Poetry

Many Flies Have Feathers - London : Trgram Press, 1973.
A Flat Man - London : Trgram Press, 1977.
A Flat Man - Todmorden : Arc, 1998. (2nd Edition)
Private Habits - Todmorden : Arc, 1981.
Large et Puffy - Todmorden : Arc, 1984.
Fresh Carpet - Todmorden : Arc, 1986.
A Nice Wee Present from Scotland - Todmorden : Arc, 1988.
Fly Sandwich and other Menu - London : Methuen, 1991. (With Drawings by Martin Honeysett)
Is That Your Flap Jack ? - Todmorden : Arc, 1992.
A Stuggy Pren - Todmorden : Arc, 1994. (With Photographs by Katrina Lithgow)
A Wet Handle - Todmorden : Arc, 1996.
South American Bookworms - Todmorden : Arc, 1999.
Under The Spigot - Todmorden : Arc, 2001.
Scots Wa' Straw - Todmorden : Arc, 2003.

Prose

Gruts - London : Museum Press, 1962.
Gruts - London : Methuen, 1986. (2nd Edition. With Drawings by Martin Honeysett)
Cock-A-Doodle-Don't! - London : Dobson, 1966.
Life in a Scotch Sitting Room Vol. 2 - London : Methuen, 1984. (With Drawings by Martin Honeysett)
Life in a Scotch Sitting Room Vol. 2 - London : Methuen, 1998. (2nd Edition. With Drawings by Martin Honeysett).
Fremsley - London : Methuen, 1987. (With Drawings by Martin Honeysett)
Glasgow Dreamer - London : Methuen, 1990. (With Drawings by Martin Honeysett)
Glasgow Dreamer - London : Methuen, 1990. (2nd Edition. With Drawings by Martin Honeysett)

Children's Books

Meal One - London : Heinemann, 1971. (With Pictures by Helen Oxenbury)
Meal One - London : Picture Lions, 1988. (2nd Edition. With Pictures by Helen Oxenbury)
Balooky Klujypop - London : Heinemann, 1975. (With Pictures by Helen Oxenbury)
The Animal House - London : Heinemann, 1976. (With Pictures by Helen Oxenbury)
The Animal House - London : Little Mammoth, 1989. (2nd Edition. With Pictures by Helen Oxenbury)
Herbert The Chicken - London : Walker Books, 1984. (Illustrated by Alfreda Benge)
Herbert The Elephant - London : Walker Books, 1984. (Illustrated by Alfreda Benge)
One-and-a-Quarter - London : Marilyn Malin in assiciation with Andre Deutsch, 1987. (Illustrated by Martin Honeysett)
Herbert: Five Stories - London : Walker Books, 1988. (Illustrated by Patrick Benson)
Herbert: Five Stories - London : Walker Books, 1996. (2nd Edition. Illustrated by Patrick Benson)
Grape Zoo - London : Walker Books, 1991. (Illustrated by Jill Barton)
Grape Zoo - London : Walker Books, 1991. (2nd Edition. Illustrated by Jill Barton)
Doris the Hen - London : Heinemann, 1992. (Illustrated by Claudio Muñoz)
The New Dress - London : The Bodley Head, 1995. (Illustrated by Claudio Muñoz)

Other

Befriend a Bacterium: Stickies by Ivor Cutler - Hastings : Hastings Arts Pocket Press, 1992. (Illustrated by Martin Honeysett)