Most Popular Books by Brian Patten

Unfeasibly funny sequel to the popular Impossible Parents - part of the Sprinters series relaunch Poor Ben and Mary Norm. Their parents have decided to become ecologists and are getting it impossibly wrong. First they ditch their clothes, then the TV and now they''re eating yak cheese Worst of all, the kids at school have found out, and Ben and Mary are a laughing stock... again If only their parents could go back to being normally impossible, rather than ecologically impossible. But then Mary has an idea that might just work...

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!

A stunning prose retelling of the Beowulf legend from award-winning Brian Patten with fabulous artwork by new Children''s Laureate Chris Riddell. Jacket foiling and neon pantone print interiors combine for a really fabulous Little Gem. The monster Grendel has awoken and the townspeople are terrified. Even the King has abandoned his great Hall. Hero after hero comes to slay the monster, but no one can outwit Grendel. Only Beowulf has a chance. But when Beowulf finally triumphs, an even greater horror awakens. Grendel''s mother, the Hag, wants revenge on the slayer of her son.

A nine-year-old boy lives on the ninth floor of a high-rise tower block in a large, grim city. He hates it, but one day he discovers a small silver telescope that enables him to see the beauty in the world around him - from market stalls to the surface of the moon.

One day a shy little creature looked at its reflection in a frozen pond. But the little creature doesn''t know who it is. And so starts an important quest of identity.

A Restricted View From Under The Hedge (In The Springtime) is a stunning collection of some of the finest contemporary poetry. Including new work from Chen Chen, D.M. Thomas, Robert Sheppard, Sophie Hannah, Mimi Khalvati, Bill Herbert, Megan Falley, Moniza Alvi, Sanjeev Sethi and Eileen Myles. Additionaly, it features, Brian Patten Talking to Eileen Carney Hulme Alison Lock Penny Rimbaud Paul Moss Matt Duggan Patricia Oxley Charlotte Begg Sandra Beasley S.A. Leavelsey Isabelle Kenyon Artwork From Moose

Uncle Elliot and Mrs. Battyhats are the craziest new neighbours Jimmy can imagine. Not only do they look daft and say the oddest things, but they have real secret adventures on which Jimmy is always invited.

Korte verhalen waarin de olifant en de bloem samen vele avonturen beleven met andere dieren uit de wildernis.

When Danny Harris knocks over a witch, she puts a spell on his bike, and he''s off on a non-stop journey around the world. Adapted from T̀he saga of the doomed cyclist''. Rhyming text suitable for reading aloud. 4-8 yrs.

Eric W. White edited a Christmas 1966 supplement of poems for the Poetry Book Society (London) in memory of John Hayward. White notes, "In choosing the poems for this Supplement I have gone partly to poets he knew and liked, and partly to new poets who at the time of his death in 1965 had not yet had a chance of making their name." The collection contains correspondence with twelve British poets, their submission, proofs with corrections, and the final printed publication. The poets and their poem include W.H. Auden ("River profile"), George Barker ("The Clock is banging"), Jack Clemo ("Carmel"), Harry Fainlight ("Wolstonbury"), David Jones ("A, a, a, domine deus"), Richard Murphy ("Military history"), Norman Nicholson ("Have you been to London?"), Brian Patten ("Little Johnny''s letter home"), Tom Pickard ("The Game bird"), Edgell Rickword ("On choosing a Christmas card for a close friend"), Vernon Watkins ("The Measure moves"), and Sheila Wingfield ("The Possibility").