Beowulf
  • Published:
    Aug-2007
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Epic Fantasy
  • Time Period:
    Medieval (1000-1400)
  • Pages:
    48
  • Age Level:
    10 & up
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When sleep was at its deepest, night at its blackest, up from the mist-filled marsh came Grendel stalking . . .

Thus begins the battle between good and evil, for lying in wait and anxious to challenge the ogre Grendel is a young man, strong-willed and fire-hearted. This man is Beowulf, whose heroic dragon-slaying deeds were sung in the courts of Anglo-Saxon England more than a thousand years ago.

Award-winning author and illustrator James Rumford forges his own account of Beowulf with the few Anglo-Saxon words still present in our language. These ironstrong ancient words recall the boldness of the original poem and, together with Rumford's pen-and-ink illustrations, they fashion an unforgettable story of a hero who never gave up -- no matter how difficult the struggle -- no matter how deep and dark the night.
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    • Sep-2006
    • Putnam
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0399243917
    • ISBN13: 9780399243912
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    • Aug-2007
    • Houghton Mifflin
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 061875637X
    • ISBN13: 9780618756377



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