This selection of Walter de la Mare's finest dark poems -- many with fantasy and supernatural themes -- draws from such sources as The Saturday Review, The Thrush, The Pall Mall Magazine, The Odd Volume, The Lady's Realm, The English Review, The Westminster Gazette, The Commonwealth, and The Nation. Included are The Dark Chateau, The Witch, The Ghost, and more.

Part of the stunning collection of Walter de la Mare's Four Seasons, illustrated by Caroline Rabei, comes Snow. This is a wonderful picture book, perfect for the festive time.

In this compilation of poems by Walter De La Mare are 84 pieces, representing the entire Songs of Childhood and the Up and Down and Boys and Girls sections of Peacock Pie.

Presented in large type with plenty of space around the text for easy reading this collection also features the original illustrations by Estella Canziani. If reading over a term there are enough poems for one each day, with some left over for when the children beg for more.

In this compilation of poems by Walter De La Mare are 84 pieces, representing the entire Songs of Childhood and the Up and Down and Boys and Girls sections of Peacock Pie.

Presented in large type with plenty of space around the text for easy reading this collection also features the original illustrations by Estella Canziani. If reading over a term there are enough poems for one each day, with some left over for when the children beg for more.

As a revelation of the wonders of the English language, de la Mare's poems for children are quite unrivaled. - W. H. Auden

Part of a quintet of books revolved around the four seasons, this is a beautifully atmospheric picture book based around de la Mare's eight line poem. In Summer Evening, readers will join a farmer and his family as they enjoy a picnic dinner in the late summer sun. Their pet cat spots a mouse in the field and a chase pursues that includes a dog, a horse, cows, pigs, chickens, and ducks The sparse text and bright colors give children much to look at and explore, and they will love identifying the different animals in each spread. It concludes with all the animals going to sleep, so also a great bedtime read.

With striking orange and yellow tones throughout, this conjures up perfectly the feeling of a balmy late summer evening.

Millions of Copies Sold A collection of Bible stories from the first nine books of the Old Testament, from the Garden of Eden to David and Goliath beautifully retold in modern english by one of literature's best loved authors, Walter de la Mare. This special edition is sold to collect donations for international charity work. 50 percent of all profits goes to aid in developing countries.

Up on their brooms the Witches stream, Crooked and black in the crescent's gleam It's Halloween and a family is preparing to go trick-or-treating. Little do they know that up above them a coven of witches flies unseen through the starry sky... Carolina's stunning illustrations beautifully illuminate Walter de la Mare's thrilling, magical poem, published as a picture book for the first time. Part of the Four Seasons series.

En su ensayo El horror sobrenatural en la literatura, H. P. Lovecraft atribuye a Walter de la Mare una curiosa técnica narrativa, consistente en transmitir los sentimientos, en el sentido de llevarlos desde el texto a la mente del lector. Y el autor lo consigue de forma soberbia. A la luz de estos relatos sería válido afirmar que esta técnica opera por sugestión y acumulación, en ese delgado confín donde se funden lo real y lo fantasmal.

Los relatos incluidos en este volumen fueron seleccionados, traducidos y prologados por Francisco Torres Olivier, uno de los mayores impulsores del género macabro y sobrenatural en lengua castellana. Se incluyen los cuentos más celebrados de De la Mare, esos donde el eco de las palabras resulta, por momentos, más potente que las propias palabras.

Walter de la Mare (1843-1956) es dueño de una obra ecléctica:

ensayos, poemas infantiles, cuentos de terror psicológico. Las delicadezas campean en su literatura: es el trabajo con las atmósferas aquello que lo alejan de la ortodoxia y las vanguardias para convertirlo, sin eufemismos, en un autor único en su género.

Quizás por eso su traductor reconoce su valor y, a la vez, las enormes dificultades de volcarlo al español. Quizás por eso estos relatos son tan usuales en antologías del ámbito angloparlante, y casi inhallables en idioma español.

Como fuese, el rescate de estos cuentos cumple en celebrar, con pleno merecimiento, a un autor insoslayable en la literatura fantástica del siglo XX.

One spring evening, the fairies gather in the woods. Two sleepy children join in the parade to a wonderful, dream-like fairy party. Illustrated by bright new talent, Carolina Rabei, this Walter de la Mare poem is brought to life with shimmery, ethereal illustrations, making it the perfect book for bedtime. One of four seasonal Walter de la Mare picture books that form a set, each with complementing colour palates and illustrations by rising young star Carolina.

As a revelation of the wonders of the English language, de la Mare's poems for children are quite unrivaled. - W. H. Auden

Part of a quintet of books revolved around the four seasons, this is a beautifully atmospheric picture book based around de la Mare's eight line poem. In Summer Evening, readers will join a farmer and his family as they enjoy a picnic dinner in the late summer sun. Their pet cat spots a mouse in the field and a chase pursues that includes a dog, a horse, cows, pigs, chickens, and ducks The sparse text and bright colors give children much to look at and expore, and they will love identifying the different animals in each spread. It concludes with all the animals going to sleep, so also a great bedtime read.

With striking orange and yellow tones throughout, this conjures up perfectly the feeling of a balmy late summer evening.

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'No breath of wind, No gleam of sun Still the white snow Whirls softly down'

Outside, the world turns to white and three children and a dog build a snowman, throw snowballs and explore the frozen expanses

A great many years ago, Augustus Caesar, then Emperor of Rome, ordered his mighty realm to be taxed; and so, in Judea, it is said, men went to the towns where their families belonged, to be registered for assessment. From Nazareth, a little town in the north of Judea, to Bethlehem, another little but more famous town in the south, there went one Joseph, the carpenter, and his wife Mary, -obscure and poor people, both of them, as the story goes. At Bethlehem they lodged in a stable; for there were many persons in the town, and the tavern was full. Then and there a little boy was born, the son of this Joseph and Mary; they named him JEHOSHUA, a common Hebrew name, which we commonly call Joshua; but, in his case, we pronounce it JESUS. They laid him in the crib of the cattle, which was his first cradle. That was the first Christmas, kept thus in a barn, 1856 years ago. Nobody knows the day or the month; nay, the year itself is not certain. After a while the parents went home to Nazareth, where they had other sons, -James, Joses, Simon, and Judas, -and daughters also; nobody knows how many. There the boy JESUS grew up, and it seems followed the calling of his father; it is said, in special, that he made yokes, ploughs, and other farm-tools. Little is known about his early life and means of education. His outside advantages were, no doubt, small and poor; but he learned to read and write, and it seems became familiar with the chief religious books of his nation, which are still preserved in the Old Testamen

An enchanting retelling of nineteen fairy tales, introduced by popular fantasy writer Philip Pullman

Originally published in 1927, Told Again is an enchanting collection of elegant fairy tales, showcasing the formidable talents of Walter de la Mare, one of the most celebrated writers of children's literature during the first half of the twentieth century. His abundant literary gifts can be savored once more in this beautiful new edition. Nineteen adapted classics, including Rapunzel, Little Red Riding-Hood, Rumplestiltskin, and The Sleeping Beauty, are made new by de la Mare's poetic insights and graceful prose, making these tales appropriate for younger readers. With marvelous black and white illustrations by A. H. Watson, this volume also presents a splendid introduction by Philip Pullman, the contemporary master of fantasy literature.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Which of them it was that guided me, before even I could read, to the little room dark with holly trees that had been of old my uncle's library, I know not. Perhaps at the instant it chanced there had fallen a breathless truce between them, and I being solitary, my own instinct took me. But having once found that pictured haven, I had found somewhat of content. I think half my youthful days passed in that low, book-walled chamber. The candles I burned through those long years of evening would deck Alps' hugest fir; the dust I disturbed would very easily fill again the measure that some day shall contain my own; and the small studious thumbmarks that paced, as if my footprints, leaf by leaf of that long journey, might be the history of life's experience in little, -from clearer, to clear, to faint-how very faint at last

An enchanting retelling of nineteen fairy tales, introduced by popular fantasy writer Philip Pullman

Originally published in 1927, Told Again is an enchanting collection of elegant fairy tales, showcasing the formidable talents of a writer who used magical realism before the term had even been invented. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was one of the most celebrated writers of children's literature during the first half of the twentieth century--so much so that W. H. Auden edited a selection of his poems and British children could recite de la Mare's verses by heart. His abundant literary gifts can be savored once more in this new edition. With marvelous black and white illustrations by A. H. Watson, this volume includes a splendid introduction by Philip Pullman, the contemporary master of fantasy literature.

The significance of the nineteen adapted classics in Told Again lies in de la Mare's poetic insights and graceful prose, which--as Pullman indicates in his introduction--soften and sweeten the originals, making these tales appropriate for younger readers. In The Four Brothers, the siblings allow the princess to choose her own husband rather than argue over her; and in Rapunzel, de la Mare discreetly leaves out details of the prince's tortured, blind search for his love. Familiar stories, such as Little Red Riding-Hood, Rumplestiltskin, and The Sleeping Beauty are also made new through de la Mare's expansive, descriptive, and lyrical prose. Pullman covers important details about de la Mare's life and captures the stylistic intention behind the rewriting of these wonderful favorites.

Reviving the work of a writer who exemplified a romantic vision and imagination, Told Again is a remarkable retelling of fairy tales touched by mystery and magic.