A CLPE Booklist
The Power of Poetry
Exploring Form with Roger McGough
Roger McGough writes poetry for children and adults. His most
recent collection for children is Poetry Pie, which was shortlisted
for the CLiPPA in 2016 and for adults It Never Rains (both
published by Penguin Random House). With their witty play on
words, Roger McGough's poems amuse the reader whilst
offering food for serious thought. Roger was made a CBE for his
services to poetry. He was the chair of judges for CLiPPA 2014
and 2015 and is a patron of CLPE.
Find out more about Roger at
http://www.uktouring.org.uk/rogermcgough/
This booklist, which is a work in progress, linked to the CLPE Power of Poetry course includes
a selection of books which feature a range of forms, including concrete poems, riddles,
haiku, and different ways of using poems on the page to enhance meaning. The final section
of the list shares books and poems across poetry for adults and children referenced on
Roger’s day of the Power of Poetry course, focussed on exploring form.
Children’s collections from Roger McGough
Roger McGough: Poetry Pie
Puffin 9780141356860
Roger McGough and Michael Rosen: You Tell Me
Frances Lincoln 9781847804440
Roger McGough: If Only We Had a Helicopter
Barrington Stoke 9781781124635
Roger McGough: I Never Liked Wednesdays!
Barrington Stoke 9781781124628
Roger McGough: Lucky
Frances Lincoln 9781847803210
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Roger McGough: An Imaginary Menagerie
Frances Lincoln 9781847801661
Roger McGough: Slapstick
Puffin 9780141325071
Roger McGough & Brian Patten: The Monster’s Guide to Choosing a Pet
Puffin 9780141317663
Roger McGough: Dotty Inventions
Frances Lincoln 9781845071172
Roger McGough: All The Best illustrated by Lydia Monks
Puffin 9780141316376
Roger McGough: The Bees Knees
Puffin 9780141314952
Roger McGough: Slapstick
Puffin 9780141325071
Roger McGough: What on Earth Can It Be? illustrated by Lydia Monks
Little Simon 9780689853517
Roger McGough: Good Enough to Eat illustrated by Lydia Monks
Puffin 9780141314945
Roger McGough: Bad Bad Cats
Puffin 9780140383911
Roger McGough: Pillow Talk illustrated by Steve Guarnaccia
Puffin 9780140325041
Roger McGough: Sky in the Pie illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura
Puffin 9780140316124
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Roger McGough’s adult collections:
Roger McGough: It Never Rains
Penguin 9780241971420
Roger McGough: As Far as I Know
Penguin 9780241962275
Roger McGough: That Awkward Age
Penguin 9780141042022
Roger McGough: Collected Poems
Penguin 9780141014555
Roger McGough: Defying Gravity
Penguin 9780140586848
Texts to share a range of poetic forms throughout the school
Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters (eds): Here’s a Little Poem illustrated by Polly Dunbar
Walker 9781406327113
James Carter: Hey Little Bug! Poems for Little Creatures illustrated by Mique Moriuchi
Frances Lincoln 9781847801685
June Crebbin (ed): The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems
Puffin 9780141308982
Kathy Henderson: The Dragon with a Big Nose
Frances Lincoln 9781847803658
James Carter: Cars, Stars, Electric Guitars illustrated by Mique Moriuchi
Walker 9781406312096
Sue Hardy-Dawson: Where Zebras Go
Otter-Barry Books 9781910959312
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Rachel Rooney: My Life as a Goldfish illustrated by Ellie Jenkins
Frances Lincoln 9781847804822
Carol Ann Duffy: The Hat illustrated by David Whittle
Faber & Faber 9780571219667
Roger McGough: Poetry Pie
Puffin 9780141356860
Edward Lear: Nonsense Limericks (Faber Children’s Classics) illustrated by Arthur Robins
Faber & Faber 9780571302260
Joseph Coelho: Werewolf Club Rules illustrated by John O’Leary
Frances Lincoln 9781847804525
Paul B. Janeczko: A Poke in the I. A collection of concrete poems illustrated by Chris Raschka.
Walker 9780744589405
James Carter: Journey to the Centre of my Brain illustrated by Chris Garbutt
Macmillan 9780230751958
Rachel Rooney: The Language of Cat illustrated by Ellie Jenkins
Frances Lincoln 9781847801678
Fred Sedgwick: Here Comes the Poetry Man
Salt Publishing 9781844712960
Andrew Fusek Peters (ed): Sheep Don’t Go to School: Mad and Magical Children’s Poetry of
Eastern Europe illustrated by Markéta Prachatická
Bloodaxe 9781852244088
Poems and Collections Referenced on the Course Day
Roger McGough: The Writer of This Poem and The Reader of This Poem from All The Best by
Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks
Puffin 9780141316376
Roger McGough: Excuses, Excuses, Excuses and Lame Excuses from Poetry Pie by Roger
McGough
Puffin 9780141356860
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Roger McGough: In Case of Fire (Adult version) from Collected Poems by Roger McGough
Penguin 9780141014555
Roger McGough: First Haiku of Spring and Old Wives Tales from Nailing the Shadow
Viking Kestrel 9780670818013
Roger McGough: Starfish Enterprise – new and unpublished
Roger McGough: Give and Take from Good Enough to Eat by Roger McGough, illustrated by
Lydia Monks
Puffin 9780141314945
Roger McGough: Recycling from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780141356860
Roger McGough: Five Car Family from Collected Poems by Roger McGough
Penguin 9780141014555
Roger McGough: Nightmares from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780141356860
Roger McGough: In Case of Fire (Children’s version) from Good Enough to Eat by Roger
McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks
Puffin 9780141314945
Roger McGough: Easy Pickings and A Good Listener from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780141356860
Roger McGough: Don’t Go Where the Scarecrows Are and The Scarecrow Replies from
Poetry Pie by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780141356860
Roger McGough: The Juggler from Poetry Pie by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780141356860
Roger McGough: Simple Questions and The Tongue Twister from All The Best by Roger
McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks
Puffin 9780141316376
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Roger McGough: You Tell Me from You Tell Me by Roger McGough and Michael Rosen
Frances Lincoln 9781847804440
Roger McGough: Everyday Eclipses (Commissioned by the BBC) can be found at:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/1999/aug/11/eclipse.uknews1
Roger McGough: Words from Slapstick by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780141325071
Roger McGough: Gruesome from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia Monks
Puffin 9780141316376
Roger McGough: Wouldn’t it be Funny if you Didn’t Have a Nose? from Pillow Talk by Roger
McGough, illustrated by Steve Guarnaccia
Puffin 9780140325041
Roger McGough: Potato Clock from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia
Monks
Puffin 9780141316376
Roger McGough: Vegetarians from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated by Lydia
Monks
Puffin 9780141316376
Roger McGough: Quicksilver and Tomorrow Has Your Name on It from Poetry Pie by Roger
McGough
Puffin 9780141356860
Roger McGough: 40-Love from Collected Poems by Roger McGough
Penguin 9780141014555
Roger McGough: Reward and Punishment from All The Best by Roger McGough, illustrated
by Lydia Monks
Puffin 9780141316376
Roger McGough: Window Gazing from As Far as I Know by Roger McGough
Penguin 9780241962275
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Roger McGough: Moan from Bad Bad Cats by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780140383911
Roger McGough: The Colour Collector from The Bees Knees by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780141314952
Roger McGough: Grandma and the Angels from As Far as I Know by Roger McGough
Penguin 9780241962275
Roger McGough: Rude Kangaroo and Dumb Giraffe from Slapstick by Roger McGough
Puffin 9780141325071
Roger McGough: Allivator, Canary, Llama, Conger Eel, Grey Starling, Emus and Ostrich from
An Imaginary Menagerie
Frances Lincoln 9781847801661
Roger McGough: Apologise – new and unpublished
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