Stuff and Nonsense - Tapa dura

Written by the winner of the 1988 Mother Goose Award "Listen to This", this collection of stories, poems and riddles tells fantastic tales of objects which "come to life"- sometimes with alarming results. Included are stories and poems by Margaret Mahy, Alison Uttley and Jack Prelutsky as well as others from Japan and Czechoslavakia. The illustrator was awarded the Mother Goose Award for the best newcomer to children's book illustration for "Listen to This" and also wrote and illustrated "Catch That Hat" and "The Story of Horrible Hilda and Henry".