By: Cross, Gillian
Format: Paperback / softback
Published By: Walker Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 03/10/13
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781406345353
Dimensions in mm: 257 x 227 x 17
Description: The paperback of Walker's magnificent edition of Homer's epic story, illustrated with lavish full colour pictures and exquisite black and white silhouettes. Homer?_Ts great story is retold with simplicity and style by award-winning children?_Ts writer Gillian Cross, and vividly brought to life in Neil Packer?_Ts stunning illustrations. It charts the ten year epic voyage of Odysseus as he returns from the Trojan War to the island of Ithaca. On his journey he encounters all manner of perils, from the man-eating Cyclops and the evil sorceress Circe, to the deadly lure of the Sirens and the wrath of the sea-god Poseidon. Neil Packer?_Ts striking imagination, and his extraordinary use of colour and dramatic silhouettes, capture the terrors of Odysseus?_Ts travels as well as the dangers faced by his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus at home. The illustrations are a perfect complement to Gillian Cross?_Ts beguiling narrative, which transports the reader effortlessly into Homer?_Ts world.
Format: Paperback / softback
Published By: Walker Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 03/10/13
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781406345353
Dimensions in mm: 257 x 227 x 17
Description: The paperback of Walker's magnificent edition of Homer's epic story, illustrated with lavish full colour pictures and exquisite black and white silhouettes. Homer?_Ts great story is retold with simplicity and style by award-winning children?_Ts writer Gillian Cross, and vividly brought to life in Neil Packer?_Ts stunning illustrations. It charts the ten year epic voyage of Odysseus as he returns from the Trojan War to the island of Ithaca. On his journey he encounters all manner of perils, from the man-eating Cyclops and the evil sorceress Circe, to the deadly lure of the Sirens and the wrath of the sea-god Poseidon. Neil Packer?_Ts striking imagination, and his extraordinary use of colour and dramatic silhouettes, capture the terrors of Odysseus?_Ts travels as well as the dangers faced by his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus at home. The illustrations are a perfect complement to Gillian Cross?_Ts beguiling narrative, which transports the reader effortlessly into Homer?_Ts world.