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Beowulf
The oldest story in English literature nearly burned in a library fire in 1731. It survived by inches. A warrior sails across the sea to fight a monster with his bare hands, dives underwater to fight another, becomes a king, and fifty years later faces a dragon that costs him everything. Most children don’t encounter it until secondary school. We put it in their ears years ahead of schedule.
Beowulf
Picture Book (8.5" × 8.5") · Full Color Cut-Paper Collage
A king with a golden hall. A beast that hates singing. And Beowulf — who crosses the sea, fights with his bare hands, and doesn’t stop until the people he came to save are safe. The full arc, all three monsters, in short strong sentences that land when read aloud.
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Beowulf
Picture Book (8.5" × 8.5") · Full Color Soft Crayon
The full arc of the poem, not just the first fight. Grendel, his mother at the bottom of a cursed lake, fifty years of peace, and then a dragon. Most retellings skip the ending. This one gives your child all three fights, Wiglaf’s loyalty, and the funeral pyre on the cliffs.
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Beowulf
Chapter Book (6" × 9") · Black & White Woodcut × Manga
In 1731 a fire nearly destroyed the only surviving manuscript. This retelling gives young readers the complete poem — the golden hall, the underwater fight, the dragon, and the hardest question: what does a leader owe the people who depend on him? Includes a foreword on the poem’s history and pronunciation guides for every Old English name.
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