Beowulf, a hero's tale retold / by James Rumford.
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TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2007.Description: [46] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 061875637X (reinforced) :
- 9780618756377 (reinforced) :
- Beowulf. English
- A Junior Library Guild selection
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2 R936 | Available | 33111004968786 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When sleep was at its deepest, night at its blackest, up from the mist-filled marsh came Grendel stalking . . .
Thus begins the battle between good and evil, for lying in wait and anxious to challenge the ogre Grendel is a young man, strong-willed and fire-hearted. This man is Beowulf, whose heroic dragon-slaying deeds were sung in the courts of Anglo-Saxon England more than a thousand years ago.
Award-winning author and illustrator James Rumford forges his own account of Beowulf with the few Anglo-Saxon words still present in our language. These ironstrong ancient words recall the boldness of the original poem and, together with Rumford's pen-and-ink illustrations, they fashion an unforgettable story of a hero who never gave up--no matter how difficult the struggle--no matter how deep and dark the night.
A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.3 0.5
A Junior Library Guild selection