Digby her pet robot, to enter a competition for the best invention. On the way, they discover lots of amazing stories about the invention of everyday objects.
  • Strictly Private: An Anthology Of Poetry

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Puffin, April 2, 1996)
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  • You At The Back: Selected Poems 1967-1987

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Puffin, Feb. 2, 1993)
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  • Great Smile Robbery

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Puffin, July 3, 1984)
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  • As Far As I Know

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Viking, Aug. 27, 2013)
    As Far as I Know is a wonderful new book of poems by Roger McGough, the nation's favourite poet Take comfort from this You have a book in your hand not a loaded gun or a parking fine or an invitation card to the wedding of the one you should have married Roger McGough's new book of poems shows him writing as fluently and inventively as ever. There may be a stronger strain of melancholy than before (the death of a regular in the local pub; the news that a daughter might be moving abroad), as well as a distinct sense of menace, small but insistent, which inhabits many of the poems. But there is plenty of McGough's characteristic wit and wordplay too, including a scintillating series of haiku inspired by a London tube strike and a striking reworking of his famous 1960s poem 'Let Me Die a Youngman's Death', this time entitled 'Not For Me a Youngman's Death'. Who but McGough would characterize the butcher's window as 'the friendly face of the abattoir', or imagine the almost limitless ways in which we might go to bed? A new book of poems by Roger McGough is always an event. Published just ahead of his 75th birthday, As Far As I Know is truly cause for celebration. 'The patron saint of poetry' Carol Ann Duffy Roger McGough was born in Liverpool. During the 1960s he was a member of the group Scaffold which had an international hit with 'Lily the Pink'. He has won two BAFTAs and a Royal Television Award for his broadcasting work, and presents the popular Radio 4 programme Poetry Please. He has published many books of poems for adults and children, and both his Collected Poems (2003) and Selected Poems (2006) are bestselling poetry titles on the Penguin list. He was made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool in 2001, and received a CBE in 2004 for his services to literature.
  • Sensational!: Poems Inspired by the Five Senses Chosen by

    Roger McGough

    Hardcover (Macmillan Children's Books, )
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  • Selected Poems

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Penguin UK, Feb. 28, 2006)
    An updated selection of Roger McGough's finest, best-loved verse. The complete span of McGough's writing, from the 1960s to the new millennium, is represented. 'McGough's trademarks: the craft worn as lightly as the crown, the jokes that are something more, the underlying heartache, the acute sense of the way time slips away' Ian McMillan, Poetry Review 'McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddings' Time Out
  • All the Best: The Selected Poems of Roger McGough

    Roger McGough, Lydia Monks

    eBook (Puffin, July 1, 2004)
    A wonderful selection of over 100 of Roger's own best-loved poems from his vast Puffin catalogue of poetry collections. Lots of favourites and some lesser known surprises, too. Packed with fabulous Lydia Monks illustrations throughout.
  • Great Smile Robbery And Stinkers Ahoy

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Puffin, May 4, 1999)
    Emerson has the best smile in the whole world, in fact he has a cupboard full of smiles, so when he gets up one Thursday, things are looking pretty good. But he was not counting on the jealousy of the fiendish and revolting Stinkers. They are after Emerson's smiles.
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  • The Monsters' Guide to Choosing a Pet. Roger McGough, Brian Patten

    Roger McGough

    Paperback (Puffin Books, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Roger McGough and Brian Patten have selected the very best of their animal poems in order to help two loveable monsters from outer space who visit Earth in search of a pet and need a bit of guidance...Split into sections, the monsters are introduced to animals that fly, swim, crawl and purr by two of our greatest childrens poets. Illustrated in Guy Parker-Rees' lively and intimitable style.