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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!
Read a Poem from The Box Room
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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