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The Bed Book

The Bed Book

New edition illustrated by Cindy Wume

Paperback (02 Jan 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

From Pulitzer Prize-winning Sylvia Plath, this is the perfect bedtime read, written for her own children, exquisitely illustrated by Cindy Wume in picture book form for the first time.

A Tank Bed's got cranks
And wheels and cogs
And levers to pull
If you're stuck in bogs.

Or a Jet-Propelled Bed
For visiting Mars
With mosquito nets
For the shooting stars.


Beds come in all shapes and sizes, and need not be boring beds at all . . . There are submarine beds, for nosing through water like a sardine, beds for fishing, and jet-propelled beds that take you all the way to the stars.

The perfect bedtime read, playful and comforting, the poem demonstrates Plath's eye for imagery and arresting language and is exquisitely illustrated in full colour throughout.

About the Publisher

Faber & Faber

Faber and Faber is one of the last of the great independent publishing houses in London. With the great depth of its backlist, featuring books by no fewer than twelve Nobel Laureates and six Booker Prize-winners, a thriving frontlist and ever-growing e-book list, and new ventures including the print-on-demand Faber Finds imprint, Faber Digital (publisher of the award-winning The Waste Land for iPad App), Faber Academy (the creative writing school), as well as Faber Factory Powered by Constellation, and Faber Factory Plus, the company continues to go from strength to strength.

Book information

ISBN: 9780571384891
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Pub date:
Edition: New edition illustrated by Cindy Wume
DEWEY: 811.54
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 32
Weight: 178g
Height: 248mm
Width: 250mm
Spine width: 5mm