How the Whale Became: And Other Stories: 0 - Brossura

Hughes, Ted

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ISBN 10: 1845079280 ISBN 13: 9781845079284

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2008

Riassunto

A collection of creation stories explaining why owls hunt at night, why the dog was chosen to guard farm animals, why polar bears live at the North Pole, and how the elephant came to accept its unique and wonderful qualities.

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Recensione:

Ted Hughes' explanations of the development of animals and their particular characteristics are creative, funny and sometimes sad: they are stories he read to his own children and they are a joy to read aloud still...Jackie Morris' splendid illustrations really do capture the magical quality of the stories. --The Ultimate First Book Guide

Published in paperback for the first time, these acclaimed stories by a master craftsman will delight another generation of children for years to come. --Angels and Urchins

This collection of fables and creation tales introduces young readers to the pleasures of a great poet's prose style and his core material of the natural world and the stories that shape it. The eleven tales, written for Hughes's own children, demonstrate his refusal to compromise on sophistication of language and ideas when writing for children, confident that their minds were ready for his vision. They are ripe for reading aloud, and children will develop storytelling skills as they enjoy the jokes in each story. --Julia Eccleshare , 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

L'autore:

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) is ranked as one of the best poets of his generation. His final two collections won the Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year in successive years. He was Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998. In the same year he had been appointed to the Order of the Merit. He wrote children's stories and poetry throughout his life.

JACKIE MORRIS lives in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with children, dogs and cats. A best-selling author of more than 30 books for children, she was shortlisted for the Greenaway Award in 2016: the UK's biggest picture book prize. Among her many books for Frances Lincoln are The Ice Bear, The Snow Leopard, Tell me a Dragon, and How the Whale Became by Ted Hughes.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845079280
• ISBN 13: 9781845079284
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Disegnatore: Morris Jackie