Books with author Walter De LA Mare

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.

“One of the strangest and most enchanting works of fiction ever written.”—Alison LurieMiss M., a pretty young woman with a passion for shells, fossils, flints, butterflies, and stuffed animals, remains isolated from the rest of society due to her diminutive size. Forced to make her own way in the world after the death of her father, she finds herself treated as little more than an entertaining curiosity.Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) was one of the leading poets and novelists of the twentieth century. First published in 1921, Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.

De la Mare described two distinct "types" of imagination – although "aspects" might be a better term: the childlike and the boylike. It was at the border between the two that Shakespeare, Dante, and the rest of the great poets lay. And so we let him have his say -- The Truants Ere my heart beats too coldly and faintly To remember sad things, yet be gay, I would sing a brief song of the world's little children Magic hath stolen away. The primroses scattered by April, the stars of the wide Milky Way, cannot outnumber the hosts of the children Magic hath stolen away. The buttercup green of the meadows, The snow of the blossoming may, lovelier are not than the legions of children Magic hath stolen away. The waves tossing surf in the moonbeam, The albatross lone on the spray, Alone know the tears wept in vain for the children Magic hath stolen away. In vain: for at hush of the evening, When the stars twinkle into the grey, Seems to echo the faraway calling of children Magic hath stolen away.

Walter de la Mare (April 1873 - June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best known for his children's works and The Listeners. His love of imagination made his children's books very popular, but this also may have contributed to his other writings being taken less seriously. Peacock Pie was written in 1913. This extensive collection of de La Mare's poetry is a delight for children. The rhymes are fun and easy for children to learn. Sections include Up and Down, Boys and Girls, Three Queer tales, Songs, Beasts, Witches and Fairies and others.

This volume was published in 1922. Please note that it is a corrected version from the original Kindle edition from 2009.An excerpt from the book:Some few years ago a brief account of me found its way into one or twocountry newspapers. I have been told, that it reappeared, later, in betterproportion, in the Metropolitan Press! Fortunately, or unfortunately, verylittle of this account was true. It related, among other things, that I amaccustomed to wear shoes with leaden soles to them to keep me frombeing blown away like thistledown in the wind, that as a child I hadnarrowly escaped being scalded to death in a soup tureen, that oneof my ancestors came from Poland, that I am an expert painter ofminiatures, that I am a changeling and can speak the fairy tongue. Andson on and so forth.

Walter John de la Mare (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for a small yet highly acclaimed selection of subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them "Seaton's Aunt" and "All Hallows".His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.This ebook edition is collection of collected works of Walter de la Mare. The edition comes with seven books, illustrations, active table of contents and active navigation.Included Works:Collected Poems 1901-1918 In Two Volumes - Volume ICollected Poems 1901-1918 In Two Volumes - Volume IIDown-Adown-DerryThe Listeners And Other PoemsPeacock Pie, A Book Of RhymesThe ReturnThe Three Mulla-Mulgars

The Fantastic Journey of Three Royal MonkeysThree monkey brothers have to fulfill their mother’s dying wish of finding their father who left for the Valleys of Tishnar. So they embark on a special journey full of wonderful adventures through dense forests, massive wastelands and great mountains. Will they find their father well and unharmed? This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This ebook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes. Get your next Xist Classic title for Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1A7cKKl Find all our our books for Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1PooxLl Sign up for the Xist Publishing Newsletter here. Find more great titles on our website.