Author(s): Jim Downer,Ted Hughes
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 40
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Language: English
Date Published: 2010-05-15
Dimensions: 198 x 266 x 12mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Edition: Repr.
Illustrations: Illustrated in colour throughout

Ted Hughes was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Now, over ten years after his death, Thames & Hudson is publishing a children's poem by him that had been lost for over fifty years.Written in the mid-1950s to accompany his friend Jim Downer's story about Timmy the Tug, the poem recounts Timmy's escape from his moorings and subsequent adventures on the high seas. Downer's illustrations are a charming focus to this enchanting tale that, besides appealing to children everywhere, is set to be one of the biggest literary events of the year.