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This he expanded as The Flattered Flying Fish and Other Poems (1962). A selection of his verse appeared in A Puffin Quartet of Poets (1958). [5] For Rieu himself, his poems were a sideline, aimed mainly at children. [8] Rieu wrote the short story "Pudding Law: A Nightmare", included in The Great Book for Girls, published by Oxford University Press.
Josiah Ruggles works for Otwell council as a dustman, and his wife Rosie takes in washing. They have seven children, so life is hard, but they are a happy family PS 8: The Microbe Man: Eleanor Doorly: Robert Gibbings: 1943: A life of Louis Pasteur for children PS 9: The Puffin Puzzle Book: W. E. Gladstone: William Grimmond: 1944
Penguin Problems is a Junior Library Guild book. [8] The Irish Times named it one of the best children's books of 2016, [9] and Bank Street College of Education included it on their 2017 list of the year's best children's books. [10]
365 Penguins has generally received positive reviews.Kirkus Reviews called it "A comic episode equally suited to sharing with one child or a lunchroom full of children." [1] while Publishers Weekly found "Comical math problems and an ecological message form a memorable counterpoint in Fromental's story" [2] Inis magazine described it as "A feast for the mind, as well as for the eyes."
A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story is a children's book by Berkeley Breathed that was published in 1991. It was made into an animated television special that same year. The book and special feature characters from Breathed's comic strips Bloom County and Outland .
Both books are non-fiction children's picture books about real animals, with Christian, the Hugging Lion telling the story of Christian the lion. [13] In one challenge relating to the genre of the book, And Tango Makes Three was moved from the children's section to the adult non-fiction section in public libraries in Savannah and St. Joseph ...
Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse (1918–1960) [ edit ] The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse is a poetry anthology first published in 1950, and edited by Kenneth Allott , generally restricted to British poets ( T. S. Eliot , Sylvia Plath and some Irish poets were included).
Barnes was acquainted with James, and after he was rejected by several other illustrators, he approached James directly to do the illustrations, unusually for children's picture books. [2] Barnes describes their connection as "meant to be", with James noting, "I think the key is that our artistic styles really complement each other."