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Dear Ugly Sisters - by Laura Mucha (Paperback)

Dear Ugly Sisters - by  Laura Mucha (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Original, dazzling, and unconventional, this brilliant first solo collection has a surprise on every page. Go on a night flight, have a monster's lunch, immerse yourself in birdsong. Shout out an Apatosaurus rap before checking out Alexander Fleming's petri dish. Find fairy tales with a twist, poems to make you laugh--and reflective poems to think about. Full of variety, wit, and warmth, this is a spectacular debut from a poet to watch!"--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Original, dazzling, and unconventional, this brilliant first solo collection has a surprise on every page. Go on a night flight, have a monster's lunch, immerse yourself in birdsong. Shout out an Apatosaurus rap before checking out Alexander Fleming's petri dish. Find fairy tales with a twist, poems to make you laugh--and reflective poems to think about. Full of variety, wit, and warmth, this is a spectacular debut from a poet to watch!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A stunningly original collection of accessible poems from the witty and wry to more thought-provoking and wise." --<i>Book Trust</i><br><br>"Fresh and accessible, there are shape poems, haiku, poems constructed for the sheer joy of hearing their words said aloud...a wonderful book." --<i>Red Reading Hub</i><br><br>"This is a really lovely addition to a class poetry collection." --<i>Reading Zone</i><br><br>"A delight...lively, original and covering an eclectic range of subjects." --<i>The Independent</i><br><br>"An effervescent debut collection." --<i>ACHUKA</i><br><br>"An outstanding new voice in children's poetry with her debut collection of varied, effervescent and thought-provoking poems." --<i>Books Go Walk About</i><br><br>"I enjoyed the variety of subjects and perceptive interpretations, the humour and the originality...a must for every school library and classroom collection." --<i>School Librarian</i><br><br>"I predict this book will give laughter, thoughts, questions, comfort - and sow the seeds of love for poetry in any young person...A must for every library, home and school. BIG recommendation." --<i>Poetry Round About </i><br><br>"What a brilliant debut collection of poetry." --Jo Bowers, Associate Dean, Cardiff Metropolitan University<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Laura Mucha </b>is an award-winning poet, author, and speaker. She has won two international poetry prizes (the Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2016 and the inaugural YorkMix Poems for Children 2019), and her effervescent and thought-provoking poems have been published around the world. She also writes for adults, and her debut book <i>Love Factually/We Need to Talk About Love </i>was published in 2019. <b>Tania Rex</b> graduated in Graphic Design from Vilnius Academy of art and began her career designing book covers and children's magazines. She is a full-time illustrator.

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