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The collected works of Billy the Kid (Vintage International)
Par Michael Ondaatje. 2009
William Bonney, a.k.a. "Billy the Kid," killed his first man when he was twelve, and by the time he was…
twenty-one he had slain nineteen more. Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels and his own imagination, Ondaatje imagines Billy's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880s New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country. A synthesis of storytelling, history, and myth. Winner of the 1970 Governor General's Award for Poetry. 2009.Seul on est: [poésie] (Poesie Ser.)
Par Serge Patrice Thibodeau. 2006
Trêve de solitude; dans ces poèmes, seul veut dire seulement, seul signifie unique. Écrite à partir d'un vers de Paul…
Valéry, cette poésie est un mélange audacieux de motifs tels que l'anecdote et le tableau de genre, le paysage et l'escamot (pop-up), où l'usage de la forme fixe délimite la façon d'être de ce poète qui signe là son douzième recueil. Gagnant du Prix du Gouverneur général catégorie poésie, 2007. 2006.Stumbling in the bloom
Par John Pass. 2005
A celebration of the enticements and entanglements of wilderness, along with poems about a wry excursion to the chiropractor, a…
fanciful flight from a student driver's parallel parking practice, and a moving Canadian journey towards and away from the "ground zero" of the 9/11 tragedy. 2006 Governor General's Award winner for Poetry. 2005.Revolting rhymes & Dirty beasts
Par Roald Dahl. 1982
Revolting rhymes. Humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.…
Grades K-3. 1982. Taped with: Dirty beasts. A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people. Grades K-3. 1983.Ravir: poèmes (Clepsydre ; #58)
Par Hélène Dorion. 2005
Une poésie harmonieuse, d'un classicisme parfois convenu, parfois factice malgré quelques images vibrantes et un indéniable savoir-faire. Une poésie souvent…
décorative dans laquelle l'être joue les trouble-fêtes. Prix du Gouverneur général 2006, catégorie poésie. 2006.Les jours à vif: poésie (Opale)
Par André Brochu. 2004
Comme un roulement de tonnerre, les poèmes d'André Brochu créent un univers festif qui ne nie pas les ombres. Au…
bruit du monde répond le fracas du poème. Dans la voix tendre et ironique d'André Brochu, passe le monde dans toutes ses tonalités. Prix du Gouverneur général (poésie), 2004.The annals of Chile
Par Paul Muldoon. 1994
The collected poems of F.R. Scott
Par F. R Scott. 1981
Scott was a historian and lawyer, but foremost a poet. This collection, which was compiled by Scott himself, showed both…
a reflective man and a public figure committed to human progress. Winner of the 1981 Governor General's Award for Poetry. 1981. Uniform title: PoemsRoald Dahl's Revolting rhymes (Into Reading, Read Aloud Module 2)
Par Roald Dahl. 1984
The Oxford treasury of children's poems
Par Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark. 1988
Beginning with tongue-twisters, word-plays and nursery rhymes, there are poems about giants and dragons, fairies and trolls, grown-ups and parents,…
spiders and the seaside; supermarkets and shopping, food and parties. There are also poems to make you laugh, and poems for bedtime. Grades P-2. 1988.The lays of Beleriand (History Of Middle Earth Ser. #Vol. 3)
Par Christopher Tolkien, J. R. R Tolkien. 2002
This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us an insight into the creation of the mythology of…
Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world - those of Turien and Luthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of The Children of Hurin, narrating on a grand scale the tragedy of Turin Turambar. The second is the moving Lay of Leithian, the chief source of the tale of Beren and Luthien in The Silmarillion, telling of the Quest of the Silmaril and the encounter with Morgoth in his subterranean fortress. Accompanying the poems are commentaries on the evolution of the history of the Elder Days. Also included is the notable criticism of The Lay of The Leithian by C. S. Lewis, who read the poem in 1929. 2002.The collected poems
Par Wallace Stevens. 1954
The Collected Poems was prepared by Stevens himself, shortly before his death, and contains all of his published books of…
poetry, covering more than four decades. From the rococo lyrics of Harmonium, through the large-scale orchestrations of his middle years, to the austere lyrics of 'The Rock', Stevens' poetry meditated unremittingly upon the relation between the world and the imagination. Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. 1954.The rooster crows: a book of American rhymes and jingles (Their This is America books)
Par Miska Petersham, Maud Fuller Petersham. 1945
The Island means Minago
Par Milton Acorn. 1975
Prince Edward Island, its people and its history, is the theme of this book of prose and poetry by the…
noted Canadian author. Winner of the 1975 Governor General's Award for Poetry. 1975.The ghost horse of the Mounties
Par Sean O Huigin. 1983
A mysterious storm sends the Mounties' horses in all directions. All but one horse is found. This is the story…
of that one horse. Winner of the 1983 Canada Council Children's Literature Award. Grades 3-6 and older readers. c1983.The black flamingo
Par Dean Atta. 2020
Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be…
Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican, but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael's coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs, and the Black Flamingo is bornWe belong
Par Cookie Hiponia Everman. 2021
An extraordinarily beautiful novel-in-verse, this important debut weaves a dramatic immigrant story together with Philippine mythology to create something wholly…
new. Stella and Luna know that their mama, Elsie, came from the Philippines when she was a child, but they don't know much else. So one night they ask her to tell them her story. As they get ready for bed, their mama spins two tales: that of her youth as a strong-willed middle child and refugee; and that of the young life of Mayari, the mythical daughter of a god. Both are tales of sisterhood and motherhood, and of the difficult experience of trying to fit into a new culture, and having to fight for a home and acceptance. Glorious and layered, this is a portrait of family and strength for the agesBeowulf: a translation and commentary, together with Sellic spell
Par J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien. 2014
Early prose translation (1926) from the Old English by the esteemed Oxford classicist and author of The Lord of the…
Rings (DB 47486, 47487, 47488) trilogy. This volume, edited by Tolkien's son Christopher, also contains extensive commentary on the text and its world, and a short tale by the author. Some violence. 1926365 cuentos y rimas para niñas
Par Not Specified. 2005
Una colección de cuentos breves y versos caprichosos para niñas pequeñas. Traducido del inglés por Almudena Sasiain. Para niños preescolares…
hasta el grado 2. [A collection of short stories and whimsical verses for young girls. Spanish language. ] 2005The white goddess: a historical grammar of poetic myth
Par Robert Graves. 1999
Grevel Lindop, editor of this 1997 edition, describes it as "(among other things) an adventure in historical detective-work," in which…
Graves linguistically deciphers much of the world's mythology, explains the place in anthropology of goddess and god, and provides a basis for understanding his poetry and the modern world. 1952