The odyssey
(2012)
By:
Cross, Gillian
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/883.01/HOMER/CRO
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PUBLISHED
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012
EDITION
First U.S. edition
DESCRIPTION
170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780763647919, 0763647918, 9780763647919
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"...illustrations were done in gouache pen, and wash."--Colophon
The war -- Traveling into disaster -- The giant in the cave -- Aeolus and Circe -- Ghosts and monsters -- Stranded on Calypso's Island -- Nausicaa -- Odysseus the beggar -- A husband for Penelope
An illustrated adaptation of the mythology classic traces Odysseus' 10-year voyage home after the Trojan War, a fateful journey marked by a man-eating Cyclops, deadly Sirens, the fury of the sea-god Poseidon and Odysseus' faithful wife's efforts to rebuff greedy suitors
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