A mysterious creature stalks the land, eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified -- and afraid. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant, taller than a house, with glowing headlight eyes and an insa...
In these ten creation tales by England's Poet Laureate, Gold is sometimes surprised by what he creates. "Some things take an awful lot of work. But others--they just seem to turn up." These remarkable stories, splendidly illustrated by David Frampton...
A beautiful 25th anniversary edition of Ted Hughes's The Iron Woman, the incredible sequel to The Iron Man, with the stunning original wood engravings from Andrew Davidson and a foreword by Michael Morpurgo.The streaming shape reared . . . like a sud...
The first collection of short fiction by England's Poet Laureate may be read as an accompaniment to Ted Hughes's poetry, or independently as an example of craft and linguistic vigor. Taken frmo forty years of occasional story writing, Ted Hughes's am...
Spanning a period of thirty years, a wide-ranging collection of writing about poetry and literature by the Poet Laureate of England includes reflections on the creative process and such figures as Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and Sylvia Plath....
Here are 28 whimsical, lyrical, and robust animal poems from one of the twentieth century's most celebrated poets. The mole, the cat, the squirrel, the donkey, and others make memorable appearances, accompanied by striking duotone artwork. Acutely ob...
This collection of eleven evocative, accessible and funny stories for children of 5+ tells how a particular animal came to be as it is now. The Whale grew up in God's vegetable patch but was banished to sea when he became too large and crushed all Hi...
A very ordinary boy. Nobody noticed him, he was just like everyone else. But Fred knew he was different. He just didn't know quite how different. And when he did.... Well, what then?...