The Bronze Cauldron: Myths and Legends of the World
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Myths & Legends of the World (3)
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Contains retellings of twenty-seven myths and legends from around the world, including the story of the Indian boy became the Buddha, and the German tale of Dr. Faust, a man who sells his soul to the devil.Tags
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The book contained a collection of myths and legends from various cultures. It was really cool to be able to experience all of them in one book!
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Geraldine McCaughrean was born in Enfield, England on June 6, 1951. She was educated at Christ Church College, Canterbury. She has written more than 160 books and plays for children and adults. Her writing career includes the retelling of such classics as One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, The Canterbury Tales, and The Bronze Cauldron: Myths and show more Legends of the World, which is a collection of stories from all over the world. She has received numerous awards including three Whitbread Children's Book Awards for A Little Lower Than the Angels, Gold Dust, and Not the End of the World. She also received the Guardian Prize and Carnegie Medal for A Pack of Lies, the Beefeater Children's Novel Award for Gold Dawn, the Michael L. Printz Award for The White Darkness, and the 2018 Carnegie Medal for children's and YA books for her middle-grade novel Where the World Ends. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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