What is the truth?


Book Description

The second of four volumes of animal poems for children and adults which Ted Hughes has himself arranged in a sequence of increasing complexity. Each volume is available separately, for different age-groups, and they are also available as a boxed set.




National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry


Book Description

Full-color photographs accompany two hundred poems about animals.




The Iron Wolf


Book Description

The Iron Wolf, the Iron WolfStands on the world with jagged fur.The rusty Moon rolls through the sky.The iron river cannot stir.The iron wind leaks out a cryAnimals of air, land and sea are brilliantly imagined in this perfect introduction for young readers to the work of Ted Hughes. Part of Hughes's Collected Animal Poems, The Iron Wolf is for the youngest readers, both to listen to and explore themselves. Chris Riddell's delightful line illustrations add to the journey of discovery.




Animal Friends


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An illustrated collection of children's poetry which celebrates the lives of a wide variety of animals.







The Thought Fox


Book Description

All the richness of the wild is seen through the poet's eye. Here are poems from Hawk in the Rain, Wodwo, Wolfwatching, Lupercal and River as well as from Adam and the Sacred Nine, their juxtaposition highlighting the variety of the natural world and of Hughes's poetry about it.




What is the Truth?


Book Description

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).




I Went to the Animal Fair


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A collection of thirty-five animal poems by Lear, Coatsworth, Milne, de la Mare, Aldis, and other notable poets.




The Waldorf Book of Animal Poetry


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The biggest collection of animal poetry every published.




A Child's Book of Animal Poems and Blessings


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Collects animal poems and blessings from a variety of cultures.