poetry

Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.

Presents an unabridged republication of the 1918 collection of poems by American poet and historian Carl Sandburg.

Presents the classic story "Beowulf" along with chronology, a timeline of significant events, explanatory and textual notes, critical analysis, and outline of key themes and plots.

A collection of poetry and paintings from Lawren Harris.

A collection of monologues and dialogues collected from East Tennesee and the Appalachian region.

Contains the twelfth-century epic poem which follows the exploits of a soldier and adventurer. Presented in Spanish.

"A timely . . . edition of a . . . work in Latino literature, National Book Award nominee Gary Soto's first collection (originally published in 1977) draws on California's fertile San Joaquin Valley, the people, the place, and the hard agricultural work done there by immigrants. In these poems, joy and anger, violence and hope are placed in both the metaphorical and very real circumstances of the Valley. Rooted in personal experiences--of the poet as a young man, his friends, family, and neighbors--the poems are spare but expansive. This . . . edition has been expanded with a . . . selection of complementary poems (some previously unpublished) and an . .. introduction by the author"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of poems that pays tribute to the history of the American South and to the Native Guard, one of the first African-American regiments in service during the Civil War.

An adaptation of the English rhyme "Who killed Cock Robin?" for Australian children.

A collection of illustrated poems about events and beliefs involving the full moon.