New Releases by Walter de La Mare

A young man believes that his sweetheart and her family are the silliest people in the world, until he meets three others who are even sillier.

Complementing his Collected Poems, this volume gathers together all Walter de la Mare's poems for children. The book includes what, for the adult, are among his greatest pure lyrics. His descriptions of birds, beasts and natural phenomena are judged particularly sharp and accurate.

A beloved classic of children's poetry"Only the rarest kind of best in anything can be good enough for the young, " wrote Walter de la Mare, and this handsome reissue of Rhymes and Verses, an anthology of all his poems for children, does indeed offer the "rarest kind of best" to a new generation of young people.De la Mare's verse recaptures the direct appeal of the nursery rhyme in poems of amazing variety, poems marked by charm and freshness and an irresistible rhythmic force and immediacy. They should be part of every child's reading experience.

A solitary, brooding boy, crippled by an accident when he was very young, sees two marvelous white birds in a spring meadow and feels his life begin to change.

A collection of nineteen classic fairy tales, including Dick Whittington, Cinderella, Snow-White, and Rumplestiltskin.

Poems written to appeal to the young in mind.

A collection of rhymes and poems for the young of all ages.

"Under the terms of a will, the Wildersham children have to relocate from the family house in the city to "Crossings" in the country, and to spend the first fortnight alone fending for themselves in the house. The children encounter interesting country neighbors, including ghosts and fairies. Or are they dreaming?"--LibriVox website.

A collection of studies in the atmosphere of strangeness which has a haunting and elusive quality.