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Only a star

1996
A poem describing the star that was present at the first Christmas.

Harriet and the Promised Land

1993
Narrative paintings and rhyming text tell the story of Harriet Tubman, a woman who escaped slavery then risked her freedom to lead others along the Underground Railroad.

Pish, posh, said Hieronymus Bosch

1991
The weird creatures which inhabit a medieval painter's home drive his housekeeper away, until a change of heart sends her back to the beasts and to Bosch in a new and loving relationship.

The poems

Venus and Adonis, The rape of Lucrece, The phoenix and the turtle, The passionate pilgrim, A lover's complaint
2006
An annotated collection of William Shakespeare's poems that includes detailed notes and commentary, critical and historical background information, and a reading list.

B is for Bethlehem

a Christmas alphabet
1990
Rhyming verses introduce the letters of the alphabet and the events surrounding the birth of Jesus.

When it snowed that night

1993
A collection of nativity poems featuring animals who travel from afar to be at the manger of baby Jesus and protect him from the snow.

Paul Revere and the Minutemen

a narrative poem
1975
Narrates the reasons for Paul Revere's ride and the subsequent confrontations between the British and the Minutemen which in effect began the Revolutionary War.

John Paul Jones

victory at sea : a narrative poem
1975
Relates in verse the battle between John Paul Jones' Bonhomme Richard and the British ships Serapis and Scarborough.

Paul Revere's ride

1973
The famous narrative poem recreating Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside that the British were coming.

Paul Revere's ride

2003
An illustrated version of the narrative poem which describes Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 to warn the people of the Boston countryside of an impending attack by the British.

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