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This is the third volume of Ted Hughes's stories which describe God's creation of the natural world in all its variety. The tales depict God's great truimphs and mistakes, with some animals delighted with their lot, while others are less cheerful.
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About the Author
Ted Hughes was born on 17 August 1930 in Mytholmroyd, a small mill town in West Yorkshire. His father made portable wooden buildings. The family moved to Mexborough, a coal-mining town in South Yorkshire, when Hughes was seven. His parents took over a newsagent and tobacconist shop, and eventually he went to the local grammar school.In 1948 Hughes won an Open Exhibition to Pembroke College, Cambridge. Before going there, he served two years National Service in the Royal Air Force. Between leaving Cambridge and becoming a teacher, he worked at various jobs, finally as a script-reader for Rank at their Pinewood Studios.In 1956 Hughes married the American poet Sylvia Plath, who died in 1963, and they had two children. He remarried in 1970. He was awarded the OBE in 1977, created Poet Laureate in December 1984 and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1998. He died in October 1998.Ted Hughes's first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published by Fabe
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'The finest writer of children's stories for all ages since Kipling.' The Times
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- PublisherFaber & Faber Ltd
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 057117566X
- ISBN 13 9780571175666
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages196
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