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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.
 

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.

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...

 

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,

Orange Silver Sausage: A Collection of Poems without Rhymes from Zephaniah to Agard

 

 

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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