Secure Beowulf Presented By Welwyn Wilton Katz Paperback

was an excellent readaloud to myrd andth graders, I would encourage anyone who wants a little understanding of Beowulf to read this version, It's a great first taste of this story written from the perspective of Wiglaf and with all those from the Waegmundings having a gifting.
I liked that. It was fun for our girls to see that some of their favorite stories like the The Hobbit had similarities with this story, and that Tolkien and others loved the ballads and legends of old and how important those stories were and still are.
Books like this encourage a love of history, Oversized. Very much a narrative.pages longs illustrations, full size, almost every other page, Illustrations are nice, but I'm not sure kids would love them,
This unique retelling of the ancient AngloSaxon poem Beowulf is told from the point of view of fourteenyearold Wiglaf, Beowulf's youngest kinsman.
Through Wiglaf's visions and the stories he hears from his grandfather, a riveting tale unfolds how Beowulf saved the Danes by fighting the evil troll Grendel, and how he

then killed Grendel's enraged mother.
When Wiglaf meets Beowulf, he becomes the youngest warrior in his court, and his fierce loyalty to the king leads to a surprising end in a deadly fight with a firebreathing dragon.



Carefully researched and true in spirit to the Old English poem, Welwyn Wilton Katz has written a compelling version of a literary classic suited to young readers.
Gal's illustrations have the brilliant color of an illuminated manuscript, Title:Beowulf
Author: Welwyn Wilton Katz
Illustrator: Laszlo Gal
Genre: European Folktale
Themes: good vs evil, wisdom, bravery, fate, loyalty,
Opening line/sentence: Deep night lay over the three small buildings of the last steading of the Waegmundings.

Brief Book Summary: Beowulf has a large reputation for being a brave and amazing warrior, The Danes call upon him to defeat the demon Grendel, Beowulf kills both Grendel and his mother when she comes after him for revenge, Beowulf is a hero but once he is old he fights a dragon and kills the dragon, but he dies because the dragon infected him with venom before being killed.
The Danes bury Beowulf with massive treasure honoring the hero,

Professional Recommendation/cut amp paste, details bellow:
Val Nielsen
CLCDCM Magazine, March,Vol, VI, No.
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“In Beowulf, Katz's faith in her young readers' intelligence, combined with her ability to translate mythology into gripping stories, has given middle years readers a rare chance to enjoy a story which has echoed through literature for more than a thousand years.
No school library, elementary, junior or high school, should miss acquiring this treasure, ”

Professional Recommendation/cut amp paste, details bellow:
Louise Foerster
CLCD The Lorgnette Heart of Texas s Vol,, No. 
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“because the story is not too long and involved, and the text is very well illustrated, this classic will hold the interest of the reader.
Nearly every other page contains a fabulous painting based on the art of the Vikings, ”

Response to Two Professional s: I agree with both of these reviews! I read Beowulf when I was in high school but my edition did not have pictures and it was much harder to comprehend.
Katz has written this folktale in a way that is comprehendible and engaging for upper elementary students and above yet still stays true to the roots of the story.
The illustrations are noteworthy and bring the story to life through incredible and detailed pictures,

Evaluation of Literary Elements: The illustrations of this book are the best part, They are carefully detailed to the point where you could erase the text and still be able to read the story, The detailing and color schemes of the demon Grendel and his mother are both terrifying and strategically designed, Properties from Molly Bangs Picture This such as dark colors and sharp facial expressions have been used to create a scary effect,

Consideration of Instructional Application: This book I feel is too long for a read aloud, but this might be a book that I would teach toth orth graders.
I would assign a few pages at a time and then have in class discussions to check for comprehension, As a comprehension extension activity, I would have students play “Beowulf Bingo”, sitelink teacherspayteachers. com/P
I wish the names were easier to pronounce!!! LOL! One of the classics to enrich my life, Las ilustraciones de Laszlo Gal en esta edición son una maravilla, Tanto para aquellos que no hayan leído esta obra como para los fanáticos, vale mucho la pena, Lizzy and I really enjoyed this rendition of a classic, Who would have thought since it's pretty much a guy book, Dear students,
Were you assigned Beowulf to read for school Do not try to cheat by using this book as it is very different from the original and you will get a bad grade.
The most accurate parts are the tone of pathos which is present in some portions of the poem, and the bit where Grendel gets his arm ripped off.


If you just want to read about a vaguely medieval warrior hero and his psychic sidekick fighting monsters then well, this still isn't the best book in that category, but it is ok.
And short. But really you'd have more fun reading the real Beowulf, or one of the many vaguely medieval fantasy novels that feature swordsmen and wizards fighting monsters.
I'm sure you can track one down,

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Some people like my father had very few but he knew everything about them and received an OBE for the work he did on one of them during the second world war.
Obviously this anecdote shows that having only a few interests isn't a bad thing, However, sometimes I think that the things people are interested in, the chance they have of becoming a traditionally published author, For example, here is a vastly incomplete list of my own interests: making jewelry which I never thought would enter into my writing but is starting to, in the book I'm mentally reconstructing now, Rumi because his poems are so beautiful and help me step back onto my own spiritual path if I've gone astray for a time, standing stones and dowsing and other new age tidbits as you will see in my book sitelink Sun God Moon Witch, playing the transverse flute and recorder and learning the Indian flute and the Japanese zen shakuhachi, folklore, legends, mythology as most readers will see were resources in my books book:False Face, sitelink The Third Magic, sitelink Witchery Hill sitelink Come Like Shadows, a writerly interest in character growth over certain excellent television series such as NCIS and Bones, yoga both physical and its philosophical monism a spiritual path I find fascinating, social issues such as prejudice and the changing of country boundaries because of it as shown in my books sitelink False Faceand sitelink Come Like Shadows, interspecies communication particularly with whales as in my book sitelink Whalesinger, climate change as has already outpaced my imagination as shown in my book sitelink Time Ghost, sketching, gorgeously impossible golf courses even though I don't play golf, Stonehenge and other standing stones as well as the math and science of prehistoric peoples, online shopping, murder mystery novels, J.
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