CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Who Will Comfort Toffle? - by Tove Jansson

New verse translation by Sophie Hannah, Sort of Books, 2003
[isbn 0953522792]

'A wonderful poet' (Kate Kellaway in The Observer)

Available from www.sortof.co.uk

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The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My - by Tove Jansson

New verse translation by Sophie Hannah, Sort of Books, 2001
[isbn 0953522741]

‘A poet of sassy urban heartache, deftness, humour and considerable ingenuity...A book that manages to be both simple and imaginatively probing - a rare achievement’ (Michael Glover, Independent)

Available from www.sortof.co.uk

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The Box Room - poems for children

Orchard Books, 2001 [isbn 184121793x]

Money boxes, paint boxes, egg boxes, post boxes...There are boxes everywhere! But what mysteries do they hold? Sophie Hannah lifts the lid and invites you in to explore The Box Room, a vibrant collection of original poems from ‘the brightest young star in British poetry’ (The Independent). Piled higgledy-piggledy inside you will find shape poems, limericks, acrostics and even a pantoum!

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Carrot the Goldfish

Hamish Hamilton, 1992 [isbn 0241132118]

Bobby and his grandmother love to play tricks on one another - especially on April Fool’s day. This year Bobby is determined to think of something really special, and seeing a piece of carrot peel floating in water gives him a brilliant idea. But Bobby’s April Fool trick doesn’t quite go according to plan...

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