Will fire imaginations and elicit the heart-pumping, wide-eyed response that has kept this tale alive and vigorous through the ages.
Now in a handy black-and-white digest edition perfect for classroom use..
Lovers of heroes, monsters, and the drama of battle will find this retelling as enthralling as it is tragic.
But it is his third terrible battle, with the death-dragon of the deep, in which he truly meets his match.
Standing head and shoulders above his comrades, Beowulf single-handedly saved the land of the Danes from a merciless ogre named Grendel and from his sea-hag mother. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children\'s Books (starred review) Long ago a Scandinavian warrior fought three evils so powerful they threatened whole kingdoms.
Will fire imaginations and elicit the heart-pumping, wide-eyed response that has kept this tale alive and vigorous through the ages
