poetry

"A Richard Jackson book." A collection of first-person poems taken from the actual conversations of Appalachian people.

A retelling in prose of Virgil's epic poem describing the fall of Troy.

Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting images of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.

Illustrations depicting the activities of a variety of long-ago Londoners accompany the traditional rhyme about the many church bells of that city.

Poem based on the legend of the Pied Piper who pipes the village free of rats. When the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children.

A collection of poems in which Sue Ann Alderson records the sights and sounds of a nature preserve throughout the seasons.

A collection of poems in which Francisco Alarcon revisits and celebrates his childhood memories of summers, Mexico, and nature. Presented in Spanish and English.

The noble Knight, the tipsy Miller, the hypocritical Pardoner, the randy Wife of Bath, and other pilgrims trade stories on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas a Beckett at Canterbury.

A prose translation of "Beowulf, " the Anglo-Saxon tale in which a Geat warrior slays a monster to save the Danish people and eventually becomes a beloved king; includes explanatory notes, genealogies, appendixes on the original manuscript, and a glossary of proper names.

A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.