The Works contains 120 of Pam Ayres' best-known poems, including 'The Battery Hen', 'Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In?', 'Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire, Mother' and, of course, 'Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth'.
This edition includes a general introduction by Pam, as well as individual introductions to these classic poems of the seventies and eighties, many of which are now illustrated with specially commissioned line drawings by Susan Hellard. The Works is certain to delight Pam's fans of all ages.
Product details
Publisher : BBC Books; Illustrated edition (18 Feb. 2010)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1846077931
ISBN-13 : 978-1846077937
Dimensions : 13.97 x 1.78 x 21.59 cm
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