Slapstick
- ISBN-10
- 0141960981
- ISBN-13
- 9780141960982
- Series
- Slapstick
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-08-07
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- Roger McGough
Description
If Philosophy is the Why? And Science is the How? Then Poetry is the Wow! In this stunning, brand-new volume, you'll discover poems about poems, poems about life, poems about kangaroos and chameleons and caterpillars (though not in the same verse) and many more. This touching and thought-provoking collection will make you laugh, cry, or simply say 'Wow!'
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