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**Double award winner at the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, for best illustrations and honourable mention in picture books, plus silver medalist at the Moonbeam Book Awards**
Theseus is the sixth book in the Early Myths collection, a series of children's picture books on Greek myth. Each book covers a character from mythology and brings the tale to life through illustrations and story-telling, with inspiration from ancient art and literature. The books are aimed at 4 to 10 year olds, are beautifully designed and easy to read.
Theseus is the tale of a hero who travels to meet his father for the first time, but faces many challenges on the road to Athens. He takes on sneaky Sinis, a wild boar, the wrestler Kerkyon and a giant crab At the city of Athens he must try to break a curse, cast upon its people by the king of Crete. He volunteers to travel to face the Minotaur and break this spell, before finally returning home to an unexpected piece of news.
For teachers and parents, we have a notes section at the back, describing how our illustrations have been inspired by ancient Greek vase-painting, sculptures, and early literature. The kids don
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Spence, Simon
- ISBN: 9781981825103
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 11.02 x 0.11
- Number Of Pages: 42
- Publication Year: 2017
Language:
English