David_R_Morgan
David
R. Morgan lives in Bedfordshire. He has been an arts worker and literature
officer, organizer of Book Festivals and writer-in-residence for education
authorities, a prison and a psychiatric hospital (which was the subject of a
Channel 4 film "Out of Our Minds." He has had two plays
broadcast on ITV "Birthdaze" and
"Where's Melissa?"
His
books for children include "The Strange Case of William Whipper-Snapper",
three InfoRider books for Collins and "Blooming
Cats", which won the Acorn Children's Book Award and was recently animated
for BBC2's Words and Pictures Plus, as well as a humorous children's biography
"Spilling the Beans on Boudicca."
David
has also written poetry books including "The Broken Picture Book",
"The Windmill and the Grains" (Hawthorn Prize) and "Buzz
Off." He has had many poems included in both adult and children's
poetry anthologies. His poetry collection "Walrus on a Rocking
Chair", illustrated by John Welding, is soon to be published by Claire
Publications.
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Learn
all about the original Essex girl with a fondness for gold jewellery
and a sharp set of wheels, and how she got up Roman noses.
Discover
all the secrets when we dish the dirt and start...Spilling the
Beans on Boudicca.
This
is one of a series of fun biographical histories from
publishers Miles Kelly.
Easy
to read and understand even the big words, complimented by the
very witty line drawings. I would recommend this to any
parent, guardian, teacher or young person with an appetite for
good reading matter.
I am now left in the predicament of hiding this book from my
grandson, as he will want the whole series. (Cheers, David
£ £ £
£ £ £
£ !) - Terry Sorby
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'Walrus
on a Rocking Chair' by David R Morgan is to be published
later this year. Club reviewer Terry Sorby
says: 'A simply well illustrated book that lacks
nothing....Easy to read...often leaving
you with a wisp of a smile at the corner of your mouth.
Don’t know if I’m mistaken or not, but I think David has
left a subliminal message within the front cover, the
transparency of the walrus revealing the rocking chair, very
effective
Children especially will love this whilst grown ups can
reflect on another time. The line I like the most is:
“I’ve shared my sweets
with baby, she only choked a bit”
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More
Books and TV
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Children’s
Poems
by David R Morgan, Terry Sorby and
Sheila Whitmill