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"The Works has been a great go-to book for thousands of teachers for the last 25 years. Poetry needs space, time and ‘air’ so that children can find it, browse it, hear it and speak it. The Works does the work.” - Michael RosenThe Works poetry collection is 25 years old! This special anniversary edition features brand-new lesson plans from poets including John Foster, Brian Moses, Valerie Bloom and Pie Corbett. The Works contains every kind of poem you will ever need for school, but it is also a book packed with brilliant poems that will delight any reader.It's got chants, action verses, riddles, tongue twisters, shape poems, puns, acrostics, haikus, cinquains, kennings, couplets, thin poems, lists, conversations, monologues, epitaphs, songs, limericks, tankas, nonsense poems, raps, narrative verse and performance poetry that's just for starters.Featuring poems from the very best classic and modern poets, including: William Blake, Michael Rosen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Allan Ahlberg, W.H. Auden, Brian Patten, Roger McGough, Roald Dahl, Charles Causley, Eleanor Farjeon, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ted Hughes, T.S. Eliot and William Shakespeare and many more.A book packed with gems for dipping in to time and time again.

Back at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, acclaimed poet Paul Cookson set out to write a poem a day to share across social media - and is still going strong. More than 2000 consecutive poems later, Slim Volume collates some of his shorter daily poems written during lockdown with many of his more recent compositions, published in print for the first time.

Poems inspired by newspaper headlines, tag-lines, cliches, and click-bait. Marvel at the absurdities ...Beware the 'Lager Lout Gulls', cower from 'The Ghost of Lemmy Riding a Horse and Eating Pizza', be perplexed as 'Brian Blessed Wrestles Forty Stone Gorilla', and hide your eyes from 'Mr Holder's Marrow'!All of these - and much more! - from Britain's best selling poet (named Paul Cookson), and illustrated throughout in full colour by Martin Chatterton.

Heaps of rib-tickling dinosaur rhymes to send you poetrypotty!This Dinosaur themed anthology of poems is written by variousauthors, including Roger Stevens, Jill Townsend, John Rice and manymore!Make sure to also get the matching Teacher Resource Book! Writtenby Paul Cookson, this resource book features workshop-style lessonsbased on different poetry types/genres. Each lesson focuseson a specific poem from one of the anthologies.Scholastic Poetry Series: Twist your tongue aroundthese funny and creative rhymes to see how many laughs youcan whip up. These daft poems will make you chuckle very loudly.Great for sharing with your mates! You can rap or rhyme them, mimethem out or tackle fiendish tongue-twisters. Tons of rib-ticklingrhymes to send you potty about poetry, and they're cool for schoolas well.The anthologies in this series are updated and revised versionsof previously published titles, each with several brand new poemsin them.

This "disgusting" themed anthology of poems is written by variousauthors.The anthologies in this series are updated and revised versions ofpreviously published titles, each with several brand new poemsin them. There's an anthology for every place and topic. Make sureyou've always got a verse rehearsed! Roaring dinosaur rhymes, sillyschool rhymes: even some revolting rhymes to get you groaning.You can rap or rhyme them, mime them out or tackle fiendish tongue-twisters.Heaps of rib-tickling rhymes to send you poetry potty,and it all supports the school curriculum.A matching Teacher Resource Book, written by Paul Cookson, featuresworkshop-style lessons based on different poetry types/genres.Each lesson focuses on a specific poem from one of the anthologies.

This 'Silly' themed anthology of poems is written by various authors.The anthologies in this series are updated and revised versions ofpreviously published titles, each with several brand new poemsin them. There's an anthology for every place and topic. Make sureyou've always got a verse rehearsed! Roaring dinosaur rhymes, sillyschool rhymes: even some revolting rhymes to get you groaning.You can rap or rhyme them, mime them out or tackle fiendish tongue-twisters.Heaps of rib-tickling rhymes to send you poetry potty,and it all supports the school curriculum.A matching Teacher Resource Book, written by Paul Cookson, featuresworkshop-style lessons based on different poetry types/genres.Each lesson focuses on a specific poem from one of the anthologies.

This Teacher Resource Book, written by Paul Cookson, features workshop-stylelessons based on different poetry types/genres. Eachlesson focuses on a specific poem from one of the anthologies.The anthologies in this series are updated and revised versions ofpreviously published titles, each with several brand new poemsin them. There's an anthology for every place and topic. Make sureyou've always got a verse rehearsed! Roaring dinosaur rhymes, sillyschool rhymes: even some revolting rhymes to get you groaning.You can rap or rhyme them, mime them out or tackle fiendish tongue-twisters.Heaps of rib-tickling rhymes to send you poetry potty,and it all supports the school curriculum.

