The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey
by Rosemary Sutcliff
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This is a shortened version of the real wanderings of oddyseus. I thought it was pretty good and the author did a pretty good job.
Odysseus travels to all of these foreign lands trying to get back home from defeating the city Troy. He keeps getting stopped and finally all of his shipman die and he is the last one alive.
Enventually he makes it home to his wife and wins the battle.
I like this book and would have it in my classroom.
Odysseus travels to all of these foreign lands trying to get back home from defeating the city Troy. He keeps getting stopped and finally all of his shipman die and he is the last one alive.
Enventually he makes it home to his wife and wins the battle.
I like this book and would have it in my classroom.
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Read in May, 2008
I just read this book for my children's lit class, and I did not like it at all. It was supposed to be a version of the Odyssey for kids, but it was so dumbed down that there was no story or description left. Sure kids would not understand Homer, but they are not stupid. The author could have added so much more, but instead she just gave an outline of the story. I would not recommend it to a child or anyone for that matter.
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Read in January, 2007
This is the nicest children's edition of the Odyssey I've seen. It maintains the poetic feeling this story should have, and simplifies things enough to be accessible and interesting to elementary-age kids (the ones in my class, at least) without losing the feeling of a Greek epic. The watercolor illustrations are nicely done, and add to the story, although there might be something to say for leaving more to the imagination.
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Read in May, 2008
It was a good book...I especially liked reading about it after I had read the chapter in the Childrens Lit. book about traditional fantasy. It was entertaining and well-written. The pictures added to the book. I thought it was a great book for kids because by reading it, they could get a synopsis of what the Odyssey is all about. The author kept the main details in the book with the poetic-type language normal of that time.
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Read in May, 2008
I think this book is a good version of the Odyssey for kids to read because it kept the main points of the story, but made it easier to understand. I think the author could have added more detail to make the story more interesting, but I do think it has enough to at least give kids a good idea of what the Odyssey is about. I thought it was good book.
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Read in May, 2008
I thought this book covered the main points of Odysseus' journey. It was almost like a plot summary though. I guess if the author was going to put everything together in a small book meant for children, then it would have to be like this. It would be good to teach children about the events that happened on Odysseus' journey home.
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Read in May, 2008
A simple retelling of the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer.
This book felt like a well-written cliff notes version of The Odyssey. It may be good to use with 6th grade social studies, but I believe the students will have to have at least a little background information and discussion in order to fully understand what is going on.
This book felt like a well-written cliff notes version of The Odyssey. It may be good to use with 6th grade social studies, but I believe the students will have to have at least a little background information and discussion in order to fully understand what is going on.
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Read in January, 2008
I have a vague memory of reading something like this in fourth grade (I think it was Jason and the Argonauts); I didn't like it then and I didn't really like it this time. All the events moved really fast without much detail to what happened and the things that happened were to out of the ordinary for my taste.
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Read in May, 2008
I think this book was good for children to read an easier version of The Odyssey. It was a little too dry for me. I like the orginal version better. But I think this is a great version for younger kids to read because it is easier to read and gets the point across of what happened.
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Read in May, 2008
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This book was great for getting the point and basic lesson of Greek Mythology across. As far as enjoyment, however, I thought it was a boring read. Adventure was so abundant that it became monontenous rather than exciting.
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Read in May, 2008
It was good. I have read the Odyssey twice and it left out some big parts as described in Homer's version. But it contains all the major events and is easier to read making it a good version for children.
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Read in June, 2008
Not quite as good as Black Ships Before Troy, but still a nice version of The Odyssey to read out loud to older children. Wonderfully illustrated by Alan Lee of LOTR fame.
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Odysseus travels after the war and finally makes it to his home town. I didn't like it very much, but that is because I have a difficult time reading about Greek Myth.
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Read in April, 2008
Wasn't too hard to read, but wasn't very enjoyable. I felt like I had to read it (which I did for class).
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The breif retelling of Odysseuss traveling home from the War at Troy. Has many of his great adventures.
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Read in May, 2008
The book was very interesting and does introduce Greek mythology. However, it is quite gruesome.
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Read in January, 2005
Retelling of the Odyssey. Fairly violent, but a great retelling.
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Read in February, 2008
Beautifully illustrated with plenty of detail.
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