About the Book: Dorothy Wordsworths Christmas Birthday
It is Christmas Eve, 1799, and Dorothy Wordsworth is awake in the dead of
night. She stands outside in the winter cold, waiting patiently.
When the new day breaks it will bring family and friends to Dorothys door. For
tomorrow is a double joy: tomorrow is her Christmas Birthday.
Carol Ann Duffys wonderful poem Dorothy Wordsworths Christmas Birthday takes us
to the frozen landscape of the Lake District, where a merry celebration is about
to begin in the Wordsworths cottage.
Gorgeously illustrated by Tom Duxbury, this festive poem evokes the snowy Lake
District as Dorothy celebrates her birthday with her