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Colin West (1)

Author of "Pardon?" said the giraffe

For other authors named Colin West, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Colin West is an English children's book author and illustrator. He was born in 1951. He has written and illustrated more than 50 children's books. He attended the Royal College of Art. His titles include Monty the Dog who Wears Glasses, Hello, Great Big Bullfrog Walker, and The Big Book of show more Nonsense. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Colin West

"Pardon?" said the giraffe (1986) 395 copies
Have You Seen the Crocodile? (1986) 260 copies
Not Me, Said the Monkey (1988) 92 copies
"Go Tell It to the Toucan" (1990) 89 copies
I Don't Care! Said the Bear (1996) 88 copies, 2 reviews
Moose and Mouse (2004) 73 copies, 1 review
Ten Little Crocodiles (1988) 41 copies, 1 review
One Little Elephant (1988) 35 copies
Only Joking! Laughed the Lobster (1995) 29 copies, 1 review
Big Book of Nonsense (2001) 25 copies
Moment in Rhyme (1987) 22 copies
The King's Toothache (1988) 19 copies
Big Wig (Starters) (2003) 14 copies
Monty Must be Magic! (Jets) (1992) 13 copies
Percy the Pink (Starters) (2003) 10 copies
Messy Murray Brown (1995) 9 copies
Not to be Taken Seriously (1982) 8 copies
Monty Ahoy (1994) 7 copies
Jenny the Joker (Rockets) (1999) 7 copies
A Crocodile's Teeth (2007) 6 copies
Granny's Jungle Garden (1999) 5 copies
The wandering bear (1996) 5 copies, 1 review
Trotting Off to Market (1988) 2 copies
Here Comes Howard (1994) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Owl and the Pussycat [West] (1988) — Illustrator — 5 copies

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7 reviews
This is such a nice story to show kids how pointless it is to look for happiness in things or the constant drive for 'more' and 'better'. I only wish it was a little longer and clearer in the resolution at the end.
This collection of stories are really quick reads and tell a sweet story. The one I liked most from this story was one where the mouse was too busy typing to go fishing with moose. He kept throwing apples out the window as he worked. Moose brought him fish to eat and left it by the door, in the meantime he picked up all the apples the mouse had been throwing out the window, when mouse went to get the food by the door he saw the old apples and though Moose was playing a trick on him. It all show more got figured out and Moose realized Mouse was busy typing a poem about how great of a friend Moose was. show less
Fun rhyming story which reminds one of Dr. Seuss. I laughed out loud.
This book was about a bear that started out to be very stubborn at the beginning of the story. saying multiple animals are behind him and he continues to say, "I DON'T CARE". Their is a moose, goose, pig, wolf, and a mouse. But he gets scared at the teeny little mouse at the end of the book and all the animals that were following him started to laugh at him.

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ISBNs
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