Septimus Pitt and the Grumbleoids

About the Book: 

Enter the mysterious world of Septimus Pitt and The Grumbleoids, where colourful characters spring to life in playfully peculiar poems. Meet the new teacher with a bizarre dress sense, and Mr Nobody, an unhappy spook who just wants to join the class. Find out the secrets of the retired puppeteer, and be scared - very scared - of the ghost of an ancient librarian and his fathful cat.

A book to engage the child, the adult within the child, the child within the adult and also the adult - that's the goal of this collection that hopefully can be shared by different generations of readers. BRIAN WHITTINGHAM

Reviews: 

This is a rich and entertaining poetry collection that can be used as a resource that teachers would welcome in the classroom. MAURA MCROBBIE, Primary School Teacher, West Dumbertonshire

This collection will inspire, delight and inform all who dip into it. ANNE WALLACE, Education Officer, Glasgow Museums

Brian's ability to capture experiences through sensory imagery is enhanced by the beautiful illustrations. These would keep even the most reluctant of young readers mesmerised. MAURA MCROBBIE

About the Author:

BRIAN WHITTINGHAM born and living in Glasgow, is a poet, playwright, fiction writer, editor and creative writing tutor. Recent poetry collections include Drink the Green Fairy and The Old Man From Brooklyn and the Charing Cross Carpet. Recent plays include Smugglers and Black-Damp and The Devil’s Dandruff. In 1994 he received the Yaddo residency, and in 2000 he won first prize in the Sunday Herald Short Story Competition. His poems and stories have been widely published in anthologies and magazines. A former steelworker/draughtsman, he performed his steel-working poems as part of the BBC’s ‘Ballad of the Big Ships Live’ in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall in 2007. He has performed and lectured in the UK, Europe and the USA, in places as diverse as beaches, universities, prisons, pubs, schools and colleges. He is currently a lecturer in creative writing at Glasgow’s College of Nautical Studies.