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Author / Illustrator / Poet


Coin West has been dubbed “The King of Nonsense” by Brian Moses           
and “A master wordsmith” by John Foster.

Colin has also written and illustrated over sixty children’s books,
including sixteen collections of verse.


About Colin West
Colin was born in 1951 and studied Graphic Design at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, and Illustration at the Royal College of Art, London. Shortly after graduating in 1975, his first book, a collection of nonsense verse was published. Since then he has written over sixty more children's books, and aims to continue till he runs out of ideas!


The Times Educational Supplement wrote:


Anarchists unite

Colin West's The Big Book of Nonsense will surely enhance his reputation as one of our most consistently witty children's poets. This handsome book gathers West's nonsense verse across two decades.

Liberally illustrated in colour by West himself (he produces picture books as well as poetry), this book should be in every teacher's personal library, on hand should an opportunity for five minutes of off-message, anarchic laughter present itself.

TES Primary Oct 2001

Colin lives in Battle, East Sussex, just a stone's throw from the historic battlefield of 1066. He lists his interests as music, art, old buildings, and most of all, collecting other people's books.


His poems have appeared in countless anthologies compiled by such as Julia Donaldson, Michael Rosen and Roger McGough, and have been illustrated by the likes of Quentin Blake, Ian Beck and Korky Paul.

Colin West Books

I’m offering these books at 50% OFF to any address in the U.K. postage free. I’m happy to sign and dedicate books, and even add a small drawing if requested. If your favourite book of mine is not here, I may have a spare copy which can be purchased. I accept PayPal or cheque.

Please contact me for further details.

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Colin West Pictures

I love using colour, and animals are my favourite subjects in picture books. All these images are from characters I created over the years for Walker Books. They include my three most popular books,
Have You Seen the Crocodile?

“Pardon?” Said the Giraffe
 
 
“I Don’t Care!” said the Bear.

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Colin West Story Books

I made a series of books about Monty, the Dog Who Wears Glasses, which was later made into a BBC cartoon. The other characters here include Percy the Pink, a king whose favourite colour was pink, and a giant called Big Wig, whose hairpiece blew off in the wind!.

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