Most Popular Books by Colin West

Batty Ballads is a crazy collection of funny story-poems with many full colour illustrations by Colin West himself. The characters you can meet include Freda, a flat-footed fairy, a dirty cowboy called Bert, King Neptune''s naughty nephew, and young Gordon Glass, the boy who ignored notices.

One afternoon at Grandad''s I came across his old boneshaker bicycle. We mended the tyres, oiled the brakes and polished it all over. Then it was time to test it out.

Herbs and Spices, my chives book, how best to use chives and how to grow chives, and some favorite recipes for cooking with chives.

Monty the dog who wears glasses is up to his old tricks again. There are five Monty stories in this book.

Barmy Balladsis a beautifully produced hardback collection of humorous poetry, introducing a wonderful array of crazy characters. Meet a nutty knight, a naughty witch, a smelly pirate, a not-very-jolly jester, a child genius, a hungry giant, a clever donkey, an invisible mischief-maker and many more. There is also a full supporting cast, including a crafty wizard, a lovesick fisherman, a helpful octopus, a hip hop drummer, seven washerwomen, a gang of bank robbers, a fiery dragon or two, not to mention the Queen of Spain and the old kitchen sink! Best-selling poet Roger McGough hailed Colin''s previous collection, Bonkers Ballads, as a "cracking book" and now Colin is back with a whole new bunch of ballads even bigger and barmier than before. "Barmy, brilliant and absurd - Colin West''s mastery of witty improbabilities in rhyme, combined with the quirky charm of his illustrations, makes this book irresistible." Liz Brownlee (National Poetry Day Ambassador for the Forward Arts Foundation)

One of the stories featuring Monty, the dog who wears glasses. He goes to the wrong party, falls in the custard and causes a stir at the cinema. But in the end, he always seems to come out on top.

The closest relative of manThey say, is the orang-utan;And when I look at GrandpapaI realize how right they are!Jam-packed with the very best nonsense rhymes and tricky tongue-twisters, this wonderfully exuberant collection contains quirky, colour illustrations from Colin West and lashings of his wildly wacky verse! Divided into sections to satisfy nonsense-lovers everywhere, this brilliant bumper book will keep children in fits for hours and may inspire them to become rollicking rhyme-makers themselves! Chapters include: Curious Creatures, Tricky Tongue-twisters, Funny Folk, Moments with Monsters, Dotty Ditties, Vicious Verses, Hopeless History, Stories in Stanzas

When I went to stay with Uncle-and-Auntie Pat on their farm I had a brilliant time, but I couldn''t help noticing that hardly anyone visited the farm shop. So I made a wish.

Adventures of Monty, the dog who wears glasses to remind himself to stay out of trouble.

The rain wets the grass that feeds the cow whose milk makes the cream in Canuto''s dinner, who is bringing a gift to King Sisebuto.