Grace Nichols is the best thing to have happened to younger children's verse for many years' Poetry Books for Children A fantastic and long-awaited collection from the renowned poet Grace Nichols. In this exciting collection the poems centre around the poet's cat - with three viewpoints, from the poet and mother's point of view, from the daughter's point of view, and of course from the cat's point of view. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this will make the perfect gift book for all cat lovers as well as those who love poetry.
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Grace Nichols is a Guyanese poet. She was born in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1950 and emigrated to the UK in 1977.
Her first collection of poetry, I is a Long-Memoried Woman, won the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. She has written several further books of poetry and a novel for adults, Whole of a Morning Sky, 1986. Her books for children include collection
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Bee Wiley has created artwork for books, magazines, even CD covers. With this book, she says, the flow of the river (star
