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D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

By: d'Aulaire

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers: October 1995

Seller ID: 333572

ISBN: 0440406943

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

"I doubt I would have grown up to be the writer and artist I became had I not fallen in love with D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths at the age of seven."--R. J. Palacio, author of Wonder.

Now updated with a new cover and an afterword featuring never-before-published drawings from the sketchbook of Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire, plus an essay about their life and work and photos from the family achive.

In print for over fifty years, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths has introduced generations to Greek mythology--and continues to enthrall young readers.

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Celtic Fairy Tales

By: Jacobs, Joseph

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Dover Publications: June 1968

Seller ID: 343944

ISBN: 0486218260

Condition: Used - Very Good

The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination.
The 26 stories of -Guleesh, - -The Horned Women, - -King O'Toole and His Goose, - -The Sea-Maiden, - -The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire, - -The Lad with the Goat-Skin, - the legendary -Dierdre, - -Beth Gellert, - and the other wonderful characters, the curses and hexes, the broken promises and granted wishes are accompanied by eight full-page plates, 37 drawing...
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Gods, Goddesses, And Monsters

By: Keenan, Sheila

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Scholastic: November 2003

Seller ID: 349298

ISBN: 0439554977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Greek Gods and Heroes

By: Low, Alice

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company: September 1985

Seller ID: 351959

ISBN: 0027613909

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

The gods and heroes of ancient Greece shake heaven and earth in a collection of over thirty stories that breath new life into the myths of Olympus. Here is the triumphant tale of the Trojan Horse, the tragedy of Oedipus, the downfall of Medusa and more. Witness the grand drama of some of the best known heroes of all time in a fresh rendition of these timeless tales.
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Gilgamesh the Hero

By: McCaughrean, Geraldine

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers: June 2003

Seller ID: 346533

ISBN: 0802852629

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

This is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it's about things that still matter to us today: friendship, fame, courage, happiness.
Gilgamesh and Enkidu are friends -- best friends. Together they can work wonders, fight monsters, brave earthquakes, travel the world But waiting in the dark is the one enemy they can never overcome.
Retold by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean, and illustrated with great power by David Parkins, Gilgamesh the Hero is a story that will linger in the imagination long after the book has been put down.
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The Dictionary of Classical Mythology

By: Zimmerman, John Edward

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Bantam: December 1985

Seller ID: 320958

ISBN: 0553257765

Condition: Used - Very Good

Over 2,000 entries with simple, complete explanations of classical myths, heroes, authors, works, place names and symbols. And a bibliography of recommended translations of Greek and Latin prose and poetry.

"A knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating much of the great literature, sculpture, and painting of both the ancients and the moderns. Unless we know the marvelous stories of the deities and heroes of the ancients, their great literature and art as much later work down to the present day will remain unintelligible. Through the centuries...
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Category: Mythology

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

Celtic Fairy Tales

Gods, Goddesses, And Monsters

Greek Gods and Heroes

Gilgamesh the Hero

The Dictionary of Classical Mythology