The Orchard Book of Roman Myths
by Geraldine McCaughrean
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Retellings of fifteen Roman myths chronicling the exploits and adventures of Venus, Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Diana, and others.Tags
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There are 15 Roman myths in this book. They have been cleaned up pretty good however I wouldn't recommend this for under 4th or 5th grades personally. This is because it sill aludes to affairs, drinking, and other issues. The illustrations are wonderful. They really catch the essence of each story and the colors are rich and vibrant. This is a good book for leaning lots of new words and names. At the back, there are good, brief discussions about all of the gods and their greek names as appropriate. Then there are notes about each story.
Some of the test was complicated to follow, but the illustrations and information has been some of the better roman myths put on paper for elementary kids.
This book retells several of the most famous Roman myths, introducing the major gods and goddesses and their stories. The book would be appropriate for 1-3 grade classes if selected stories were chosen and read aloud by the teacher. Grades 4 -6 could read and enjoy this book independently. This book could be used to introduce mythology or inspire creative writing prompts. The book addresses the issue of origin.
Collection of Roman Myths. good illustrations but not historically referenced, a little cartoonish
use with SOTW I
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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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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Orchard Book of Roman Myths
- Important places
- Rome, Italy
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 398.2 — Society, Government, and Culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature
- LCC
- BL802 .M39 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions European. Occidental Classical (Etruscan, Greek, Roman)
- BISAC
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- 192
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (3.91)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 10
