Eleanor Farjeon

This is a unique celebration of that most beautiful and self-possessed of creatures--the cat. More than 50 poems are included, reflecting every feline mood: the comic, the aristocratic, the lazy, the cunning, the fierce, the inscrutable. Lovers of cats and lovers of poetry will be delighted by the wide-ranging nature of the collection by poets such as T.S. Elliot, Ted Hughes, W.B. Yeats, William Wordsworth, Edward Lear and many others. One of the most attractive features of the book is the choice of pictures. A stunning selection of drawings and paintings by such artists and illustrators as Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Hogarth, Cruikshank and Lear add to the charm of the verse, making this a book to be treasured by cat lovers everywhere.

Celebrated since childhood for how well she skips rope, 109-year-old Elsie Piddock once again skips, to save her English country town.

Twenty poems about the activities and pleasures which are part of each season.

A collection of poems introducing the letters of the alphabet through descriptions of various aspects of city life.

A clever wandering minstrel rescues an imprisoned young lady when she charms the seven man-hating damsels guarding her by telling them stories, one by one.

Describes different kinds of trees, how they take nourishment and grow, and how they adapt to the seasons.

An anthology of rhymes, proverbial tales, traditions, short essays, biographical sketches and miscellaneous information--one piece for each day of the year.

Brief biographical sketches of Saints Christopher, Martin, Dorothea, Bridget, Patrick, Hubert, Giles, Simeon Stylites, Nicholas, and Francis.

A prayer which asks for the safety of the little things of nature. "Built out of the plea for God to take care of little things--fledglings, seeds, drops of rain, and new baby animals--[the book] gives a quiet sense of security in a world that even children realize is upset. Eleanor Farjeon ... wrote this prayer in the midst of wartime England's havoc and distress"--From book jacket.

A collection of previously unpublished poems by the well-known American poet, Carl Sandburg, about such familiar objects and ideas as the moon, manners, eyes, necks, pencils, and clouds.

Eleven stories of imagination and fantasy including one about the prince who won a princess by growing bigger orange and lemon trees than she.

A narrative poem about Mrs. Malone, an old hermit crone, who lives in the woods, welcomes all the animals that seek shelter at her door, and when she dies is welcomed by St. Peter to heaven.

a program of interpretive reading and discussion.