Cat and the Cuckoo

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was a world-renowned poet, playwright, essayist, and storyteller whose works for children include many collections of poetry and the classic fable The Iron Giant. In 1976, Ted Hughes became founding president of Farms for City Children, a British charity that brings children from urban areas for a week to work on a farm in the countryside. He dedicated this book to those children Flora McDonnell is an award-winning artist and illustrator of books for children. She set the drawings for this collection at Nethercott Farm, the first Farm for City Children, located not far from where Ted Hughes lived in the west of England. Flora McDonnell lives and works in LondonHughes, Ted is the author of 'Cat and the Cuckoo', published 2003 under ISBN 9780761325727 and ISBN 0761325727.