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Carol Ann Duffy

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About Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 2009. In 2011 The Bees won the Costa Poetry Award, and in 2012 she won the PEN Pinter Prize. She was made a DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours list.

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World Children's Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice by Carol Ann Duffy.

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World Children's Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy.

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World Children's Day

You should read The Hat by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Faber & Faber.

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World Children's Day

The Good Child's Guide to Rock 'n' Roll by Carol Ann Duffy from Faber & Faber is brilliant!

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National Princess Day (US)

Why not try Queen Munch and Queen Nibble by Carol Ann Duffy. Published by Two Hoots.

3 days ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read Underwater Farmyard (PB) by Carol Ann Duffy from Macmillan Children's Books

25 days ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read Underwater Farmyard by Carol Ann Duffy from Macmillan Children's Books

25 days ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read Queen Munch and Queen Nibble by Carol Ann Duffy from Two Hoots

25 days ago

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