Bøger af Michael Cantor

Animal of the Year takes readers on a new visit to Happy Farm, and introduces Mutt.Although Mutt didn't think he was talented enough to compete, he was captivated by a "goose who danced on his toes and drank orange juice," and "a tiger named Baby Ruth, who chewed candy bars with only one tooth." While Mutt enjoyed the array of unique animals he suddenly noticed that the barn was ablaze in the distance, and ran to the rescue. Read this delightful story to see who is named "Animal of the Year!"

The Perfect Pet is a sweet book about a visit to Happy Farm, where readers will find one-of-a-kind animals with unique talents and personalities. The Perfect Pet will introduce children to a host of whimsical characters like Charlie the Cheetah, Finley the Llama from Old Yokohama, Leona the Lioness, Wally the Whale and their friends. Each page is wonderfully illustrated with bright vivid colors that animate the story.

Animal de l'Année vous emmène à la Ferme Joyeuse où vous ferez la connaissance de Nulou.Nulou a très envie d'assister à un concours où tous les animaux montreront ce qu'ils savent faire, mais il ne se croit pas assez doué pour y participer. Il est fasciné par une oie qui boit du jus d'orange à la paille tout en dansant sur la pointe des pattes, et par un tigre qui adore le chocolat aux noisettes.Tout à coup Nulou remarque qu'un peu plus loin l'écurie est en feu. Il court alors à fond de train pour sauver les chevaux.En un rien de temps Nulou est devenu un héros et est élu Animal de l'Année.Nous avons imaginé l'histoire de Nulou pour faire revivre les cinq Irish Terriers à poils lisses qui ont fait la joie de notre famille pendant de nombreuses années. Donald Cantor et Michael Cantor

Life in the Second Circle is the first collection from Michael Cantor, finalist in the 2011 Able Muse Book Award. Cantor's poetry globe-trots in time and place. It teems with such culturally diverse characters and scenes as Genghis Khan and Muhammad Ali; a pithy mise-en-scène of a Venice travelogue; Brighton Beach in Florida and its natives or turistas; and what can happen in Japan on tatami mats or behind shoji screens, whether you're a geisha or samurai or gaijin. His themes span the mystical to the hard-edged and "badass,¿ fluently deployed in formal poems in received or nonce forms and free verse. From the narrative to the imagistic and even the surreal, Cantor's versecraft is eclectic, brimming with wit and wisdom, and realized with the craft of a master storyteller. He has created a collection of unique pleasures not to be missed.PRAISE FOR LIFE IN THE SECOND CIRCLE:Dante¿s second circle of hell was reserved for sins of lust, but Cantor¿s narrator does not judge his infernal cast of characters; rather, he causes us to identify with their essential human neediness. What¿s more, he does so through a cinematic gift for storytelling and a mastery of poetic form. ? Julie KaneMichael Cantor uses words to paint and sculpt the world. He writes the world toöwhich I don¿t say as an afterthought, since verbal wit is Cantor¿s forte. Life in the Second Circle is a sensory kaleidoscope where the poems are more like movies. ? Deborah Warren (from the ¿Foreword¿) To be called ¿a poet¿s poet¿ passes for a compliment among poets. Michael Cantor is another, rarer kind of poet¿let¿s say ¿a novelist¿s poet.¿ This poet knows things that writers of fiction know about writing, and that other poets ignore at their peril. This extraordinary collection is testament to his unaffected generosity and genuine interest in other people, qualities that make him good company in person and in print. ? Alfred NicolThis is not your mother¿s book of poems. ? Wendy VidelockLike Muhammad Ali, one of the ¿Box Men¿ he celebrates in a virtuosic crown of sonnets, Cantor is a master of floating like a butterfly in a small, roped-off space. In his hands the most formidably difficult forms¿villanelles, triolets, Petrarchan sonnets, sestinas, ballades, and equally rigorous stanzas of his own invention¿become spurs to imaginative freedom. Like the vividly drawn characters who populate Life in the Second Circle, we are constantly reminded that one never knows where life will go, or how or when or where. But it¿s a pleasure to be along for the ride. ? Catherine TufarielloABOUT THE AUTHOR:Michael Cantor¿s work has appeared in Measure, The Dark Ho