New Releases by Roger McGough

''The patron saint of poetry'' Carol Ann Duffy For sixty years, Roger McGough has thrilled and delighted generations of readers with his irreverent, intimate and ever-original poetry. The Collected Poems presents the definitive selection of his very best work, from the Mersey-soaked sound of his quintessential Sixties start, through to tender meditations on fatherhood and family, and on to political sendups, pandemic playfulness and brilliant new writing. Here, then, is an unmatched store of warmth, wisdom and feeling from Britain''s most beloved poet. ''McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddings'' Time Out

A brand new collection for children from beloved poet, writer and broadcaster - Roger McGough Just when you are ready to write your first poem, along come the words and cause mayhem! ''Poems can be like that sometimes,'' says Roger McGough. Here Roger''s witty poems take you from school and home to places far and wide, and back again just in time to finish the poem you first started.

This is not the time for adultery. Your lover will fail to be impressed, not so much by the face mask and stale musk of sanitizing gel, but your flouting of the rules. At once funny and moving, Safety in Numbers is the new collection from the nation''s favourite poet. Traversing new yet timeless terrain with his signature wit and intimacy, Roger McGough brings to life the very strangeness of our times From lost tongues and violins to rising oceans, from adulterers in lockdown to ghosts in line, we may live in dark times and yet find ourselves laughing. From surprising angles and with unexpected voices, McGough, ''a trickster you can trust'', reveals the telling moments of our lives. _______________ PRAISE FOR ROGER MCGOUGH ''A witty and ingenious chronicler of British life with a deftness and agility that is hard to beat'' Poetry Society ''The patron saint of poetry'' Carol Ann Duffy ''McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddings'' Time Out

‘If poems were gifts, and in many ways they are, children will find plenty to absorb and amuse them in this bulging stocking of an anthology.’ Roger McGough From traditional verses by Christina Rossetti and William Blake to modern classics by Julia Donaldson and Benjamin Zephaniah, this heart-warming Christmas anthology will delight children and adults of all ages. All the wonders of the season are captured in 100 Best Christmas Poems for Children. Perfect for reading aloud with all the family or for children aged 8-12 to read to themselves, there are verses that will encourage you to reflect on the Christmas themes of joy, hope and peace for all the world, while also savouring the festive fun of everything else that Christmas brings – from the opening of the first Advent window to the tidying away of all the decorations on Twelfth Night. Edited and introduced by beloved poet Roger McGough, this enchanting children’s poetry book make a wonderful gift and keepsake and will be cherished by all who read it. Children will gain an appreciation for language and storytelling as the magic of Christmas is brought to life by this anthology that they’ll return to over and over again each year.

Crocodile says goodbye to the jungle and heads for the bright lights of London to find freedom and adventure. But despite the famous sights, city life on a stone-cold street begins to pall... Will crocodile tears become real tears for friends, family and home? A fantastic picture book for reading aloud by poetry legend Roger McGough and award-winning animator Greg McLeod.

AN EXUBERANT NEW COLLECTION FROM ONE OF BRITAIN''S BEST LOVED POETS ''The patron saint of poetry'' Carol Ann Duffy For more than fifty years, Roger McGough has entranced generations of readers with poetry which is at once playful and poignant, intimate and ambitious in its scope. From forgotten friendships and the idiosyncrasies of family life, to the trauma of war right through to contemporary politics, joinedupwriting explores the human experience in all its shades of light and dark, but always with McGough''s signature wit and style. This is the nation''s favourite poet at his very finest. ''McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddings'' Time Out

Poems to make you smile! Critically acclaimed poet Roger McGough has drawn together a fantastic collection of upbeat poems to bring happiness into your day with this uplifting collection Happy Poems. He reminds us that happiness can be found all around us in the everyday, in family, in books in nature and, of course, in our pets! Includes gems from the very best classic and contemporary poets, such as John Agard, Adrian Henri, Brian Patten, Carol Ann Duffy, Joseph Coelho, William Wordsworth and William Blake.

There are eighty of Roger McGough''s favourite poems in this hugely enjoyable collection, gathered together into a new volume to celebrate Roger''s 80th birthday! Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always inventive, the enormous variety of poems from this hugely popular poet will never cease to amaze and delight children of all ages.

There are eighty of Roger McGough''s favourite poems in this hugely enjoyable collection, gathered together into a new volume to celebrate Roger''s 80th birthday! Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always inventive, the enormous variety of poems from this hugely popular poet will never cease to amaze and delight children of all ages.

It Never Rains by Roger McGough - an expanded edition of comic verse and free line drawings, from the nation''s favourite poet While up at Magdalen Spent the time dagdalen. Moved on to Caius Became the baius knaius. ''Oxford Blues'' is one of the many new poems in this expanded and revised edition of The State of Poetry, Roger McGough''s book of short humorous verse which was published in 2005 as part of Penguin''s 70s series celebrating its 70th anniversary. From a poem commissioned to commemorate Dylan Thomas in just 140 characters, which unfortunately comes to an end mid-word, to a pre-emptive erratum notice, these poems show McGough at his inventive, hilarious best - and there are also new line drawings by the author offered at no extra cost. ''The patron saint of poetry'' Carol Ann Duffy 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.

There are over 50 poems in this hugely enjoyable poetry collection with themes ranging from food and animals to school and ghouls. As always, Roger Mcgough''s poems are full of wit and wisdom, with word play, puns and sharp observations on all aspects of life. He''s even included his own unique line drawings which are full of humour and pathos. Children are sure to ask for another slice of this brand new poetry pie!

It was Wednesday if I remember rightly. I never liked Wednesdays for some reason. I could never spell ''Wednesday'' for a start. And it always seemed to rain on Wednesdays. And there were two days to go before the weekend ...

High-powered imagination meets adventure in this celebration of childhood mischief, from national treasure Roger McGough. Particularly suitable for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7+ Midge and co. are back! And this time there''s a brand new four-legged friend in tow. New Dog needs a name and the boys need an adventure, so what are the three to do but sort it out themselves - there will be rescue missions, viking attacks and buried treasuregalore before the week is out. Laugh-out-loud adventures of childhood high jinks and rascality. Particularly suitable for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7+

A collection of poems by Roger McGough and Christina Rosetti. At Key Stage 2 Wordsmith gives you ''single voice'' collections of poetry. This approach enables children to familiarise themselves with the poets as individuals, learning about their lives and inspirations to help bring their work to life.

In inglese “baby burp” è il ruttino che i genitori cercano di provocare nel neonato dopo la poppata. Quando finalmente il ruttino vien fuori, di solito la mamma o il papà si sentono sollevati e si complimentano con l’esecutore come fosse un musicista: “Bravo! Bravo!” Poi, non si sa esattamente a che età, fare un ruttino a tavola non è più consentito. A ben leggere, però, “baby burp” può essere anche un rutto appena nato. Non il rutto di un bambino, ma un rutto bambino. Dunque può succedere, che a una ragazzina inglese scappi un ruttino. I genitori non apprezzeranno e lei si scuserà. Ma Ruttino non sarà molto contento della fredda accoglienza che la famiglia gli ha riservato, e così comincerà a volare per la stanza, e poi scapperà di casa, se ne andrà fuori dalla finestra, in giro per i quartieri di Londra... Roger McGough rovista nell’inventario di suoni e significati delle parole e ne trae mondi inimmaginabili, ritmi pop e storie pazzesche.

