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Helping Hercules

Autor Francesca Simon Ilustrat de Tony Ross
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 2004
Here are the Greek myths as you've never heard them before.Susan is whisked back through time to Ancient Greece, and finds that helping Hercules clean the Augean stables is much, much worse than tidying her room. One hair-raising experience follows another as she goes down into the Underworld with Orpheus, just misses being turned to stone by Medusa, and rides on the winged horse Pegasus. This is both a fabulously funny story and a brilliant way to introduce children to eight of the best-known Greek myths. Susan meddles in each of the myths - taking a dim view of the gods and goddesses and heroes she encounters - but gets out in the nick of time, so the myths themselves remain unchanged and will be remembered vividly by their readers. To make it easy, there is even a guide to pronouncing Greek names.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781842551530
ISBN-10: 1842551531
Pagini: 128
Ilustrații: 50 Line Drawing(s)
Dimensiuni: 129 x 195 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Ediția:Revised.
Editura: Hachette Children's Group
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Recenzii

"...an exciting way into the Greek myths...Simon has a talent for writing stories with real child appeal."
"I have never known much about the Greeks, or their Gods, but this book has enlightened me. The illustrations by Tony Ross bring the text to life as well as Francesca Simon's excellent choice of words...A wonderful book."
"If this version of the Greek myths doesn't win over your child, nothing ever will."
"Tony Ross's illustrations are brilliant as ever, and the overall sense of fun may be the catalyst needed to draw children into the glory that was mythical Greece."
"This is told with flamboyant characterisation and the hair-raising tales offer an exciting introduction to the world of Greek mythology."
"'an exciting way into the Greek myths'Simon has a talent for writing stories with real child appeal." Financial Times, 28 June 2003 "I have never known much about the Greeks, or their Gods, but this book has enlightened me. The illustrations by Tony Ross bring the text to life as well as Francesca Simon's excellent choice of words'A wonderful book." Evening Press (York), 16 July 2003 "If this version of the Greek myths doesn't win over your child, nothing ever will." Telegraph, 2 August 2003 "Tony Ross's illustrations are brilliant as ever, and the overall sense of fun may be the catalyst needed to draw children into the glory that was mythical Greece." School Librarian, Autumn 2003 "This is told with flamboyant characterisation and the hair-raising tales offer an exciting introduction to the world of Greek mythology." Junior Magazine, 1 December 2003

Notă biografică

Francesca Simon spent her childhood in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her family. She has written over 50 books and won THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR in 2008 at the GALAXY BRITISH BOOK AWARDS for HORRID HENRY AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN. Visit Francesca's website at www.francescasimon.com and keep up-to-date with Horrid Henry at www.horridhenry.co.uk. Tony Ross is one of Britain's best known illustrators, with many picture books to his name, including the bestselling Little Princess stories (Andersen). He has also produced the line drawings for many fiction titles, for authors such as David Walliams, Jeanne Willis, Enid Blyton, Astrid Lindgren, and many more. He lives in Wales.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Seven favourite Greek myths are given a highly original twist in this fabulously funny story by the author of the Horrid Henry books. Susan is fed up with her family, but when a magic coin whisks her back in time to Ancient Greece she finds that life with the gods and goddesses is much trickier. She is drawn into a series of hair-raising adventures, helping Hercules clean out the Augean stables, following Orpheus down into the Underworld, riding the winged horse Pegasus and narrowly missing being turned to stone by the gorgon Medusa.

Descriere

From the duo who brought you Horrid Henry - a new angle on the Greek myths!