Timmy the Tug by Jim Downer
Ted Hughes was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. This book contains a children's poem that features Timmy who escapes from his moorings. It also features the subsequent adventures on the high seas.
'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
'T & H have done it beautifully, of course, and the poem is very fresh, as well as fascinatingThe illustrations are really sensationally good I think - not just because they’re so evocative of their time' - Andrew Motion
'Hughes has a wonderful flair for witty, child-friendly doggerel and demands to be read aloud again and again' - Saga Magazine
'T & H have done it beautifully, of course, and the poem is very fresh, as well as fascinatingThe illustrations are really sensationally good I think - not just because they’re so evocative of their time' - Andrew Motion
'Hughes has a wonderful flair for witty, child-friendly doggerel and demands to be read aloud again and again' - Saga Magazine
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. Ted 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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780500514962 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500514968 |
| Title | Timmy the Tug |
| Author | Jim Downer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-09-21 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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