Book description
Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, is tired of being told that she
doesn't exist. In this crackling, lolloping story in verse, Ted Hughes
describes how she sets out on the road to London for an audience with
the Queen...
Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book,
The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber and Faber and was
followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children.
He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years
for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid (1997)
and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in
1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.
