Old Toffer's Book of Consequential Dogs (eBook)

Christopher Reid (Autor)

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2021 | 1. Auflage
96 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-36311-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This wonderfully witty and varied collection, illustrated in full-colour by the brilliant Sara Ogilvie, is perfect for younger readers to appreciate. I've rounded up a rowdy assembly Of my own Consequential Dogs As counterparts to Eliot's mogs. Mine are a rough and ready bunch: You wouldn't take them out to lunch . . . But if they strike you as friendly, funny, Full of bounce and fond of a romp, Forgetful of poetic pomp, I trust you'll take them as you find them And, at the very least, not mind them. T. S. Eliot's best-selling collection of practical cat poems has been one of the most successful poetry collections ever. At last, in the 80th year of Old Possum's Cats, we have the companion volume that Eliot had envisaged, written by master poet and Costa-winner, Christopher Reid. A book that will be enjoyed by generations to come, perfect for reading together!

Christopher Reid is the author of many books of poems, including A Scattering (winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award 2009), The Song of Lunch, Nonsense and The Curiosities. For his first collection of poems for children, All Sorts, he received the Signal Award 2000. From 1991 to 1999 he was Poetry Editor at Faber & Faber, where T.S. Eliot once worked. His Letters of Ted Hughes appeared in 2007 and he is now editing a selection of Seamus Heaney's correspondence for publication in a few years' time.

Rezensionen

A real treat.

The poems are more than worthy of the master.

Here is a book for all ages.

Clever, witty, and with a seemingly effortless mastery of numerous poetic forms, these poems fizz off the page.

Reid is a real master craftsman, and even though his poems are pitched at younger readers, perhaps from seven or eight and up, there is plenty for grown-ups to enjoy too

Enchanting book.

Utterly charming.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2021
• Illustrationen: Sara Ogilvie
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch
• Schlagworte: cats the musical • children's poetry • dog poetry • gifts for dog-lovers • Macavity • Old Possums Book of Practical Cats • T. S. Eliot
• ISBN-10: 0-571-36311-3 / 0571363113
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-36311-7 / 9780571363117