Imprint: BBC Books
Published: 18/02/2010
ISBN: 9781846077937
Length: 256 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 126mm
Weight: 177g
RRP: £9.99
The Works contains 120 of Pam Ayres' best-known poems, including 'The Battery Hen', 'Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In?', 'Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire, Mother' and, of course, 'Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth'.
This edition includes a general introduction by Pam, as well as individual introductions to these classic poems of the seventies and eighties, many of which are now illustrated with specially commissioned line drawings by Susan Hellard. The Works is certain to delight Pam's fans of all ages.
Imprint: BBC Books
Published: 18/02/2010
ISBN: 9781846077937
Length: 256 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 126mm
Weight: 177g
RRP: £9.99
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