John Agard
Bibliography

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center bibliography of books by John Agard, West Indian poet. For biography, see John Agard. Citations are from the Library of Congress, Amazon Book Company and Barnes & Noble. Be sure to visit your school or public library to find books by John Agard or obtain them through interlibrary loan. The ISLMC is a meta-site of educational materials for school librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Citations from Library of Congress. 10/09/01

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Poetry

A Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean poets. Edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols; illustrated by Cathie Felstead. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 1994.
Children's poetry. Thirteen Caribbean poets recount childhood experiences in poetry and prose.

Life Doesn't Frighten Me at All: Poems. Compiled by John Agard. 1st American ed. New York: H. Holt, 1990, c1989.

A collection of poetry for teenagers that includes selections from such authors as Maya Angelou, W.B. Yeats, and Attila the Stockbroker. Young adult poetry.

From the Devil's Pulpit. By John Agard. pa. Bloodaxe Books, 1997.

Get Back, Pimple!. pa. Penguin Group,

Grandfather's Old Bruk-A-Down Car. pa. Random House Books for Young Readers.

I Din Do Nuttin and Other Poems.

Children's poetry

Laughter Is An Egg. By John Agard; illustrated by Alan Rowe. London: Puffin Books, 1991.

Lovelines for a Goat-Born Lady. By John Agard; illustrated by Jane Flynn. Serpents Tail: 1991.

A collection of adult love poems.

Man to Pan. By John Agard. Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba: Casa de las Americas, 1982.

Mangoes and Bullets: Selected and New Poems, 1972-84. London: Pluto Press, 1985.

Adult poetry; A Reader's Catalog selection, The New York Review of Books

No Hickory No Dicory No Dock: Caribbean Nursery Rhymes. Written and remembered by John Agard and Grace Nichols; illustrated by Cynthia Jabar. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 1995.

A collection of rhymes both original and traditional that evoke the rhythms and language of the Caribbean. Children's poetry

Say It Again, Granny!: Twenty Poems from Caribbean Proverbs. By John Agard; illustrated by Susanna Gretz. London: Bodley Head, 1986.

A collection of twenty poems inspired by or based on Caribbean proverbs, such as "The older the violin the sweeter the tune" and Bad dancer mustn't blame the floor. Children's poetry

Shoot Me With Flowers. By John Agard; paintings and cover collage by Marilyn Agard. Georgetown? Guyana: Agard, 1974?

Weblines. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Bloodaxe Booxs, 2000.

Spiders--Poetry

Under the Moon and Over the Sea. Edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols. Illustrated by Chris Corr. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2002.

A collection of poems about the wind, the sea, the people, and the animals of the Caribbean.

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Fiction

Brer Rabbit, the Great Tug-O-War. By John Agard; illustrated by Korky Paul. Barrons Juveniles, 1998. Ages 4-8
Rhino and Hippo are always boasting about their muscles, each convinced that he's stronger than the other. It takes a brainy, bouncy Brer Rabbit to trick them into the greatest tug-o-war contest ever.

Calypso Alphabet. By John Agard; illustrated by Jennifer Bent. 1st ed. New York: H. Holt, 1989.

An alphabet book of terms associated with the Carribean, accompanied by explanatory rhymes. Stories in rhyme.

Dig Away Two-hole Tim. Illustrated by Jennifer Northway. London: Bodley Head, 1981.

Tim's love for holes of all kinds often get him into trouble. Guyana--Fiction

Lend Me Your Wings. By John Agard; pictures by Adrienne Kennaway. 1st U.S. ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1987.

A fish who long sto fly and a bird who longs to swim trade fins and wings for a new look at life. Picture book.

We Animals Would Like a Word With You. Bodley Head, 1999. Baby-Preschool

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