A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. Illustrated with antique pictures by some well-known children's book illustrators. Includes a short biography of Robert Louis Stevenson (page 121).

From almost the moment of its publication in 1667, 'Paradise Lost' was considered a classic. This new edition is derived from the editors' modernized 'Oxford Authors' text, with a new introduction that discusses the poem's complexity and critical history.

The centuries old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator and accompanied by an introduction that reassesses the identity of Homer. In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes godlike, yet utterly human of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief compel our own humanity. Time after time, one pauses and re-reads before continuing....

"On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet, at age twenty-two, to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Her inaugural poem, "The Hill We Climb," is now available to cherish in this special edition." --

"'The Divine Comedy' begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery of its own identity. Allen Mandelbaum's astonishingly Dantean translation, which captures so much of the life of the original, renders whole for us the masterpiece that genius whom...

A new edition of Virgil's epic work is presented in modern language and endeavors to retain the original work's humanity, as well as its influential blend of poetry and verse.

In this bedtime poem, three fishermen in a wooden shoe catch stars in their nets of silver and gold.

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's...

EDICIÓN ESPECIAL CON POEMAS INÉDITOS LA SORPRESA EDITORIAL DEL AÑO. El nuevo fenómeno de la poesía de la que todo el mundo habla. Vivimosen cambio constante, con miedo a decir «te quiero» por las consecuencias que podría traer. Pero debemos arriesgarnos, tenemos que perdernos para poder encontrarnos,aprender del daño y seguir soñando. Quiere, quiere mucho. Pero nunca te olvides de quererte a ti. Cuando Manu Erena empezó a escribir poesía...

An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals.