Overview

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.

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""A fresh collection of Cookson's verse. If it's laughter you're after you could do worse."" Dr John Cooper Clarke ""Funny, irreverent, and brilliantly brought to life."" Brian Bilston ""Finely finished formidable fun."" John Hegley ""Marvellously inventive and original."" Stewart Henderson ""A poet for all seasons and all occasions."" Henry Normal ""Every day should have a Paul Cookson moment."" Simon Mayo MBE

""A fresh collection of Cookson's verse. If it's laughter you're after you could do worse."" Dr John Cooper Clarke ""Funny, irreverent, and brilliantly brought to life."" Brian Bilston ""Finely finished formidable fun."" John Hegley ""Marvellously inventive and original."" Stewart Henderson ""A poet for all seasons and all occasions."" Henry Normal ""Every day should have a Paul Cookson moment."" Simon Mayo MBE

""Every day should have a Paul Cookson moment."" Simon Mayo ""A fresh collection of Cookson’s verse. If it’s laughter you’re after you could do worse."" Dr John Cooper Clarke ""Marvellously inventive and original."" Stewart Henderson

Praise for the author: ""A fresh collection of Cookson's verse. If it's laughter you're after you could do worse."" John Cooper Clarke ""Humour that makes you want to dip in again and again."" Valerie Bloom ""In these strange times, every day should have a Paul Cookson moment."" Simon Mayo ""Pithy, moving, amusing, and occasionally heartbreaking. Brilliant."" Paul Ross ""Witty and wise, astute and acerbic."" Tony Walsh ""On the ball with poetry and life in the here and now."" Michael Rosen

Author Information

Paul Cookson was brought up near Preston, Lancs, and now lives in Retford, Notts, where he is the official Town Crier. He has worked as a poet for more than three decades, performing in schools, libraries, and at literature festivals across the world. He is a National Reading Hero award winner, a National Poetry Day Ambassador, and poet in residence for the National Football Museum and Everton in the Community - whilst the band Slade have proclaimed him their very own Poet Laureate. Paul created the children's series Bluenoses with Martin Chatterton, and has more than 60 published titles to his name - including the 'teacher's Bible' The Works. Award-winning writer, designer, illustrator, and performer Dr Martin Chatterton has been working successfully for over 30 years in a variety of media and design fields in the UK, USA, and Australia. He has written 40 books across a wide range of ages and genres, from picture books to crime fiction, and has illustrated countless books for a raft of prestigious writers, including Julia Donaldson and Roger McGough. Recently, he has concentrated on screenwriting, animation, and screen production. Martin is a founding partner of Hungry Head Productions in the UK, and co-producer of the animated children's series Bluenoses. He now lives in Sydney, Australia.

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