The Good Child's Guide to Rock 'n' Roll

Duffy, Carol Ann

ISBN 10: 057121455X / ISBN 13: 9780571214556

Published by Faber & Faber, 2003

About this Item

Faber & Faber, London 2003 / Hardback. UK First Edition and First Impression. Fine Hardback Original in boards, as issued. Signed by the author directly to the title page.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1692348135695

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good Child's Guide to Rock 'n' Roll
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 057121455X
• ISBN 13: 9780571214556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In this, her third collection of poetry for children, Carol Ann Duffy brings a contagious, whirling energy to all she surveys. Whether it's the heroes of rock 'n' roll, stray giantesses and queens, the husband of the Lock Ness monster, or a girl that falls into a jam jar; with secrets and spells, songs of unrequited love, confessions and pleas, she envelops them all in an irresistible dance of rhythm and rhyme. Rock n roll and poetry collide in a book that every good - and yes, all right! - every bad child deserves.

About the Author

Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow and grew up in Stafford. She won the 1993 Whitbread Award for Poetry and the Forward Prize for Best Collection for Mean Time. The World's Wife received the E. M. Forster Award in America, while Rapture won the T. S. Eliot Prize 2005. She is currently Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her most recent volumes are New and Collected Poems for Children (2009) and The Bees (2011), which won the Costa Poetry Award. She is Poet Laureate.