The Bee's Knees

Informationen zum Autor Roger McGough was a member of the group Scaffold in the 1960s when he contributed poems to the Penguin title The Mersey Sound , which has since sold over a million copies and is now available as a Penguin Classic. He has published many books of poems for children and adults, and both his Collected Poems (2004) and Selected Poems (2006) are also available in Penguin. He presents Poetry Please on Radio 4 and is President of the Poetry Society. He was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001 and with a CBE in 2005 for services to literature. Klappentext Roger McGough was born in Liverpool and educated at the University of Hull. He came to prominence in the 1960s with the publication of THE MERSEY SOUND, and is now one of our most popular poets. He writes for all ages and performs all over the world. He was honoured with an OBE in 1997 and won the Signal Poetry Award in 1998. Roger is heard regularly on radio and is now the regular presenter of Radio 4's POETRY PLEASE. Roger lives in London. Zusammenfassung A brilliant collection of brand-new poems from 'the patron saint of poetry'. Longer, narrative poems sit comfortably with Roger McGough's sharper observations and insightful words in this collection, perfectly illustrated in black-and-white line by Helen Stephens.

Product details

• Authors: Roger McGough, Helen Stephens
• Assisted by: Helen Stephens (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2003
• EAN: 9780141314952
• ISBN: 978-0-14-131495-2
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Interest age: from c 7 years, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies