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The Orchard Book Of Roman Myths
From a prize-winning author and illustrator comes this wonderfully rich and varied collection of fifteen stories from Roman mythology, freshly retold and made accessible for today's young readers. Here are all the famous myths from the birth of Venus to the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus. The great gods and goddesses, including Jupiter, Mars and Diana, are brought v...more
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
2003
by Orchard Books
(first published June 1st 2001)
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This is a really nice collection of Roman myths! I was expecting retellings of Greek myths with Roman names, but was pleasantly surprised to find a collection that is uniquely Roman. Many of the stories build on one another creating a nice continuity throughout the collection. I'm afraid that I'm with other reviewers in my disappointment over the illustrations. Not only are they just not very my favorite style, but they simply don't seem to fit. Sure these stories have been made child-friendly,...more
Well, not history exactly - but read in conjunction with Roman history unit.
I like her writing style a lot but it is pretty flourish-y if you don't know the stories.
Boy - that one where the man had to eat himself because he chopped down trees was brutal!!
I like her writing style a lot but it is pretty flourish-y if you don't know the stories.
Boy - that one where the man had to eat himself because he chopped down trees was brutal!!
Mar 27, 2011
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I've always been fond of the Greek and the Roman myths, but of course it's known that the Romans stole Greek pantheon and took it for their own. Still, the Roman myths seem to have a particularly Roman flavor, more cruel in some regards, more self indulgent in others. The illustrations in this book are colorful but not particularly captivating, and the retelling of the stories has of course been cleaned up for children so that the rape of the Sabine women becomes the theft of the Sabine women. T...more
Fun to read. Readers will love this book. It is an easy read.
Wonderful writing, I just don't care much for the rather cartoonish illustrations. But still so worth it! The kids love these stories. This collection is especially valuable--more so than her Greek myths--because she recounts the Roman myths that are a bit harder to come by (including Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, etc). Very well done.
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Geraldine McCaughrean was born in 1951 and brought up in North London. She studied at Christ Church College of Education, Canterbury and worked in a London publishing house for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer in 1988. She has written over 120 books, 50 short plays for schools, and a radio play.
Her adult novels include Fires’ Astonishment (1990) and The Ideal Wife (1997), but she is bes...more
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