Books like The Bed Book

I hadn't realised that Sylvia Plath had written some nonsense verse - and then this weekend I came across this copy of 'The Bed Book', which is a delightful rhyming catalogue of desirable beds, superbly illustrated by Quentin Blake's drawings.The author begins by pointing out, in verse, that there are different sizes of beds and that they are made for sleeping or resting. However, she then tells us, 'the Best beds are much more interesting'.There are beds for fishing, beds for cats and beds for troupes of acrobats and Quentin Blake illustrates each one admirably. Submarine beds, jet-propelled beds, 'For visiting Mars', a snack bed (sounds just right - and mine sometimes is!), a Spottable bed, with blankets all splotches of black, blue and pink', and a tank bed that has 'cranks and wheels and cogs and levers to pull if you're stuck in the bogs ...'Also desirable is a Bird-Watcher's bed, a pocket-size bed (doesn't sound too clever), and an elephant bed from which 'you pick bananas right out of the trees' and from which 'You can climb up the trunk and slide down behind'. There's also a North Pole bed, 'It's as warm as toast under ten feet of snow' (it needs to be warm) but overall they are all 'the beds to climb into' and to be 'tucked-in-tight'.So 'nighty-night little turn-out-the-light little Bed!'It's a great little fun book for all the family and I will view Sylvia Plath quite differently from now on.