DON'T PUT DAVE IN
THE MICROWAVE: Potty Poems
of Pickled Pets
by Chris White, illustrated by the
author
ISBN 978-1-872438-72-6 (October 2007 ) A5 64pp., pbk., £4.50
For those who haven't been exposed to Chris's strangely warped view of the world, what better place to start than this rib-rattling book from the man whose many welcome appearances at schools and festivals alike have made him widely tipped as the rising star of the Potty Poets series.
“Derby’s Doctor Doolittle” might not be a job description most of us would be comfortable with, but the multi-talented Chris White – children’s author, illustrator and Potty Poet supreme – has made it his own.
Since publication of the mind-blowing Bitey the Veggie Vampire for Halloween 2000, Chris has been drawing and scribbling, writing and performing, and cartooning his way through schools, libraries and festivals all across Britain. Even Her Majesty’s prisons have received visits from this incurably potty man – and no, he wasn’t an inmate.
This autumn, we are proud to celebrate the 10th Anniversary Year of the Potty Poets series with his latest mad masterpiece, Don’t Put Dave in the Microwave: potty poems of pickled pets.
Not the kind of man you’d want to sit next to while having your tea, perhaps? Yet Chris is also the affectionate chronicler of (among others) Stumpy the Pigeon and Wang Foo the Kung-Fu Shrew, a miniature mammal who learns martial arts to keep bullies at bay. And no-one but Chris White would warn you to look behind you when entering your smallest room in case there is a Shark in the Toilet!
As well as Dave, the hapless hamster who ends up in the microwave in the title poem, Chris's new book features some unlikely dilemmas, such as leaving your brain on the train:
"We looked in the lost property box
And imagine my relief.
My brain was their - with a teddy bear,
A purse and a pair of false teeth!"
The Potty Poets series of rude rhymes and daft ditties has sold an astonishing quarter-of-a-million copies, though the lack of a “children’s poetry” category means this is a best-kept secret, unknown to the best-seller lists. But secret or no, Chris White’s fans will be beating down the doors of bookshops across the country for their latest fix of tall tales, rollicking rhymes and daft doodles. All from the pen of Derby’s Doctor Doolittle.
To book Chris for your school or event phone 01484 663790
Now read about Chris's other books:
by Hugh McMillan, illustrated by Chris White:
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