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The Cat and the Cuckoo
By Hughes, Ted
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76131-548-3 978-0-76132-572-7
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2003
Gr 3-6 Stylized ink drawings accompany a collection of poems first published in Britain in 1987. As in Moon Whales and Other Moon Poems (Viking, 1976; o.p.), illustrated by Leonard Baskin, Hughes's often stark images are paired with bla...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2003
Presented in the same appealing, hand-sized format as The Mermaid's Purse (rev. 9/00), these twenty-eight poems (originally published in Britain in 1987) evoke members of the animal kingdom in language so deft that the profundity of the ideas suggested may elude the casual reader. But Flora McDonnell's powerful full-bleed art, layered in black, white, and shades of gray, sets the tone. Though there's humor aplenty here (a l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
