Orange Paw Marks

by Michelle Magorian, Jean Baylis (Illustrator)

A collection of poems based on events children will recognise from their own experience.

71 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

British children's author Michelle Magorian - author of the celebrated Goodnight, Mr. Tom (1981), which won The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize - was born in Southsea, Portsmouth, in 1947. She trained to be an actress, studying at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, and at Marcel Marceau's L'école Internationale de Mime in Paris. While pursuing an acting career, Magorian became interested in children's books, writing her first novel for young readers (Goodnight, Mr. Tom) over the course of four and a half years.

Reviews

[Judith Johnson]

I spotted this on the Books for Sale at the library and since Michelle Magorian’s children’s books are some of my favourites I coughed up the 20 pence asking price!

I’ve really enjoyed the poems plus the smashing illustrations by Jean Baylis, and will be handing this on toot sweet to my granddaughter, who recently, aged eight, sent me a haiku for my birthday 🥳. I’ll be interested to hear what she thinks of them.

Recommended to lovers of poems for children everywhere.