- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Faber Children's Books; New edition edition (17 April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571202004
- ISBN-13: 978-0571202003
- Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 21 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 687,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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First published 25 years ago, this book by the Poet Laureate is now regarded as a classic of its kind. It includes 11 stories of what happened to a number of animals, including the owl, whale, polar bear, and the donkey who wanted to be a lionocerangoutangading.
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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.
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WHEN OWL BECAME AN OWL, the first thing he discovered was that he could see by night. Read the first page
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I first read this book when I was 9 or 10 years old, in fact, I gave it to my twin brother for his birthday and have regretted not keeping it ever since! It is one of those books that I have remembered all my life, but until now have not been able to find it in print.
As a child I was completely enthralled by the epic stories conjuring up fantastical animals in God's brand new creation. I have never been able to see or hear about lions, whales or bees again without Ted Hughes' stories of their creation coming into my mind.
Rather like Aesop's Fables, but with less moral preaching and a lot more humour (sometimes very dark humour), these stories are charming and fantastical, and yet somehow very plausible. The idea of God creating the earth's creature's out of bits and pieces in his workshop - sometimes getting it right, sometimes getting it wrong - is a delightful premise for some wonderful stories. I defy anyone to read the story of 'how the bee became' without feeling incredibly sad and touched about so much tragedy in such a tiny creature.
25 years later, I can at last get a copy of my own - at a litle bit more than the 25p it cost me originally! I know I will enjoy reading it again as an adult every bit as much as I did as a child. That, for me, is the true test of great children's literature.
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A word of warning:
The first story about the owl is very dark. - I found it horrific.
It is wonderfully written, but just take care to read yourself before reading to a young child.
The first story about the owl is very dark. - I found it horrific.
It is wonderfully written, but just take care to read yourself before reading to a young child.
Format:Paperback
Many people do not know of Ted Hughes's large body of work just for children; throughout his career, while writing his best known works, i.e. his poetry, he was writing poems and short stories for children.Similar to Aesop's Fables (without the morals) and Kipling's "Just So Stories", the stories humorously consider the creation of a wide range of animals.
Written in a style no-one who knows Hughes's work could mistake for another, he builds these fantastic tales of birth and creation in the animal world.
I loved these stories when I first read them and look forward to reading them to my grand-children.
Written in a style no-one who knows Hughes's work could mistake for another, he builds these fantastic tales of birth and creation in the animal world.
I loved these stories when I first read them and look forward to reading them to my grand-children.
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Delightful reading
These stories are really well written. As a primary school teacher, I now read through this book at the end of each day. Read more
Published 13 months ago by JL
This book reminds me of my childhood
At the ripe old age of 31, I can clearly remember sitting in my primary school assembly hall as my Head Teacher read through this book. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Betty Cool
Excellent book by a great poet
LO mejor de todo es que el universo lírico de Hughes también se manifiesta, con mucha personalidade, en este extraño cuento de hadas. e.e. Read more
Published on 26 April 2010 by Oscar Malca
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