Let sleeping cats lie

Let sleeping cats lie Pet poems

Brian Bilston

Book - 2024

"A hilarious collection of pet poems by wordplay wizard Brian Bilston. When you've got a bad case of the 'mews' and are in desperate need of a 'pup'-lifting read, this book is the 'ulti-mutt' remedy. The perfect gift for a dog person, cat person and every pet lover in between. Please don't think me lazy, I'm not trying to slack - it's just that I'm stuck, you see, under this cat. Let Sleeping Cats Lie is a collection of poems following the funny lives of our furry - and not so furry - friends. Stars include Wilf, the hypnotist Labracadabrador, a philosophically inclined goldfish penning a profound haiku, a hen named Barbara receiving an adoring tribute, and an 'octopussy'... cat that seems to have all its paws in plenty of odd little pies." --

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Subjects
Pets > Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, English.
Animaux familiers > Poésie pour la jeunesse.
Poésie enfantine anglaise.
Poetry.
Humorous poetry.
Genres
Poetry
Humorous poetry
Published
London : Macmillan Children's Books 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Brian Bilston (author)
Item Description
Includes index of first lines.
Physical Description
108 pages ; 21 cm
Audience
Ages 8-11.
ISBN
9781035050550
  • Pet Poem
  • A Polite Request
  • Wilf the Labracadabrador
  • Memories of a Goldfish
  • On ',,,;;pppppp'[[[[[[[[[[[[;';///////////////////////3,'
  • Two's Company, Flea's a Crowd
  • Pet Peeve
  • Alarm Cat
  • Watering the Flowers
  • Ten Reasons Why It's Inadvisable to Keep a Blue Whale as a Pet
  • Meanwhile…
  • Love Rat
  • 'Arry the 'Amster
  • On the Fly
  • The News Where I Am
  • Meander
  • Four-Legged Friend
  • Do the Cat
  • A Leisurely Walk
  • Meditations of Colin the Lugubrious Goldfish
  • Passwords
  • This budgerigar is not for budging
  • What's in a Name?
  • Double L-pings
  • The Day My Dog Spontaneously Combusted
  • Penguin Awareness
  • Let Sleeping Cats Lie
  • On the Chin
  • Pet Phrases
  • Weighty Matters
  • Ruminations of a Dog upon his Morning Walk
  • Guppy Love
  • Cat Trouble
  • Rough! Rough!
  • Fluffy
  • Whenever the Doorbell Rings
  • Requiem for a Vanished Rabbit
  • Strange Creature
  • Heavy Weather
  • Pet Snail Hits the Trail
  • A Short Introduction to the Doggish Language
  • Haiku Composed by My Dog while Looking Out of the Window at a Passing Cat
  • International Cats
  • See You Later
  • Hay Dude
  • Higher Things
  • Dog, Ticked Off
  • Gilbert and George
  • Annual Performance Review Meeting with the Family Cat
  • Three-Line Poem about the Sounds Coming from Upstairs
  • You and Your Two-Ton Pet Elephant
  • Thing of the Past(a)
  • My Cat's Previous Eight Lives
  • Beautiful Plumage
  • Lab of Love
  • Two Dinners' Dennis
  • Present Company Excepted
  • Fins aren't what they used to be
  • The Very Comfy Caterpillow
  • Mike
  • A Spot of Bother
  • The Difference between Cats and Dogs
  • For I Will Consider my Chicken, Barbara
  • Cats and Dogs: Peace Treaty
  • The Dog Year Myth
  • Index of First Lines
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

British poet Bilston (Refugees) delivers heart-wrenching insight and frequent laughs in this pet-themed poetry collection. Cats type missives in a selection whose title mimics text produced via a paw-smashed keyboard ("Twelve whole pages/ containing just the number 7 seemed a little excessive"), and dogs opine about watering flowers in "a short poem written by my dog" ("Roses are grey/ Violets are grey/ I cock my leg/ And give them a spray"), while stanzas about other offbeat creatures resonate with dry humor and surprises. One amusingly notes that blue whales make poor pets because they "take up all the sofa" and "can be hard to get into their carriers when/ it's time for the annual check-up." Creative typesetting amplifies the whimsy present in some poems: black type becomes fainter as it describes a vanishing chameleon, and a wandering snail's trail loop-de-loops across pages. Featured alongside these silly and irreverent moments are poems that evoke tears, as in a verse about a pet yearning for a chance to be "the one" adopted from a shelter, and another about a beleaguered child persevering through an awful day because their dog awaits them at home. Ages 8--11. (June)

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