Goldilocks on CCTV
By John Agard Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura
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CLPE Poetry Award - 2012Online price: £12.99
Hardback, 64 pages
Published: 6th October 2011 Category: Fiction 10+ Interest age, years: From 11 To 14 Key Stage: ENG RDG KS 1&2 |
There she was on the news,
Miss Goody Two-Shoes,
Caught on CCTV.
Don't look so shocked!
Of course you know who -
Who else but Goldilocks?
Poor Goldilocks, caught on camera breaking into a house of suburban grizzlies; Pumpkin Biker Cinderella; two ugly sisters with attitude; Puss-in-Trainers, a feline with a feel for the cool; the Giant with a mobile phone…. Not to mention the Bad Hair Day Fairy, the teenage princess who wants a tattoo and the Dwarf Rap.
Here are 30 amazing poems which are rooted in the world of fairy tale and legend. Wickedly witty, deliciously subversive and utterly modern, the poems are also affectionate and big-hearted tributes to the original tales and characters that inspired them. This is a sizzling new collection from a master poet, brought explosively to life by Satoshi Kitamura's extraordinary black-and-white illustrations.
Contents
Puss-in-trainers
A Giant and a Mobile Phone
Goldilocks on CCTV
The Bad Hairday Fairy
Pumpkin Biker Cinderella
A Mother's Advice on the Subject of Putting Big Feet into Tiny Slippers
Did You Say Two Ugly Sisters?
Wand or Word?
The Golden Goose Talent Show
Rapunzel, Let Down
A Tattoo, by Royal Command
Lovesick Frog Prince
Damsel in Distress Rap
According to Apple
Dwarf Rap
Stepmother
Reported Missing
The Cloning of Red Riding Hoodie
Wolf
Iron Jack
Road of Granted Wishes
Frog on the Mantelpiece
A Woodcutter's Son
A Beast and a Beauty
What's in a Name?
Hag Chant
Not my Uncle Bluebeard
Mirror, Mirror
Sleeping Beauty Awakes
Award winning poet John Agard has written a sharp and sophisticated new collection which gives an original twist to well-known fairy tale characters. A rhythmic mix of rap, rhyme and free verse reinvents familiar characters for the 21st century and explores their relevance for young people today.
- School Librarianvery clever … a fantastic collection of poems.
- English 4-11Putting a streetwise spin on well-loved tales, 'Goldilocks on CCTV' by John Agard is a light, comedic, lyrical feast starring a busted Goldilocks, a biker Cinderella and Puss-in-Trainers.
- JuniorA contemporary take on traditional tales by the multi-award-winning and ever-popular poet, complemented by Kitamura's wonderful illustrations. Agard's anarchic retelling is full of surprises and chuckles.
- BooksellerEditor's Choice: Kitamura's black and white illustrations are as unique as John Agard's subversive and thoroughly modern take on fairytales and legend… A gem of a collection.
- Bookfest Ireland - Recommended Reading GuideA brilliant collection of poetry giving a contemporary and streetwise twist that will make you look at traditional fairy tales in a whole new light. Great fun!
A resolutely contemporary selection of poems tuning classic fairy tales on their heads that will delight older children and adults.
- Angels and UrchinsJohn Agard is one of Britain's finest poets, and in his reworking of classic fariy tales he has created a collection that is more revolutionary that cautionary.
- ABC Best Books for ChildrenJohn Agard and Satoshi Kitamura have been together for some time, and Goldilocks on CCTV, keeps up the standard. Agard offers some thought provoking updates of fairy tale characters, to which Kitamura provides a pictorial black and white commentary. This is poetry of some depth for older readers, in which, beneath the humour, Agard probes both traditional assumptions and modern mores, coming down now on one side and now on the other. Kitamura’s bold illustrations, sometimes full portraits facing the reader, sometimes silhouettes, produce a mood of challenge and mystery.
- Books for KeepsAgard and Kitamura, what a naughty - with glottal stop - combination.
- Families South EastA brilliantly subversive series of poems for teens from the pen of award-winning poet Agard. Some are funny, some poignant, such as the plea from an under-appreciated stepmother or the upbeat Ugly Sisters, but a few - Not My Uncle Bluebeard for example - are quite dark and genuinely challenging. Kitamura's distinctive illustrations complete this highly original, clever book.
- Daily MailBest Books of 2011: The best kids’ poetry book was John Agard’s ‘Goldilocks on CCTV’ which, though directed at teenagers can be enjoyed by younger children too. These distorted takes on classic fairy tales are dark, funny and endlessly imaginative – and Satoshi Kitamura’s illustrations are cheeky, haunting and gorgeous.
- Time OutPoems in this collection really demand to be quoted, while the illustrations, often with complex allusions to other art, complement the verse in a unique manner. A collection to reread and ponder over!
- Ibby LinkJOHN AGARD is one of the most popular and highly-regarded poets writing in Britain today. His poem Half-Caste is on the GCSE syllabus and he performs at Poetry Live events throughout the country. His adult collection, We Brits, was shortlisted for the 2007 British Book Awards Decibel Writer of the Year Award. His book for teens, The Young Inferno, won the CLPE Poetry Prize Award in 2009, was nominated for both the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards in 2010 and shortlisted for the 2010 UKLA Award. Goldilocks on CCTV, his poetry collection for 11 plus, inspired by fairy tales, is on the 2012 CLPE Award shortlist. John lives in Lewes, Sussex, with his wife the poet Grace Nichols.
SATOSHI KITAMURA was born in Tokyo and he started work in advertising as an artist and came to London. He has written and illustrated 20 of his own books and illustrated many more. He has won a number of awards, among them the Mother Goose Award, Bronze Winner and a shortlisting for the Smartie Prize, a National Art Library Award and The New York Times Notable Book of the Year Award.
Pumpkin Biker Cinderella
Don't mean to be a pain, Fairy Godmother.
But if it isn't too much bother,
Instead of turning a pumpkin into a coach
I'll tell you what - a motorbike would be grand.
No disrespect of course to your magic wand.
I'll eat up the highway with a roar and a rev
On what was once common veg.
Think what that would do for my street cred.
I'm sure you'll manage some mega horsepower.
After all you are my fairy godmother.
I can just see those faces at the ball
When I make my entrance, crash helmet and all.
They'll wonder who's that churning hellraiser
Dressed to the nines in daredevil leather.
They'll never guess it's me, ash-girl Cinderella.
Don't trouble yourself with silver slippers.
No, I'll be happy with my biker's boots.
And by the stroke of the midnight hour
I promise I'll be back - and that's the truth -
With some stranded heart for my pinion rider.
Why are you smiling, Fairy Godmother?
Publication Details:
Binding: Hardback, 64 pages
ISBN: 9781847801838
Format: 250mm x 180mm
BIC Code: YFA, YFH, YNR
BISAC Code: JUV037000
Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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