In 1981, his Doomsday Book of Animals was a ‘Book of the Year’ selection for Time Magazine, New Scientist, Los Angeles Times and The Observer. In 1978, he published A Tolkien Bestiary, the first of his six best selling books on the works of J R R Tolkien. He has subsequently travelled extensively, and lived in England, Greece, Spain and Canada. He was writer in residence at the Aegean School of Fine Arts in Paros, Greece, and worked for the Canadian Publishers McClelland Stewart in Toronto. His first book of poems, The Cowichan (based on his timber camp journals) was published in 1975, and he graduated from the Department of Creative Writing at the University of Victoria the following year. After high school, Day divided the next decade between work in logging camps and study at universities. David Day’s books – for both adults and children – have sold over three million copies worldwide and were translated into twenty languages. He is a poet and author who has published over 40 books of poetry, ecology, history, fantasy, mythology and fiction. The egret warns the bull that he will wind up in the butcher shop if he goes into the bullring, so when he does fight, the bird devises a plan to save him. David Day was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. 'A book about friendship and loyalty, "Little Egret and Toro" is the touching and inspiring story of a cattle egret and the fighting bull who saves his life - after which, years later, Little Egret is able to return the favor. Boards have light rubbing, sunning, scuffing, some bumping to corners and other shelf wear. But there is an ISBN # which indicates this may be from 1974. Copyright page states1966, published in Spain. B&W Illustrations 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 Unpaginated pages INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY VAVRA AND FULTON DATED 1974, SEVILLA. He was a personal friend of legendary matador de toros Juan Belmonte, riding with him on horseback to check his herds of black bulls, and he shared the dreams, fears, adventures and valor of other toreros, such as the American John Fulton. He became immersed in the lore and life of this beast which culminated in the publishing of his book, Bulls of Iberia, in 1972. Delightful book by American author Robert Vavra.
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