An Alphabestiary
Frank Walker, illustrated by Robin Lawrence
| cover | hardback | |
| dimensions | 210x148mm, 68 pp, 36 b&w illustrations | |
| price | £9.99 (list) | £8.50 (website) |
| ISBN | 1 902173 031 | |
“Highly original drawings capture perfectly the wit of the verses.”
Cheshire Life
Twenty–six witty animal rhymes make up a sparkling A–Z from Amoeba to Zebra. They’re verses that just demand to be read aloud. Try G, for example:
If you’re writing a thriller,
Invite a gorilla
To play the opening scene.
Give him plans to abscond
With a passionate blonde,
Which are dashed by a dashing marine.
Then as the ape capers
Round paper skyscrapers
To grapple with planes overhead
And the heroine dangles
At perilous angles,
Her life hanging on by a thread,
Your hero should aim
And to general acclaim
Shoot the brute (not a moment too soon)
Who falls with a thud
In a dark pool of blood,
As the heroine falls in a swoon…
Invite a gorilla
To play the opening scene.
Give him plans to abscond
With a passionate blonde,
Which are dashed by a dashing marine.
Then as the ape capers
Round paper skyscrapers
To grapple with planes overhead
And the heroine dangles
At perilous angles,
Her life hanging on by a thread,
Your hero should aim
And to general acclaim
Shoot the brute (not a moment too soon)
Who falls with a thud
In a dark pool of blood,
As the heroine falls in a swoon…