BBC Radio 4''s Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of the country''s best-loved poems over the decades since its inception. The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast pieces ever: fifty of those poems are read here by Adjoa Andoh and Anton Lesser, both regular voices for the programme. The selection includes poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Blake, Rupert Brooke, Lord Byron, G.K. Chesterton, T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, John Keats, Edward Lear, Sylvia Plath, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas, William Wordsworth, and W.B. Yeats

Roger McGough prende gli animali che conosciamo e li trasforma in un suo zoo dell’immaginazione, dove le parole sono libere di correre da tutte le parti... Un divertentissimo bestiario popolato da creature reali e inventate che – con la complicità di Franco Nasi e delle sue “traduzioni aperte” – si sono trasformate in un’altra lingua e qualche volta hanno anche cambiato nome, in un gioco infinito di travestimenti che il lettore può cimentarsi a continuareRoger McGough prende gli animali che conosciamo e li trasforma in un suo zoo dell’immaginazione, dove le parole sono libere di correre da tutte le parti... Un divertentissimo bestiario popolato da creature reali e inventate che – con la complicità di Franco Nasi e delle sue “traduzioni aperte” – si sono trasformate in un’altra lingua e qualche volta hanno anche cambiato nome, in un gioco infinito di travestimenti che il lettore può cimentarsi a continuare.

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.

Roger McGough''s eagerly-awaited new collection is a powerful testament to the miraculous in the everyday. Here he builds us his world: one of chance encounters and embarrassing moments, of big questions and small wonders. ''At that awkward age now between birth and death,'' he addresses Alzheimers and wrestles with mortality. He resolves (and fails) to live every day as if it were his last, joins the Foreign Legion, jives in Macca''s trousers, shares the pain of Mr Sappho and Lord Godiva and plans a prison break. With his inimitable warmth, wit and wordplay, Roger McGough affirms his position as the pre-eminent poet of the magic moment - the happy collision of life, language and the imagination.

A new sparkling and witty version by Roger McGough of Molière''s comedy published as a programme text to accompany the premiere at the Liverpool Everyman on 9 May 2008. Tartuffe is a beacon of piety and in the home of wealthy merchant Orgon he has his feet firmly under the table. But all is not as it seems and as Orgon becomes more enraptured with his new companion the whole city is chattering. Is he a friend, a fraud, a miracle or a hypocrite? The family smell a rat and amidst the frills and frivolity of seventeenth century society they hatch a cunning plan to outwit the wily deceiver before he brings their house crashing down. Molière wrote Tartuffe in 1664 but the play was banned following its first production in Paris; it wasn''t until 1669 that it was revived and became one of his greatest successes.

If Philosophy is the Why? And Science is the How? Then Poetry is the Wow! In this stunning, brand-new volume, you''ll discover poems about poems, poems about life, poems about kangaroos and chameleons and caterpillars (though not in the same verse) and many more. This touching and thought-provoking collection will make you laugh, cry, or simply say ''Wow!''

A platypus, terrapin and gecko are all at knock down prices. The koalas are 9p a pair. A box of assorted brown things is only 20p. The rat with half his whiskers missing thinks he''s the best bargain but what is behind that door ...? .

One of Britain''s most popular poets, Roger McGough has written many books for both children and adults. This book includes a selection of some of his finest and best loved verse, featuring new and previously unpublished poems.

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.

"This is [McGough''s] autobiography - and like the best of his poetry it is packed with humour, surreal observations, nostalgic reminiscences of love, life and loss. He tells of growing up in Liverpool during the Blitz, to the skiffle-crazy days of his adolescence, through to his time at university - and his meetings there with Larkin. He explores the ups-and-downs of being thrust into the limelight with The Scaffold, adrift in Soho helping write dialogue for the Beatles film ''Yellow Submarine, '' and adventures in New York writing lyrics for a Broadway musical. Having travelled widely over the years, his meetings with characters such as Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Allen Ginsberg, and Salman Rushdie amongst others are recalled. ..."--Jacket.

In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company''s 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane''s vision of good books for all''. published in 1967 and a bestseller ever since. Over the years, McGough has continued to delight readers with his short, playful and comic verses, and in The State of Poetry he displays the range and the wit that continues to make him one of the leading lights of British poetry.