Three classic Dennis Lee titles in one beautiful book This giftable and shareable volume brings together three of Dennis Lee's best-loved collections of poetry--Alligator Pie, Jelly Belly and The Ice Cream Store--spanning three decades of his warm and whimsical rhymes. "You can almost hear the skipping rope slapping the sidewalk," wrote Margaret Laurence of Dennis Lee's timeless poetry collection Alligator Pie. One of the first published illustrated books about Canadian children, and featuring Frank Newfeld's instantly recognizable original illustrations, Alligator Pie has sold more than half a million copies since its publication in 1974. Originally published in 1983, Jelly Belly tickles readers with a mix of humour and traditional Mother Goose charm. The vivid illustrations by Juan Wijngaard (winner of the 1981 Mother Goose Award) reveal wonders as readers follow the characters throughout the book and stumble upon new and fascinating visual treasures. In the kid-pleasing collection The Ice Cream Store, originally published in 1991, Dennis Lee delves into the special and imaginative world of children. David McPhail's gorgeous and appealing watercolour paintings of children and animals portray both the familiar and the fantastic, extending the meaning of the poems and providing a colourful feast for the eye.
Dr. Dennis L. Siluk was always gifted with the art of drawing, he was born with that natural talent, and he was really proficient at that, creating over one thousand and five hundred artworks by his virtue of imagination and talent, creating these superb works which he published them throughout his writings, and some in his Web site. In 1965, being only seventeen years old, he took an Art Award, "Second Place for the Best 100 Art Show from the Saint Paul Jaycees," in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. And among his three Doctorate Degrees he had obtained in a decade, he got one in Arts and Education. Moreover, he had received good comments on his artwork by many artists, to mention some: Yang Yang, International Amer-ican Chinese Artist who has a Gallery in Chicago, USA; Chusty a Peruvian Artist who has his Art Shop by Kennedy Park in Miraflores, Lima, Peru, and so on. This Volume II contains one hundred and thirty five artworks.Dr. Dennis L. Siluk is a poet since he was twelve years old, a writer, Psychologist, Ordained Minister, Decorated Veteran from the Vietnam War, Doctor in Arts and Education. In addition, he received twice Honorary Doctorate, and was appointed Poet Laureate in Peru, nine times. One of his books, "The Galilean," took Honorable Mention at the 2016 Paris Book Festival, and received an award from the Congress of Peru, for his cultural writings. He is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives with his wife Rosa, in Lima, Peru and High up in the Andes, in Huancayo, also, in Minnesota. By Rosa Pe aloza
"You can almost hear the skipping rope slapping the sidewalk," wrote Margaret Laurence of Dennis Lee's timeless poetry collection Alligator Pie. One of the first illustrated books published about Canadian children and featuring Canadian place names, Alligator Pie established Dennis Lee's reputation as "Canada's Father Goose" and has sold more than half a million copies since its publication in 1974.This classic edition, featuring Frank Newfeld's instantly recognizable original illustrations and book design, includes childhood favorites such as "Willoughby Wallaby Woo," "Wiggle to the Laundromat," and "Skyscraper."
A landmark collection from one of Canada’s literary icons, and the founder of House of Anansi Press, Heart Residence collects for the first time work from all corners of Dennis Lee’s extraordinary career.This book is an exhilarating revelation. No other poet in Canada has the depth and range of Dennis Lee — jazzman, jester, and metaphysician, hardball political thinker and passionate lover, he has been publishing poems for fifty years. His first book, Kingdom of Absence, published in 1967, was the founding publication of House of Anansi Press. Since then Lee has produced work across the poetic spectrum, from nursery rhymes and skipping songs to uncompromising moral introspection to full-tilt love songs, plangent psalms, and ecstatic, solitary prayer.There are poets’ poets and people’s poets. And then there are those few who are neither and both: the few who become, over time, part of the warp and weft of their culture. Heart Residence collects, for the first time, work from all corners of this extraordinary career. In its verve and variety, this is a one-of-a-kind collection.
Testament is the summation of Dennis Lee’s decade-long exploration of the dilemma of contemporary existence. Incorporating and rethinking the work published in Un and Yesno, and featuring many completely new poems, this startling collection reminds us anew of the catastrophic reality we have made of our planet, while simultaneously insisting on a particular kind of hope for our future. Testament continues Lee’s radical and inventive use of language, shaping the familiar into the shockingly new. It is a landmark achievement, and a fitting end to one of the most ambitious projects in Canadian poetry.
Civil Elegies is Dennis Lee's uncompromising exploration of citizenship, both Canadian and human. Eli Mandel has called Civil Elegies one of the most important contemporary books of poetry in our country. It was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 1972. This edition features a new introduction by noted academic Nick Mount, who places this important collection in the context of Canadian literature and Lee’s career.
The Fundamentals Of Mine Haulage: Engineering Experiment Division Series, No. 36 is a comprehensive guide to mine haulage engineering, written by Dennis Lee McElroy. The book covers all aspects of mine haulage, including the design and operation of haulage systems, the selection of equipment, and the management of haulage operations. The author provides a detailed overview of the various types of haulage systems used in mining, including trucks, conveyors, and rail systems. He also discusses the factors that influence the selection of haulage equipment, such as the type of ore being mined, the distance to the processing plant, and the terrain. The book also includes information on the management of haulage operations, including safety considerations, maintenance, and cost control. The Fundamentals Of Mine Haulage is an essential resource for mining engineers, equipment manufacturers, and anyone involved in the design or operation of mine haulage systems.Bulletin Of The Virginia Polytechnic Institute, V32, No. 3, January, 1939.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
At once deeply personal and yet universal, the poet's reflections, musings, and chronicles of life from birth to death impart a plethora of emotions, from tenderness to outrage, but also an intellectual grasp and appreciation of the astronomically low odds of being born at all. His poems both celebrate and commiserate, embrace and embroil, tantalize and deny, but, always and in all ways, depict what it means to be human.
WHEN SATURDAY COMES, set in the island city of Galveston, Texas in 1966 (prologue and epilogue 1988), is the story of one woman, Jennifer McClain, and how her tragic death in 1931, at the age of twenty-three, has shaped and altered the lives of three generations of men-her surviving husband, Dewey McClain, now seventy-four, their son, James, four at the time of her death, but now thirty-nine, and David, the ten year old son of James. For all three, the summer of 1966 is a journey. For Dewey, it is a journey toward death. For James, an unsuccessful journey toward acceptance of his mother's fate. And for David, it is a dramatic journey into manhood.
Migration Memories is a non-fiction piece that examines the last high school year of the main character, Dennis. While competing for the New York City basketball championship, Dennis is pulled out of school to accompany his mother on trips to Richmond and Amelia, Virginia. The purpose of the trips are to keep the family together. These trips educate the main character as to the traditions and strengths of his family.
