Shirley Hughes, one of the best-known and loved figures in children's literature, has selected an assortment of her own favourite poems and stories about all kinds of mothers and children, for this special collection. There's a wonderful mixture of treasures old and new for you to enjoy: traditional rhymes, lullabies and characters from the past, like Milly-Molly-Mandy, sit happily alongside contemporary comic verse by top children's poets, like Michael Rosen and Colin McNaughton. With its diverse range of renowned authors -- A. A. Milne, Roald Dahl, Eleanor Farjeon, Philippa Pearce, Anne Fine, Allan Ahlberg and Shirley Hughes herself -- this treasury brings you some of the very best writing there is for children.
- ISBN10 0001982745
- ISBN13 9780001982741
- Publish Date 6 September 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 June 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Picture Lions
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollinschildrensbooks.co.uk