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Ben's Magic Telescope by Brian Patten
Category: unmapped
The theme here is that no matter where you live, there are wonders all around you if you can only see them. Ben, on the 19th floor in a tower block in an ugly city finds a telescope. He is hoping for something wonderful to happen and it does. With the telescope it is like seeing everything for the fi ...Show more
Can I Come Too? by Brian Patten
Category: Children's
A very small mouse decided it wanted to have a very big adventure. âeoeIâe(tm)ll go and find the biggest creature in the world,âe it thought. Along the way it meets many different animals and when at last they find the biggest creature, the little mouse feels a great sense of achievement. 'Sheer deligh ...Show more
Can I Come Too? by Brian Patten
Category: Picture Books
A very small mouse decided it wanted to have a very big adventure. "I'll go and find the biggest creature in the world," it thought. Along the way it meets many different animals and when at last they find the biggest creature, the little mouse feels a great sense of achievement. "Sheer delight". (Amand ...Show more
Collected Love Poems by Brian Patten
Category: Poetry
Of all the poets writing today, Brian Patten is perhaps the most accessible and popular. Now his love poems, old and new, are collected together in his single volume. Widely acknowledged as one of Europe's foremost writers, Brian Patten's love poems have earned him recognition far and wide. Truthful and ...Show more
Gargling with Jelly (Puffin Poetry) by Brian Patten
Category: Gift
Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten, one of our best-loved poets. Hilarious, lyrical, outrageous and serious poems all rub shoulders in this collection. Naughty children with nasty habits, cartoon heroes that come to life, lonely caretakers, unhappy ghosts, fantastical creatures with crazy names, giants ...Show more
Impossible Parents by Patten, Brian
Category: Fiction
Ben and Mary Norm have got an embarrassing personal problem - their parents. They're impossible! How can they be stoped from totally shaming Ben and Mary at parent's Day
Monster Slayer - A Beowulf Tale by Brian Patten
Category: Children's
A stunning prose retelling of Beowulf from an author-illustrator dream-team. Now in a standard paperback format for middle-grade readers.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. Only the great he ...Show more
Monster Slayer (Little Gems IA 7-10) by Brian Patten
Category: Junior Fiction
A stunning prose retelling of the Beowulf legend from award-winning Brian Patten with fabulous artwork by new Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. Jacket foiling and neon pantone print interiors combine for a really fabulous Little Gem. The monster Grendel has awoken and the townspeople are terrified. E ...Show more
Puffin Book of Modern Children's Verse by Brian Patten
Category: Children's
The Puffin Book of Modern Children's Verse is the definitive collection of modern children's poetry of our time. Enchanting, funny, exciting and poignant, there is every kind of poem for every kind mood. Discover the very best of children's poetry from the greats of the poetry world including, Allan Ahl ...Show more