Timmy the Tug
A story in colour and in rhyme
(Sprache: Englisch)
Ted Hughes was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Now, over ten years after his death, Thames & Hudson is publishing a childrens poem by him that had been lost for over fifty years.Written in the mid-1950s to accompany his friend Jim Downers...
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Ted Hughes was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Now, over ten years after his death, Thames & Hudson is publishing a childrens poem by him that had been lost for over fifty years.Written in the mid-1950s to accompany his friend Jim Downers story about Timmy the Tug, the poem recounts Timmys escape from his moorings and subsequent adventures on the high seas. Downers illustrations are a charming focus to this enchanting tale that, besides appealing to children everywhere, is set to be one of the biggest literary events of the year.
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Ted Hughes was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Now, over ten years after his death, Thames & Hudson is publishing a children's poem by him that had been lost for over fifty years.Written in the mid-1950s to accompany his friend Jim Downer's story about Timmy the Tug, the poem recounts Timmy's escape from his moorings and subsequent adventures on the high seas. Downer's illustrations are a charming focus to this enchanting tale that, besides appealing to children everywhere, is set to be one of the biggest literary events of the year.
Autoren-Porträt von Jim Downer, Ted Hughes
Jim Downer is a retired exhibition designer, who conceived and illustrated Timmy the Tug as a young man fresh from art college in Leeds. He has always had a great love of the sea and now lives on the Isle of Wight, England. Hughes, TedTed Hughes (1930-1998) was an English poet and children's writer. He was the Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998, and is routinely ranked as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes published many books and poems for children, including The Iron Man, The Iron Woman and How the Whale Became.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Jim Downer , Ted Hughes
- Altersempfehlung: 6 - 12 Jahre
- 2009, Repr., 40 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 25,8 x 19,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
- ISBN-10: 0500514968
- ISBN-13: 9780500514962
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
'Vigorous, witty and [...] free from the temptation of talking down to his readers ... there is something too poignant for words about Downer's childlike delight in these lines and drawings of 1950-something ' - The Times
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