Tales of the Early World

By Ted Hughes

Book Overview

In this collection of tales from Ted Hughes, God appears as an artist who is sometimes surprised by his creatures. He puts an awful lot of care into fashioning the birds, whereas he simply pulls Newt... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374373779
• ISBN13: 9780374373771
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

Wonderful bed time reading for children

Ted Hughes has written ten wonderful short stories about the early world, when God meticulously (or not so meticulously) fashioned all the animals out of clay. Each tale is a richly worded adventure, as God, his mother, Man, Woman, and their children live in the early days. Learn how the birds were created, how the Peacock got is wonderful plumage, and what sometimes happens to the leftovers from God's workshop when a tiny bit of thundercloud gets mixed in. The book has great illustrations by A. Davidson, but make no mistake, this is a book to be read to someone, one story at a time. Hughes' language takes listeners on a verbal safari with great nonesense words and sounds. Its a book for all ages, even adults, but I would think that children between 4-6 would love the whimsical logic behind the creation of each animal the most