Telling tales in Latin : a new Latin course and storybook for children
(2013)
By:
Robinson, Lorna
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/LATIN/470/ROBINSON,L
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Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
London : Souvenir Press, 2013
DESCRIPTION
101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780285641792 (pbk.), 0285641794 (pbk.), 9780285641792
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Telling Tales in Latin teaches Latin through the magic of storytelling. Narrated by the chatty and imaginative Roman poet Ovid (who lived in the Rome of the first century B.C), this new course takes young learners on a journey through some of the tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Along the way, they pick up Latin words and grammar, explore the connections between Latin and English and discover how Ovid's stories still speak to us today. Each chapter introduces one of Ovid's much-loved stories, encouraging children to begin reading Latin immediately while exploring the literary and mythic