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The poets' Grimm

20th century poems from Grimm fairy tales
2003
Presents more than 150 poems by twentieth-century writers, including Amy Lowell, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Gaiman, inspired by the stories of the Brothers Grimm.

King Arthur and his knights

1986
Recounts the tales of King Arthur and his knights, from the early prophecies of Merlin and Arthur's birth to the destruction of Camelot.

Briar Rose

2007
In this retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," a young woman learns that her grandmother had a secret past tied to the Holocaust.

Tristan & Iseult

1991
Retells the Celtic legend of the love between the warrior Tristan and Iseult, the wife of King Marc of Cornwall.

Gilgamesh

a verse narrative
2003
A modern English translation of the epic of Gilgamesh, written in the third millennium B.C., telling of the great king of Uruk and his doomed friend.

Plays from Hispanic tales

1998
A collection of eleven one-act, royalty-free plays for young people, based on traditional Hispanic stories, legends, and folktales.

Cuentos en verso para ni?os perversos

2000
A collection of silly rhymes for children by Roald Dahl.

Eaters of the dead

the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
2006

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