The Children's Longfellow / Told in Prose

A collection of prose retellings adapts a range of narrative and lyrical poems into clear, child-friendly prose, each chapter rendering a poem's plot and central images into straightforward storytelling accompanied by illustrations. Seafaring episodes, indigenous legend, medieval and romantic tales, and domestic moral pieces appear side by side, with recurring themes of craftsmanship, duty, love, sacrifice, and encounters with the supernatural. A brief introduction frames the poet's sources and methods, while each prose version condenses and clarifies longer poems to suit younger readers.