Description: From Pulitzer Prize-winning Sylvia Plath, this is the perfect bedtime read, written for her own children, exquisitely illustrated by Cindy Wume in picture book form for the first time.
A Tank Bed's got cranks
And wheels and cogs
And levers to pull
If you're stuck in bogs.
Or a Jet-Propelled Bed
For visiting Mars
With mosquito nets
For the shooting stars.
Brief description: Sylvia Plath's works for children include The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit, and Mrs Cherry's Kitchen. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. She was married to the poet Ted Hughes and had a daughter, Frieda, and a son, Nicholas, for whom her children's poetry was written. She died in London in 1963.
Review Quotes:
"Decorated throughout by the illustrations of Cindy Wume, we discover that Plath had an incredibly playful side and a wonderful imagination... with Plath's magical and vibrant imagination, bedtimes will never, ever be boring again!" - Armadillo Magazine
"Playful, comforting and bursting with imaginative power, this magical poem demonstrates Plath's eye for imagery and arresting language, and is brought to life by the vibrant artwork of Wume. Bedtime wind-down doesn't get better than this!" - Lancashire Evening Post