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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2000
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • A great new collection of poetry, wide-ranging in both form and subject matter. Full of Brian Patten's wonderful wit and moments of beauty as in GERANIUMS IN THE SNOW: Like children snuggling down under a white duvet Slowly the red geraniums Vanish u...



  • 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, goblins, v...



  • Well, crouch down as far as you can, and then jump up as far as you can, said the frog. So the mouse did. He crouched down on the river bank until he was a tight little bundle, and then he leapt up into the sky. He jumped higher than the flowers, an...



  • Renowned poet Brian Patten's charming text is brought to life by Nicola Bayley's stunning illustrations.

    It all started with a scarecrow coming into the house out of the snow, bringing with him the mouse that lived up his sleeve. But it wasn't...



  • A very small mouse decided she wanted to have a very big adventure. I'll go and find the biggest creature in the world, she thought. Along the way she meets a menagerie of animals, including a frog, a badger, and a tiger. But which is the biggest of ...



  • 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 mon...






Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brian Patten has published 7 books.

Brian Patten does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Story Giant, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Brian Patten, Juggling with Gerbils, was published in April 2000.

No. Brian Patten does not write books in series.