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Old Toffer’s Book of Consequential Dogs
Book Review
I like how the pictures fit around the words and make them more fun
It has amazing illustrations. The dogs are so cute and I loved the Jack Russell especially as I wish I could have one.
I couldn’t understand all of the words. Some are a bit too difficult. I like the good fast rhymes.
There are some very curious characters, some naughty and cheeky but still very cute.
I like how the pictures fit around the words and make them more fun.
I would recommend it to ten years olds maybe as I found it a bit hard to understand all of the language.
About the Book
This collection of poems about dogs was written by master poet and Costa-winner Christopher Reid.
In this lovely hardback gift edition book the witty poems are beautifully illustrated by Sara Ogilvie.
This poetry collection from Reid, who, like T. S. Eliot, was a former editor at Faber & Faber – is the canine companion to ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’ that T. S. Eliot envisaged, but never found the time to write.
Author
Christopher Reid
Christopher Reid is the author of many books of poems, including 'A Scattering' (winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award 2009), 'The Song of Lunch', 'Nonsense' and 'The Curiosities'. For his first collection of poems for children, 'All Sorts', he received the Signal Award 2000. From 1991 to 1999 he was Poetry Editor at Faber & Faber, where T. S. Eliot was a director and publisher for forty years.
Illustrator
Sarah Ogilvie
Sara Ogilvie is an award-winning British illustrator and printmaker, born in Edinburgh and now based in Newcastle upon Tyne. She won the 2011 BookTrust Best New Illustrator Award, and her vibrant work includes beloved picture books like 'The Detective Dog' and 'The Hospital Dog' by Julia Donaldson
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