An Imaginary Menagerie
by Roger McGough
A welcome republication for McGough's classic collection of real and imaginary animal poems, which first delighted readers of all ages more than twenty years ago. Adults who enjoyed these poems as children now have an excuse to revisit and share them with a further generation.
McGough revels in the sound of words, puns and word-play generally, and in the incongruity of ideas and behaviour. Arranged alphabetically, the twenty-six short animal word portraits (the visual portraits are also McGough's own work) layer the surreal, the bizarre and the use of allusion to offer us an immensely engaging and amusing menagerie.
Opportunities abound for using these poems in the classroom as a stimulus for young people's imaginative writing, for exploring language and for performance.
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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Roger McGough
Roger McGough, OBE, was born in Liverpool in 1937. He studied at Hull University before becoming a secondary school teacher, and lecturing at colleges including the Liverpool College of Art. A well-known member of the 1960s pop group The Scaffold (whose hits included ‘Lily the Pink’ and ‘Thank U Very Much’) he was also a founder member of a group of like-minded writers from Liverpool who came together in the late 1960s to collaborate on several poetry collections, later becoming known as The Liverpool Poets.
Today Roger lives in Twickenham, London, with his family. He has written over 60 poetry books and collections, as well as scripts, poetry and lyrics for radio, television, theatre and film. He has also written for and presented BBC Radio programmes including ‘Poetry Please’ and ‘Home Truths’.
http://www.rogermcgough.org.uk
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