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Andy writes comic
poems for children, many of which have been published in the
collections below. Click the link on the right to read some of
Andy's poems. |
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Funny Poems
(edited by Jan Dean)
This
splendid collection from Scholastic contains two poems by Andy
Seed alongside classics from such authors as Spike Milligan,
Valerie Bloom, Ogden Nash, Allan Ahlberg and Michael Rosen. Click here
to read a 5 Star review. |
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Wordspinning
(edited by John Foster)
A
dazzling collection of wordplay poetry from OUP which includes one
of Andy's best poems, Hindsight. It features riddles, anagrams,
palindromes, acrostics shape poems, and much more. |
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The
Dog Ate my Bus Pass
(edited by Nick Toczek and Andrew Fusek-Peters)
A
collection of humorous excuses, tall tales and pathetic fibs
published by Macmillan. Andy's poem 'The Computer's Excuse for
Crashing' is featured alongside work by some of the country's
wittiest children's writers. Not to be missed. |
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Fiendishly
Funny Poems
(edited by John Foster)
An
exciting children's collection of creepy funny poems from Collins, published in October
2004, and featuring one of Andy's favourite (nearly) rude pieces. |
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The
Poetry Store
(edited by
Paul Cookson)
A
comprehensive collection of poems of all types, arranged in
themes. This Hodder book includes Andy's hilarious list poem 'The
Rev Spooner's Shopping List' as well as a few poems by someone
called Keats and Wordsworth... |
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Monster
Poems (edited
by Brian Moses)
A
ripping collection of poems about beasts, ogres, trolls, bigfoot,
giant apes, things with huge teeth and all sorts of other hairy
scary creatures. Two very daft poems from Andy are included:
'Fancy a Game?' and 'King Kong's Car Boot Sale'. |
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Read
Me and Laugh
(edited by
Gaby Morgan)
A
funny poem for every day of the year from gentle smiles to belly
laughs via nonsense and a touch of mirth. Gems new and old from
poets such as Charles Causley, Roger McGough, Lewis Carroll, Paul
Cookson and Wendy Cope. Andy's 'Hindsight' is in here too. |
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Silly
Poems (edited
by Paul Cookson)
A
ridiculously rib-tickling selection of the silliest poems ever
written. Paul Cookson has compiled a collection of verse old and
new, which will have you clutching your sides and gagging for
more. Includes one of Andy's silliest poems... |
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I
Love My Mum (edited
by Gaby Morgan) A
2006 collection from Macmillan which celebrates all kinds of
mothers. The book includes a poem by Andy's daughter Naomi,
written when she was 11, plus another nonsense one from Andy. |
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Funny
Poems to Give You the Giggles (edited
by Susie Gibbs)
Need
cheering up? Bored? Want to amuse your friends? Then read this
book. Here are hilarious and very silly poems about bad
children, gladiators, shark teeth, ridiculous grown-ups and much
more. Includes one of Andy's best poems, 'Upgrading Granny'. |
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Revolting
Poems to make You Squirm (edited
by Susie Gibbs)
Ready
to be grossed out? And made to laugh at the same time? Here are
all sorts of disgusting poems about hairs in your food, snot and
bogey pie, exploding spots, blood-sucking leeches and slobbery
saliva. Andy's 'Pooem' is not to be missed.
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How
to Survive School
(edited
by David Harmer)
Discover
the best excuses for avoiding every boring or scary school
occasion - outwit the dinner lady and befriend the caretaker,
learn how to appear to be paying attention, and how to win the
best part in the school play.
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Dinosaur
Poems
(edited
by Paul Cookson)
It's
dino madness: scary ones, silly ones, T-rexes in dresses and
Velociraptors in raptures!This is a Jurassic-tastic poetry
collection with enough thrills and spills to bring you to the
edge of extinction...
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Orange
Silver Sausage
(edited
by James Carter & Graham Denton)
This
fabulous collection of poems that don't rhyme includes Reverend
Spooner's Shopping List - one of Andy's most popular poems when
he's performing in schools and libraries,
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Interactive
Poems: action and performance poetry for 4-11s
Andy
Seed
This
exciting book contains a fantastic range of original teaching
material for teaching the elements of the National Literacy
Framework which cover action and performance poetry. The book
includes 22 poems for children to join in with and photocopiable
activity sheets plus lesson plans for ages 4-11.
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Read
some of Andy's poems
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Information
about poetry workshops
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