Format:
Book
Author:
D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980, author.
Title:
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths.
Edition:
[First edition].
Publisher, Date:
Garden City, NY : Doubleday, [1962]
©1962
Description:
192 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 32 cm
Summary:
Here are the gods, goddesses, and legendary figures of ancient Greece -- mighty Zeus, with his fistful of thunderbolts; gray-eyed Athena, goddess of wisdom; Helios, the sun; greedy King Midas -- depicted by Caldecott winners Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. These artists bring to life the myths that have inspired great European literature and art through the ages.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 6-8.
1070 Lexile.
Series:
Zephyr books
Zephyr books.
Subjects:
Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature.
Tales -- Greece -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Literature.
Other Author:
D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin, 1898-1986, author.
Other Title:
Book of Greek myths
D'Aulaire's book of Greek myths
Notes:
Includes index.
Accelerated Reader MG 6.6 6.
Reading Counts 6-8 5.9 10.
Contents:
In olden times -- Gaea, Mother Earth -- The Titans -- Zeus and his family. Hera ; Hephaestus ; Aphrodite ; Ares ; Athena ; Poseidon ; Apollo ; Artemis ; Hermes ; Hades ; Persephone and Demeter ; Dionysus -- Minor gods, nymphs, satyrs, and centaurs. Prometheus ; Pandora ; Deucalion ; Eos ; Helios and Phaethon ; Selene ; Pan ; Echo ; Syrinx ; The wild and vulgar centaurs ; Asclepius ; Nine muses ; Orpheus -- Mortal descendants of Zeus. Europa and Cadmus ; Tantalus and Pelops ; Danaus, Perseus, and the Gorgon ; Clever and vainglorious kings ; King Midas ; Sisyphus ; Bellerophon ; Melampus ; Heracles ; Theseus ; Oedipus ; The Golden Fleece ; The Calydonian boar hunt ; The apples of love and the Apple of Discord ; Everything must come to an end -- Afterword -- D'Aulaire sketchbook -- D'Aulaire family album.
LCCN:
62015877
ISBN:
9780385015837
0385015836
9780440406945
0440406943
9780385157872
0385157878
9780385071086
0385071086
9781442087330
1442087331
080858006X
9780808580065
0385015836
0440406943
9780385015837
Other Number:
303182
System Availability:
5
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
5
Control Number:
13025
Call Number:
j 292 D'Aulair
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
4
# System items in:
4