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’.
Books
An Imaginary Menagerie
Author: Roger McGough
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Interest age: 6+
Reading age: 7+
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.
Bad, Bad Cats
Author: Roger McGough
Illustrator: Lydia Monks
Publisher: Puffin Books
Interest age: 5+
Reading age: 7+
Packed with witty wordplay, and quirky humour, this delightful collection will appeal to children of all ages
I Never Liked Wednesdays
Author: Roger McGough
Illustrator: Michael Broad
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Interest age: 7-12
Reading age: 7
A hilarious tale about two young boys getting up to mischief and into scrapes in latter-day Liverpool, by the award-winning poet, playwright and author, Roger McGough.
Sensational!
Author: Various Editor: Roger McGough
Illustrator: Sara Fanelli
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 8+
Every poem could inspire a child's writing, reading or thinking, and their teachers' too.