Most Popular Books by Alan Baker

As in Dante''s Commedia, many different types of language - the political, the spiritual, the scientific, the commercial, the playful, the poetic - jostle up against each other in the way that language so often does in life. Like Dante, Baker refuses to isolate the poetic from the living. Yet, however fragmented, the poems work together as a compelling whole, thanks to Baker''s measured and masterful use of the prose poem. The letters from the underworld represent the neo-modernist lyric at its best. Ian Seed

With an agonizing inevitability, her newborn did die in her arms. She cried and wept and pleaded, because she wanted nothing more than to keep her child with her, for all her life. . . . So. What did it mean when she got exactly what she had wished for?46 pages

As he snuggles down to sleep, William finds a hole in the wall and climbshrough. Imagine a world of rainbows, where jungles grow in an instantmagine huge sandcastles and strange stripy animals that can take you for aide. It''s the start of an incredible journey.

The dog should never have been in the Lab in the first place. Once again, the bundle of canine energy had nosed past its owner and into the lab. In its mouth was a tennis ball that he dropped on the floor in the hope someone would play fetch with him. The ball bounced, and the dog chased it, hitting it with his paw, which caused it to bounce even more. Inevitably it bounced into the screen and disappeared with a bright sparkle and a sound later described as a fizz and plop. The dog jumped after the ball and disappeared with the same fizz and plop. Thus began the fantastic discovery of Fenga. another world reached through a wormhole. At a time when the whole world was going mad, and England and the rest of the UK was joining in the madness.

The little rabbits can''''t waste any time this morning - Grey Rabbit is coming to dinner and there''''s lots to do. Will they have time to clean the house, do the shopping and make a special surprise before he arrives?''

One worm, two toucans, three bears - play and count with Grey Rabbit.

The cute and cuddly rabbits help young children to recognise all sorts of shapes.

Help Little Rabbit search the garden for his favorite snack, carrots! Lift the flaps to reveal familiar garden animals and learn the sounds they make, together with some of the foods they eat. First let''s try the doghouse... "woof, woof!" barks dog as he chews on a bone. Maybe behind the shed door?..."squeak, squeak!" It''s mouse eating an apple. Each page reveals a new surprise and a new animal until Little Rabbit peeks into the vegetable patch..."Crunch! Crunch!"...there''s Brown Rabbit, and it''s time for a carrot lunch!

Cute, cuddly rabbits help young children learn the numbers 1-20.

Description: Correspondence of Alan Baker, consisting chiefly of letters, postcards and telegrams to his mother, Mrs W. Custance Baker (some in French). The earlier material contains news, anecdotal accounts of experiences and activities at Oxford and in Malaya. The later letters comment chiefly on family matters and financial affairs.