The Faber Book of Beasts

Author: Paul Muldoon
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571195473
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Book Description
The Faber Book of Beasts is a collection of many of the best poems in English about the creatures who share our planet. The animal kingdom has prompted some of the liveliest and most enjoyable writing by poets, from Homer to our contemporaries. Among the creatures gathered here, tame or wild; common or exotic, are mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, and others perhaps more fanciful than real. A zoologist's delight.There is, too, a moral or philosophical purpose. As Paul Muldoon says in his introduction: 'We are most human in the presence of animals.' And it is just this sense of how our humanity is illuminated by the contemplation of bestial life that he has set out to celebrate. The results are wonderfully rich and thought-provoking.

The Beasts of Grimheart

Author: Kieran Larwood
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 1328696022
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
Three young rabbits, Podkin, Paz, and Pook, struggle to keep their ragtag group of refugees safe from the enemies who hunt them, encountering new challenges and unlikely allies as they attempt to convince feuding clans to unite in a final desperate battle for freedom.

The Faber Book of Nursery Verse

Author: Barbara Ireson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
A collection of rhymes, verses, jingles, riddles, and limericks from traditional sources, together with a selection of favorite poems by English and American authors, chiefly of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The Book of Beasts

Author: E. Nesbit
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981740215
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
The Book of Beasts is an exciting short story from The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit that is revised and edited for The Gunston Trust for Nonviolence in Children's Literature. This delightful tale of a child-king who releases the Terrible Red Beasts from an ancient book he finds in the castle library. How will he ever capture this beast so that the kingdom can once again be happy and safe? Recommended for ages 7 - 12 years.

The Cavalier Poets

Author: Thomas Crofts
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486156923
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description
Over 120 works — characteristically charming, witty and graceful — by poets associated with the court of Charles I of England: Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace.

100 Poems

Author: Seamus Heaney
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374720118
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
Selected poems from a Nobel laureate In 100 Poems, readers will enjoy the most loved and celebrated poems, and will discover new favorites, from "The Cure at Troy" to "Death of a Naturalist." It is a singular and welcoming anthology, reaching far and wide, for now and for years to come. Seamus Heaney had the idea to make a personal selection of poems from across the entire arc of his writing life, a collection small yet comprehensive enough to serve as an introduction for all comers. He never managed to do this himself, but now, finally, the project has been returned to, resulting in an intimate gathering of poems chosen and introduced by the Heaney family. No other selection of Heaney’s poems exists that has such a broad range, drawing from the first to the last of his prizewinning collections.

The Book of Beasts

Author: Jonny Marx
Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
ISBN: 9781454922278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A compendium of monsters, critters, and mythical creatures to color. Filled with mythical monsters from around the world, The Book of Beasts will take young readers on an epic coloring quest through ancient lands and lore. As they fill in the pages, children will encounter creatures from Aboriginal, African, Mesoamerican, Greek, Roman, Indian, Norse, Chinese, and Japanese tales. On the back of each page, kids will find background on the beasts in the book. Featuring a fully foiled cover.

Path of Beasts

Author: Lian Tanner
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 037589697X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
Do you dare to join Goldie in her hardest task ever as she walks down the mysterious Beast Road, deep inside the Museum of Thieves? No one knows where it goes and no one has ever returned from it. The city of Jewel is in peril once again, as it is held captive by the frightful Fugleman, his band of Blessed Guardians, and an army of merciless mercenaries. There's no doubt that Goldie and Toadspit want to get their city back, but how can a small group of children fight against such overwhelming forces of evil? And how, as Goldie is determined, can they avoid bloodshed in a war that will set thieves against soldiers, and trickery and deception against a mighty cannon that shoots cannonballs bent on destruction? As Toadspit fights the Fugleman in a duel to the death, Goldie must face her hardest task yet. If she is to save the city, she must walk the mysterious Beast Road, deep inside the Museum of Thieves. No one knows where it goes and no one has ever returned from it.

Among the Beasts & Briars

Author: Ashley Poston
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062847384
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Ashley Poston, acclaimed author of Heart of Iron, returns with a dark, lush fairy tale–inspired fantasy for fans of Sara Raasch and Susan Dennard. Cerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. Cerys knows this all too well: When she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse—the magic—in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything. As a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions a small and irritating fox from the royal garden and the magic in her veins. It’s up to her to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home. But the road is darker and more dangerous than she knows, and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth and roots of the forest, it’s going to take everything she has just to survive.

The Case of Beasts

Author: Warner Bros.
Publisher: Harper Design
ISBN: 9780008204600
Category : Fantastic beasts and where to find them (Motion picture)
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
"The Case of Beasts delivers an enchanting interactive experience by sharing filmmaking secrets, film photography and artwork, and behind-the-scenes stories from cast and crew. Full of removable, facsimile reproductions of props and paper ephemera from the movie, along with some very special effects, this collectible volume offers a unique look from the talented group who created this movie magic."--