The Kingfisher Book of Comic Verse

by Caroline Holden (Author), Caroline Holden (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  2004

  $3.25

  All children love to laugh and this lively collection of poems is guaranteed to raise a giggle and a smile from any child with a sense of fun. Such diverse poets as Hilaire Belloc, Philip Larkin, Wendy Cope and Spike Milligan ponder themes including families, creatures, learning and food, with plenty of cautionary advice thrown in for good measure! With a bright contemporary cover design and in a handy paperback format, this brilliant anthology is essential for any young reader.

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $3.40

  Of this book Morag Styles and Pat Triggs wrote in the BFK Guide to Poetry: This really is a fabulous book, comic verse at its best. McGough doesn't take a crude or simplistic view of humour: there are poems which give you a good belly laugh; but many others surprise, provoke or quietly amuse. Rich in content and illustration, Caroline Holden provides brilliantly funny drawings .

• Used

  Hardcover
  1986

  $3.25