At length did cross an Albatross, / Through the fog it came; / As if it had been a Christian soul, / We hailed it in God s name. The introduction of the albatross in Samuel Taylor Coleridge s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner remains one of the most well-known references to this majestic seabird in
Two beautiful, snowy animal stories, The Rainbow Bear and Little Albatross, by internationally bestselling War Horse author, Michael Morpurgo. Collected together for the first time and featuring Michael Foreman's original stunning illustrations, this is a gem of a book to be enjoyed over and over
Along with his friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid, and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver sets out to rescue his missing parents. On their perilous journey the friends meet evil islands, a boy called Stacey (not a girl's name), and more sea monkeys than you can wave some