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The uppish hen & other poems.
Written by Robin Hyde.
Edited by Juanita Deely.
Iillustrated by Dïne.
The Cuba Press, 2023.
Aotearoa.
Poetry
In 1934, four-year-old Derek Challis found a homemade
book in his Christmas stocking. On the typed pages bound with pink ribbon were
poems written for him by his mother, the writer Robin Hyde. Derek - known as
Derry - treasured the gift and could recite the poems until his death in 2021.
Hyde hoped the collection would be published 'one fine day' and that fine day
has come.
A nostalgia piece, of its time – with illustrations that reflect
the period.
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