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Beowulf
Par Welwyn Wilton Katz. 1999
Beowulf is endowed with a magical gift. Unfortunately, his gift of superhuman strength often makes him clumsy and overpowers his…
own weapons. This doesn't stop him from embarking on epic adventures during which he kills several monsters, battles a wicked troll and struggles against sea serpents. Grades 5-8. 1999.Complete sonnets (Dover Thrift Editions Ser.)
Par William Shakespeare. 1991
The sonnets have provoked disputes as to the identities of "the dark lady" and "lovely boy" to whom most are…
addressed, and controversy over the full name of the dedication's "W.H." What is not disputed is that these lyrics rank among the finest sonnets ever written - in any language. Over 150 poems deal with love, friendship, the tyranny of time, beauty's fragility, death and other themes in language unsurpassed for power, precision and beauty. A glossary explains archaic terms. Senior High.1991. Uniform title: SonnetsAlbertosaurus: death of a predator (Discoveries in palaeontology, #1)
Par Monique Keiran. 1999
Some 75 million years ago, one dinosaur ended its life. The dinosaur was an Albertosaurus -- distant cousin to the…
ferocious, meat-eating predator Tyrannosaurus Rex. But its death was also a beginning -- the start of its transformation into a fossil, which lay undiscovered for millennia until the forces of erosion brought the young dinosaur, once again, to light. Grades 4-7. 1999.A book of luminous things: an international anthology of poetry
Par Czesław Miłosz. 1996
A personal selection of poems from the past and present are a testament to the varieties of human experience, offered…
up so that we may see the myriad ways that experience can be shared in words and images. Miłosz provides a preface to each of these poems, divided into thematic sections, such as “Travel,” “History,” and “The Secret of a Thing,” that remind us how powerfully poetry can touch our minds and hearts. 1996.Locomotion
Par Jacqueline Woodson. 2003
When Lonnie Collins Motion - Locomotion - was seven years old, his life changed forever, and now at eleven, his…
life is about to change again. His teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. And suddenly, Lonnie has a whole new way to tell the world about his life, his friends, his little sister Lili, and even his foster mom, Miss Edna, who started out crabby but isn't so bad after all. Grades 4-7. 2003.Playing a dazzler: poems by James Berry
Par James Berry. 1997
Set in Britain, Jamaica, countryside and inner city, this collection contains poetry for every mood and occasion, exploring issues of…
interest and relevance to teenagers. With haunting images, marvellous rhymes and exuberant language, James Berry celebrates the indomitable human spirit. For junior high readers.Shades of green (Red Fox Poetry Ser.)
Par Anne Harvey. 1991
Lettres à la jeunesse: dix poètes parlent de l'espoir (Librio. 571)
Par Collectif. 2003
Dix poètes de dix pays différents (Liban, France, Italie, Israël, Portugal, etc.) adressent à la jeunesse une lettre et un…
poème sur le thème de l'espoir et sur le rôle de la poésie dans notre monde. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2003.When thunder comes: poems for civil rights leaders
Par J. Patrick Lewis. 2013
Children’s poet laureate gives voice to seventeen civil rights leaders who spoke out for equality and liberty, including Coretta Scott…
King, Nelson Mandela, and Jackie Robinson. Provides a mini biography of each activist portrayed. Grades 5-8. 2013.Thru the smoky end boards: Canadian poetry about sports & games
Par Ed Brooks Kevin, Sean Brooks. 1996
More than 75 poets and 150 poems celebrate and examine the place of sport and play in our lives. The…
editors cover the major Canadian sports of hockey and baseball but also manage to find poetic explorations of swimming, skating, lacrosse and even bocce ball. Livesay, Acorn, Page, Layton and others are represented in a "book for the fan who has been missing the poetry of sports and games". c1996.The sonnets
Par William Shakespeare. 1998
The complete collection of 154 sonnets attributed to Shakespeare, without commentary. Sonnets 1 to 126 are addressed to a beloved…
friend--a young man--while Sonnets 127 to 152 are to a lady of dark beauty, and the last two poems are adaptations of a Greek epigram. 1609, 1998.The simple gift: a novel (UQP young adult fiction)
Par Steven Herrick. 2000
Billy runs away from an unhappy family situation to set up house in an abandoned freight car. The story is…
revealed in alternating verse, describing the innermost thoughts of the three main characters: 16-year-old Billy; Caitlin, the wealthy townie with whom he forms a bond; and Old Bill, the lawyer-turned-alcoholic hobo to whom Billy reaches out - and who gives Billy an astonishing gift in return. For senior high readers. 2004, c2000.The new Oxford book of children's verse (Oxford Books of Verse Ser.)
Par Neil Philip. 1996
An anthology of some 350 children's poems by more than 200 English-language poets arranged in chronological order from the eighteenth…
through the twentieth centuries. For adults to share with children. Junior and Senior High. 1996.Metamorphoses of Ovid (Penguin classics ; #L58)
Par Ovid, Mary M Innes. 1955
"Metamorphoses", a poem in fifteen books, is a collection of tales culled from Greek poems and myths, Latin folk-lore, and…
even from Babylon and the East. The theme of all of them is that of transformation. Senior High. 1955.The song of Roland
Par Hilda Cumings Price. 1964
Rythmes: la vie en poèmes ((Au-delà des mots))
Par Suzanne Martin, Jean-Pierre Issenhuth. 1986
Poetry in the making
Par Ted Hughes. 1967
Hughes presents and discusses poems selected around different themes, such as "Capturing animals," "Wind & weather," and "Writing about people,"…
to encourage children to think about and write their own poems. Grades 4-7. 1967.Talking turkeys
Par Benjamin Zephaniah. 1995
The Kingfisher book of poems about love
Par Comp McGough Roger. 1997
The concept of how strongly love connects us all, through time and place, across cultures and generations, is reflected in…
this exhilarating collection of poems. From the thrill of first love to the pain of rejection, in the warmth of friendship and the strength of family ties, as well as in the fundamental bond between humanity and the earth, love is central to our lives. For junior high readers.Say that again
Par Mairwen Jones, John Spink. 1997
Nigel Jenkins, Jenny Sullivan, John Idris Jones, Iwan Llwyd and Sheenagh Pugh together show that poetry can provoke and protest,…
it can reassure you or remind you of things forgotten, it can make you laugh at foolishness or move you to pity for those who suffer. And the writers themselves explain why they're hooked on poetry. Junior high readers.