Synopses & Reviews
Dragons, castles and knights, mermaids, witches and magicians, ships on the high seas, journeys into mystery--they are all here, and more, in this new anthology of narrative verse for children. Story poems have always enchanted young readers, and in this comprehensive collection the old favorites like The Owl and the Pussycat and The Highwayman are joined by tales in verse from modern poets like Ray Bradbury and Adrian Mitchell. There's Stevie Smith's Fairy Story--a short trip through an enchanted forest. Or how about the traditional saga of The Hairy Toe--a lights-out, under-the-covers tale to chill you to the bone. Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is here, and Edward Lear's The Pelican Chorus, plus scores of other classic story poems like La Belle Dame Sans Merci and Annabelle Lee. Illustrations by a variety of artist effectively highlight the text. The Oxford Book of Story Poems is a perfect choice for children, parents, teachers, and anyone who enjoys the great yarns of poetic literature.
Review
"An excellent source of verses both well-known and unfamiliar.... A marvelous resource."--
Library Lane"Oxford poetry anthologies are the best, and those by Michael Harrison and Chris Stuart-Clark best of all."--The Sunday Times (London)
"This satisfying collection of modern and classic poems serves well for private pleasure, read-alouds, and recitation."--Yellow Brick Road
About the Author
Michael Harrison is a teacher, anthologist, and author who lives in England. Other books for Oxford include
Splinters: A Book of Very Short Poems and, as co-editor,
The Oxford Treasry of Children's Poems.
Christopher Stuart-Clark is a principal of a school in Hong Kong. He has collaborated with Michael Harrison on other poetry anthologies, including Peace and War and The Oxford Book of Christmas Poems.
Table of Contents
0. Hyperbolic surfaces and Fuchsian groups: summary
1. Hyperbolic 3-manifolds
2. The basis of Kleinian group theory
3. Geometrically finite Kleinian groups
4. Finitely generated Kleinian groups
5. The sphere at infinity
6. Infinite ends of hyperbolic manifolds
7. Algebraic and geometric convergences
Appendix
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