| Description |
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Tabard Inn -- Bong Tree Land -- Hamelin Town -- The Lost World -- The Banquet Hall on Tara Hill |
| Summary |
Imaginary journeys and places in literature are interpreted through the paintings, drawings and literary interpretation of Robert Ingpen. His art work depicts the Tabard Inn, where the famous pilgrims of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales assembled; Bong Tree Land from Edward Lear's 'The Owl and the Pussy Cat'; The town of Hamelin in Germany where the folk tale The Pied Piper originated; Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World, a plateau in the Amazon jungle where dinosaurs still roam; and Tara Hill in Ireland where the kings and scribes of Irish folklore held a great banquet. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary |
| Notes |
Extracts from: The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer, The owl and the pussycat / Edward Lear, The lost world / Arthur Conan Doyle, etc |
| Subject |
Imaginary places in literature.
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Imaginary places.
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Imaginary places -- Juvenile literature.
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Imaginary places in literature -- Juvenile literature.
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Voyages, Imaginary -- Juvenile literature.
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Art and literature -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works.
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| LC no. |
00001374 |
| ISBN |
0850919096 : |
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