Why is itThe roustabout Rooster, raging at the dawnWakes us so early?A warrior king is on fire!His armour is all crooked daggers and scimitarsAnd it\'s shivering red-hot - with rage!First published in 1984, this book of prose-linked animal poems won both the Guardian Children\'s Fiction Award and the Signal Poetry Award.
This new, illustated edition remains \'a very beautiful book:
God and his son go to visit mankind and ask a few simple questions .
Why is itThe roustabout Rooster, raging at the dawnWakes us so early?A warrior king is on fire!His armour is all crooked daggers and scimitarsAnd it\'s shivering red-hot - with rage!First published in 1984, this book of prose-linked animal poems won both the Guardian Children\'s Fiction Award and the Signal Poetry Award. This new, illustated edition remains \'a very beautiful book: God and his son go to visit mankind and ask a few simple questions . . . the poems are pure enchantment\' (The School Librarian). Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm