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  • Juggling with Gerbils

    by Brian Patten ...
    A great new collection of poetry, wide-ranging in both form and subject matter. Full of Brian Patten's wonderful wit and moments of beauty as in GERANIUMS IN THE SNOW: Like children snuggling down under a white duvet Slowly the red geraniums Vanish under the snow. Brilliantly complemented by Chris Riddell's illustrations. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Story Giant

    by Brian Patten ...
    A magical story which weaves together fifty world tales – of immense appeal to both adults and children.‘One day a story fell from heaven and landed on a giant’s tongue… ’The Story Giant is a master illusionist and the ur-storyteller. In his memory exists every tale ever told in the world – except for one, which has eluded him for millennia.In a last desperate attempt to track down this lost tale, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Mersey Sound

    Restored 50th Anniversary Edition

    by Adrian Henri, Brian Patten, Roger McGough ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'The Mersey Sound is an attempt to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume, in each case the selection has been made to illustrate the poet's characteristics in style and form'. With this modest brief, The Mersey Sound was conceived and first published in 1967. An anthology which features Roger McGough's ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Collected Love Poems

    by Brian Patten ...
    Brian Patten is renowned as an accessible and popular poet. Now his love poems, old and new, are collected together in his single volume.Widely acknowledged as one of Europe’s foremost writers, Brian Patten’s love poems earned him recognition far and wide. Truthful and tender, profoundly aware of the possibility of magic and the miraculous, these poems are beautiful, informed and, even at their ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Monsters' Guide to Choosing a Pet

    by Brian Patten, Roger McGough ...
    Illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees ...
    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. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Selected Poems

    by Brian Patten ...
    A selection of Brian Patten's best work over the last forty-five years, chosen by the poet himself. The earliest of these poems, 'Sleep Now', was written when Patten was fifteen, the latest when he was sixty. Presented in rough chronological order, the selection includes a dozen new poems. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Armada

    by Brian Patten ...
    Through the fads and fashions of the last thirty years Brian Patten has remained true to his own personal vision of poetry. Whether composing lamentations to the terrible beauty of human love, or writing his outstanding popular verse for children, he has continued to articulate and illuminate the joys and sorrows of the everyday world.His reputation has been enhanced progressively by each of his ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Big Snuggle-up

    Illustrated by Nicola Bayley ...
    by Brian Patten ...
    It all started with a scarecrow coming into the house out of the snow, bringing with him the mouse that lived up his sleeve. But it wasn't only these two who were looking for a warm place to snuggle up! ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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    $16.69 CAD

  • The Whitsun Weddings

    by Philip Larkin ...
    Philip Larkin (1922-1985) remains England's best-loved poet - a writer matchlessly capable of evoking his native land and of touching all readers from the most sophisticated intellectual to the proverbial common reader. The late John Betjeman observed that 'this tenderly observant poet writes clearly, rhythmically, and thoughtfully about what all of us can understand'. Behind this modest ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Taste of River Water

    new and selected poems

    by Cate Kennedy ...
    WINNER OF THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS C.J. DENNIS PRIZE FOR POETRYSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2011 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDSDisarming, warm, and always accessible, Cate Kennedy’s poems make ordinary experiences glow. Everything that suffuses her well-loved prose is here: compassion, insight, lyrical precision, and the clear, minimalist eye that reveals how life can turn on a ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Puffin's Brilliantly Big Bumper Joke Book

    An A-Z of Everything Funny!

    by Brough Girling, John Byrne ...
    A complete A - Z of hilarious jokes and gags to make you giggle. Arranged in alphabetical sections, this bumper book is packed full of the best (and very worst) jokes for every occasion! ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD