Brian Patten Books

A small mouse embarks on an adventurous quest to find the biggest creature in the world, encountering a diverse array of animals like a frog, badger, and tiger along the way. Her journey takes her through various landscapes, including lakes, rivers, and a zoo, ultimately leading her to the ocean. This enchanting tale, crafted by Brian Patten and illustrated by Nicola Bayley, celebrates the beauty of nature and its myriad creatures, featuring poetic text and captivating colored pencil illustrations that engage young readers.

By the author of Love Poems, this collection of poems offers insights into life and the human condition.

Imaginative, poetic retellings of the well-known fables by Aesop. Some given an unexpected twist, others are the author's own creations, follwing the fable precedent

Unfeasibly funny sequel to the popular Impossible Parents - part of the Sprinters series relaunch Poor Ben and Mary Norm. Their parents have decided to become ecologists and are getting it impossibly wrong. First they ditch their clothes, then the TV and now they're eating yak cheese Worst of all, the kids at school have found out, and Ben and Mary are a laughing stock... again If only their parents could go back to being normally impossible, rather than ecologically impossible. But then Mary has an idea that might just work...

Featuring naughty children with nasty habits, cartoon heroes that come to life, lonely caretakers, unhappy ghosts, fantastical creatures with crazy names, giants, goblins, vampires, mermaids, this volume includes a collection of poems that are lyrical, outrageous and serious.

'"The Mersey Sound is an attempt to introduce contemporary poetry to the general reader by publishing representative work by each of three modern poets in a single volume, in each case the selection has been made to illustrate the poet's characteristics in style and form'.With this modest brief, The Mersey Sound was conceived and first published in 1967. An anthology which features Roger McGough's work, alongside that of Brian Patten and Adrian Henri (The Liverpool Poets), it went on to sell over half a million copies and to become the bestselling poetry anthology of all time.Irreverent, sardonic, funny and sad, these are the poems that echo the mood of the sixties. A selection of the early work of three Liverpool poets who brought poetry down from the dusty shelf and onto the street." --Publisher

One dark night, the music and singing wake a monster from a swamp ... Warrior after warrior comes to slay the monster, but no one can outwit Grendel ... A brilliant prose introduction to Beowulf from an author-illustrator dream-team, particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+

Ben and Mary Norm have an embarrassing personal problem - their parents. they're impossible! How can they be stopped from totally shaming Ben and Mary at Parents' Day?