Hog in the Fog - A Harry & Lil Story

The tale of a hog in the fog. This is the story of Candy Stripe Lil and Harry the Hog who lived over the hill. ...and a foggy March day, roundabout three, when Lil had invited Harry for tea . Lil is expecting Harry the Hog for tea, but there's a swirling fog outside and Harry is nowhere to be seen. Lil sets off to find her friend. Luckily she meets Deer, Sheep and Crow along the way, who all join in the hunt to find the hog in the fog. A heartwarming rhyming adventure story about friendship, teamwork and teatime!

About the author

Julia Copus has published four collections of poetry and been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot and Costa Book awards. Her most recent collection, Girlhood, was published by Faber in 2019 and was the inaugural winner of the USA's Derek Walcott Prize for best poetry collection by a non-US citizen. Other awards include First Prize in the UK's National Poetry Competition and the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. Her 2021 biography of Bloomsbury poet Charlotte Mew, This Rare Spirit, was chosen by Sir Andrew Motion as a Spectator Book of the Year and described by John Carey in the Sunday Times as "a triumph of precise scholarship and imaginative sympathy". She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Summary

Told in fizzingly original rhymes from a rising star in the poetry world this was the first brand-new picture book on the Faber Children's list. The tale of a hog in the fog.

Report

The launch title in Faber's new picture book list, this is an exquisite rhyming tale about a hapless hog who gets lost in the fog. Beautiful illustrations Angels and Urchins

Product details

• Authors: Julia Copus, Copus Julia, Eunyoung Seo
• Assisted by: Eunyoung Seo (Illustration), Eunyoung (Illustrator) Seo (Illustration), Seo Eunyoung (Illustration)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2014
• EAN: 9780571312115
• ISBN: 978-0-571-31211-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 258 mm x 258 mm x 9 mm
• Series: A Harry & Lil Story; A Faber Picture Book; A Harry & Lil Story; A Faber Picture Book
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / General, Children’s picture books, Reading Age: From C 3 Years