Paul Cookson’s Joke Shop brings together his favourite poems, his funniest poems and his most memorable poems - as well as a selection of brand new unpublished favourites.Twenty five years of laughter can be found within these pages including gems such The Toilet Seat Has Teeth, Superman's Dog, Where Teacher's Keep Their Pets, Let No One Steal Your Dreams and many many more.Paul Cookson’s Joke Shop has been open for twenty five years - come back any time!

The Works 3 contains poems by 52 poets - one for every single week of the year. There are seven poems by each poet, which gives a fantastic variety to the book. All the major themes and forms of poetry are to be found within this chunky paperback, and there is a biography of each poet at the beginning of their week. Another essential book for teachers, but also a joyful celebration of the best poets of all time, both classic and contemporary. Tennyson, Wordsworth and Shakespeare rub shoulders with Brian Moses, Roger McGough and Brian Patten. A must-have book.

Can you hear the distant dragon's rumble of thunder? And smell the sweet swampy aroma of the ogre? Can you taste the tangy tarantula tarts? And see the girl who's really a wizard? From magic carpets and wands to unicorns, potions, creams and lotions, Paul Cookson's brewing a spell of fantastically magic poems.On this tattered magic carpetYou can choose your destinationFor nothing’s quite as magicalAs your imaginationBeautifully illustrated by Eilidh Muldoon, this enchanting anthology brings together work from a range of classic, established and rising poets. Whether you're in the mood for a haunting or a spell gone wrong, this collection of mesmerising poems will have you bewitched from beginning to end! Poets include: William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Benjamin Zephaniah, John Agard, Valerie Bloom, Matt Goodfellow, Joshua Seigal and A.F. Harrold.Book Band: Dark BlueIdeal for ages 9+

From Paul Cookson comes 100 Brilliant Poems For Children, featuring the best of the absolute best. The essential poems for every child to read and enjoy.

The Very Best of Paul Cookson brings together twenty-five years of poetry. It includes his favourite poems and his most thoughtful, uplifting and memorable poems. Includes Let No One Steal Your Dreams, Father's Hands, May You Always, Invisible Magicians, This is Our School and many more.

At the start of the coronavirus lockdown, Paul Cookson set out to write a poem a day - and kept on going. Featuring his opening five hundred poems, Volume One is an authentic and poetic discourse on the mood of the nation, composed with compassion, humour, and adroit takes on the day to day of life throughout challenging times. Illustrated by Martin Chatterton.

When the pandemic started, Paul Cookson began to write a poem a day, little thinking that before it ended he would have written a thousand. Volume Two continues his compassionate, societal and humorous documentation of the nation's wellbeing and resolve, crafting an extraordinary collection for these truly extraordinary times. Illustrated by Martin Chatterton.

Composed throughout the initial phase of the UK's coronavirus lockdown, 'National Reading Hero' Paul Cookson's poetry diary covers the period of 23rd March to 3rd July 2020. Compassionate, societal, political and principled, and laced with the author's renowned humour, here is an extraordinary collection for extraordinary times and a reflective discourse on the mood of a nation. "Paul Cookson is a poet for all seasons and all occasions. He's never going to let a worldwide pandemic curb his creativity. COVID-19 will give up before he does. This book takes you on a Corolla-Coaster of emotions, but don't worry - with Paul you are in safe and well washed hands." - Henry Normal; "Paul somehow manages to season his cogent observations of COVID-19 with a dash of humour that makes you want to dip in again and again. He has you wishing you could drop in and join him for his daily cup of tea." - Valerie Bloom; "Witty and wise, astute and acerbic, Paul Cookson and Chris Riddell are a dream team for these nightmarish times." - Tony Walsh

Written daily throughout the UK's COVID-19 regulatory restrictions, Paul Cookson's new collection picks up directly from his first volume, Fighting Talk. These poems document the period of July to mid-October 2020 - from the pubs re-opening through to the introduction of the 'Three-Tier System'. Compassionate, humorous, political and principled, here is another extraordinary collection for extraordinary times and a continuing discourse on the mood of a nation. "Paul Cookson is on the ball with poetry and life in the here and now. These trying times need poets to help us find a compass. This book is a must." - Michael Rosen "Paul's poetry gives voice to all the things that scare us and all the things that lift us, and everything in between. When we look back at 2020/21 and think what was all that about? his work will help us to remember and to see how far we've come." - Rev. Kate Bottley "A sublime collection of instinctive and honest poems that will undoubtedly serve as a poignant and definitive record of a challenging, turbulent year." - Badly Drawn Boy