Why is itThe roustabout Rooster,raging at the dawnWakes us so earlyA warrior king is on fire!His armour is all crooked daggers and scimitarsAnd it's shivering red-hot - with rage!First published in 1984,this book of prose-linked animal poems won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Signal Poetry Award. This new,illustated edition remains'a very beautiful book: God and his son go to visit mankind and ask a few simple questions...the poems are pure enchantment'(The School Librarian).
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571349401Number of pages: 128Weight: 197 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mmEdition: Main
Ted Hughes
Primarily recognised as a poet,Edward ("Ted") Hughes was one of the most important and influential writers of the Twentieth Century and a former Poet Laureate. He is remembered for collections including Crow and Remains of Elmet as well as Birthday Letters,his late record of his tempestuous marriage to fellow poet Sylvia Plath,and his children's fable The Iron Man.
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