Book description
'Other folks get so well known, And nobody knows about my own,'
Have you met my sister Jane? She's a great big crow! My Grandpa is an
owler and Grandma knits jerseys for wasps! And my other Granny is an
octopus... Meet Aunt Flo, Brother Bert and more extraordinary family
members in Ted Hughes' irresistible Meet My Folks, his first book for children.
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.
