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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil): and Other Verses from the Red Book
by J.R.R. Tolkien'Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people.' So declared the jacket of this book when it was first published some fifty years ago. One of the most intriguing characters in The Lord of the Rings, the amusing and enigmatic Tom Bombadil, also appears in verses said to have been written by Hobbits and preserved in the 'Red Book' with stories of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins and their friends. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil collects these and other poems, mainly concerned with legends and jests of the Shire at the end of the Third Age. 'Professor Tolkien revealed in the verses scattered through The Hobbit that he had a talent for songs, riddling rhymes, and a kind of balladry. In The Adventures of Tom Bombadil the talent can be seen to be close to genius.' Listener This special edition has been expanded for the first time to include earlier versions of some of Tolkien's poems, a fragment of a prose story with Tom Bombadil, and comprehensive notes by acclaimed Tolkien scholars Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. You'll find a large treasury of books by and about J. R. R. Tolkien in the bookshare library.
The Best American Poetry 1989
by Donald Hall David LehmanAn installment of a yearly anthology of poems.
The Best American Poetry 1993
by David Lehman Louise GlückThis includes thirty poets and represents forty-six literary journals and magazines
Waiting Out the Storm (Elementary Core Reading)
by Susan Gaber JoAnn Early MackenNIMAC-sourced textbook
Bear Snores On (Elementary Core Reading Ser.)
by Karma Wilson Jane ChapmanNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.
When Daddy's Truck Picks Me Up (Elementary Core Reading #120)
by Carol Thompson Jana Novotny HunterNIMAC-sourced textbook
Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! Listen to the City: Listen To The City (Elementary Core Reading Ser.)
by Robert Burleigh Beppe GiacobbeNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>From morning until night, a city is filled with such sounds as the roars and snores of a subway ride, the flutters and coos of pigeons, and the shouts and beeps of drivers in traffic.
The Handiest Things in the World (Elementary Core Reading)
by Andrew ClementsNIMAC-sourced textbook
Catch a Sunflake
by The Editors at the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing CompanyWonderful stories will boost your reading skills.
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Reading 5th Grade
by Angela Shelf Medearis Jan E. Hasbrouck James Flood Diane Lapp Josefina Villamil Tinajero Donna Lubcker Karen D. Wood James V. Hoffman Scott Paris Steven StahlThis book is one of a series of Macmillan / McGraw-Hill elementary school reading texts. This text is for Grade 5.
American Literature
by George KearnsAmerican Literature is an anthology, a collection of fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction. The purpose of American Literature is to introduce you to some highly enjoyable writing and to help you think logically and creatively about it. In fact, as the writers in this book so powerfully demonstrate, the more you think about literature the richer your insights will be.
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume V: Later Essays
by William Butler YeatsCompiling nineteen essays and introductions, a volume with explanatory notes includes Per Amica Silentia Lunae and On the Boiler as well as introductions on Shelley and Balzac and essays on Irish poetry and politics.
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
by Nancy White CarlstromJesse Bear, what will you wear? What will you wear in the morning My shirt of red Pulled over my head Over my head in the morning. And so Jesse Bear starts his day.
I Am Wings: Poems about Love
by Ralph FletcherA book of simple poems that brings out the day-to-day happenings in love very effectively.
The Rooster Crows
by Miska Petersham Maud PetershamIncludes well-known nursery rhymes, counting-out games, skipping-rope songs, finger games, and other jingles, such as: "The rooster crows and away he goes", "Mother, may I go out to swim", "Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear", and "Roses are red, violets are blue". An American Mother Goose for every child's library, it contains verses from collections all over America, beloved by children for generations and beautifully and charmingly illustrated by famous artists.
Schubert: The Complete Song Texts
by Richard WigmoreThis is a complete collection of Franz Schubert's solo songs in German originals with English translations. A small number are in Italian with English translations. Schubert's songs are the most frequently performed of the whole vocal repertoire, and, for many people, the best loved. They range from the very short--lasting barely two minutes--to immensely long ballads, and scenas which are virtually cantatas. Schubert was among the most prolific of composers, having written (in addition to a large output of symphonies, sonatas, quartets, masses and operas) more than 600 songs by the time of his death in 1828 at the age of 31. Almost all his songs are settings of German poetry, but a few use Italian words, and the texts of several are German translations of English poetry and prose by Sir Walter Scott, Shakespeare, James Macpherson (Ossian) and others. Schubert composed more than a hundred settings of Goethe, the greatest of all German poets, and many of these are among the finest and best loved of his songs. But he also set the work of other major German poets of the 18th and early 19th centuries. The most famous of the songs have appeared in previously published volumes of Lieder texts, such as The Penguin Books of Lieder and The Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder; but more and more, these days, singers are discovering the beauties of the less familiar songs, and adding them to concert programmes and recordings. This book fulfils the growing need for parallel texts and translations of all the songs, and is the first in its field. The prose translations, keeping as close as possible to the originals, are most sympathetic, and readable in their own right, and will be invaluable to the singer with little or no German, as well as a delight to the many music-lovers who listen to these songs on radio, on record and at concerts. This electronic edition is formatted with a line of English translation below each line of German original and is DAISY formatted with each song at level 1.
Jack and The Beanstalk, with Benjy and Bubbles
by Ruth Lerner Perle Susan HorowitzA delightful retelling of the children's story Jack and the Beanstalk in rhyme. Includes picture desriptions.
Elements of Literature: Introductory Course
by Holt Rinehart WinstonThis Elements of Literature-Introductory Course has a collection of short stories, fairy tales, novels, plays, poems, magazine articles, Essays, autobiographies, biographies, true narratives, interviews, communication workshops etc.
A Midsummer Night's Dream with Connections (Hrw Library)
by William ShakespeareShakespeare lives on, for his plays are still frequently produced all over the world. A Midsummer Night's Dream remains a favorite of audiences because of its touching and amusing characters and lovely language. The "Connections" section of this Holt, Rinehart, and Winston edition of William Shakespeare's fantastic comedy distinguishes it among so many other versions. Eleven related selections - literary and some not so literary - shed light on the play's universal appeal.
Holt Literature and Language Arts, Fourth Course: Mastering the California Standards--Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
by Kylene Beers Carol Jago Deborah Appleman Linda Rief Leila Christenbury Sara KajderThis fourth course of "Literature and Language Arts" contains Short Stories, Reading for Life, Poetry, Drama, Myths and Legends, Literary Criticism and Resource Center.