Books with author Marilyn Pettit

This is the second book in Marilyn Peck's Sir Gawain trilogy of stories in the Arthurian tradition, this one written by an unknown poet, possibly Mallory. "Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady, The Wedding of Sir Gawain", survives in a poorly copied 16th century manuscript located in the Bodleian Library. It was written after Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Wife of Bath’s Tale", one of the "Canterbury Tales". Both tales have similar plots. Author, poet and artist Marilyn Peck translated the poem from Middle English. She wrote her poem in the format used by the anonymous poet of "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight" written earlier, probably in the 14th century. She then created 44 watercolour paintings inspired by the poem, and used the paintings to illustrate her book. All the paintings are embellished with gold leaf, palladium leaf, or a combination of the two precious metals. Tiny images have been carved into the gilding. The paintings are all miniatures and they have been reproduced in their actual sizes in the book. The author has also created illuminated initials to start each quatrain in the poem.

Jan dreams of magical places, she dreams about finding treasure, rock candy or the occasional vegemite sandwich, which usually comes in handy. Sometimes she likes to sit on the edge of the world and just listen. One spring day she finds a blue ladder and begins to climb. So begins a beautifully illustrated adventure through a wonderland of buttercup boats and magic carpet rides. This would not be an adventure without a scary moment or two and Jan does love jelly. So what happens when Jan comes upon three dragons made from jelly with pink coconut all over their bellies?Well known poet and miniaturist, Marilyn Peck, used a mixed-media marbling technique to create the beautiful and fantastical images that illustrate her children’s poem Jan and The Jelly Dragons.

This is the second book in Marilyn Peck's Sir Gawain trilogy of stories in the Arthurian tradition, this one written by an unknown poet, possibly Mallory. "Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady, The Wedding of Sir Gawain", survives in a poorly copied 16th century manuscript located in the Bodleian Library. It was written after Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Wife of Bath’s Tale", one of the "Canterbury Tales". Both tales have similar plots. Author, poet and artist Marilyn Peck translated the poem from Middle English. She wrote her poem in the format used by the anonymous poet of "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight" written earlier, probably in the 14th century. She then created 44 watercolour paintings inspired by the poem, and used the paintings to illustrate her book. All the paintings are embellished with gold leaf, palladium leaf, or a combination of the two precious metals. Tiny images have been carved into the gilding. The paintings are all miniatures and they have been reproduced in their actual sizes in the book. The author has also created illuminated initials to start each quatrain in the poem.

Each Livewire Shakespeare book contains just the play so that students are able to get a feel for the text as a whole and teachers are able to use the books as they wish without being limited by prescribed activities. The accompanying photocopiable teacher's resource books are available for each student book. They are packed with activities on the plays and further information on the social, cultural and historical background to Shakespeare's life and times.

This series provides lower ability pupils or pupils with Special Educational Needs with access to the true text of Shakespeare's plays. It offers the complete story of the play through plot summaries integrated with illustrations in the form of non-patronising cartoon sequences. The books use unabridged selections of real text which are integrated with extracts from key scenes and annotated for easy access.

Jan dreams of magical places, she dreams about finding treasure, rock candy or the occasional vegemite sandwich, which usually comes in handy. Sometimes she likes to sit on the edge of the world and just listen. One spring day she finds a blue ladder and begins to climb. So begins a beautifully illustrated adventure through a wonderland of buttercup boats and magic carpet rides. This would not be an adventure without a scary moment or two and Jan does love jelly. So what happens when Jan comes upon three dragons made from jelly with pink coconut all over their bellies? Well known poet and miniaturist, Marilyn Peck, used a mixed-media marbling technique to create the beautiful and fantastical images that illustrate her children’s poem Jan and The Jelly Dragons.