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Author:
Reid, Christopher, 1949- author.
Title:
Old Toffer's book of consequential dogs / Christopher Reid ; drawings by Elliot Elam.
Publisher:
Faber & Faber,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
107 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Dogs--Poetry.
Poetry.
Other Authors:
Elam, Elliot, illustrator.
Notes:
Poetry.
Contents:
A rowdy assembly -- The naming of dogs -- Flo : the philosophical foxhound -- Heath, hill, park and street -- Lola's circus -- Dobson : the dog detective -- Boffo dogs -- Howling Jenny -- Leopold : prince of lap dogs -- Towzle versus the trainers -- Molly : a dog of the night -- Frazzlesprat -- Jack and Jill : a pait of mutts -- Praise song for the Ballybeg Rosie -- Benbow's ghost -- Doggerl and Wagtail -- A Wagtail sonnet -- Dog Juan -- Bess : the champion peopledog -- Old bloke -- The stray -- Fill your home with happy hounds!
Summary:
"T. S. Eliot's best-selling collection of practical cat poems has been one of the most successful poetry collections in the world. For the first time in company history a companion volume will be published. Originally conceived by Eliot himself, Old Toffer's Book of Consequential Dog poems are a witty, varied and exquisitely compiled as Eliot's cats."--Publisher's description.
ISBN:
0571334091
9780571334094
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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