Why is it
The roustabout Rooster, raging at the dawn
Wakes us so early?
A warrior king is on fire!
His armour is all crooked daggers and scimitars
And it's shivering red-hot - with rage!
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).
| ISBN: | 9780571349401 |
| Publication date: | 3rd January 2019 |
| Author: | Ted Hughes |
| Illustrator: | Lisa Flather |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 119 pages |
| Series: | Collected Animal Poems |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction The Natural World Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours Poetry Books for Children |