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Title: The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany ISBN: 0-02-042520-1 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 October, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Should be called The Teen-ager's Homer
Comment: I read this book to my second oldest child, who is an 11 year old girl. We homeschool and are using Sonlight's 6th grade program for her this year. This book was part of her history program. While I enjoyed it myself she definitely DID NOT. Some of the language was beyond her understanding, the plot was hard for her to follow because it switches back and forth so much between the past and the present, and she says it was just plain boring. I wish so much that we had read Rosemary Sutcliff's books, "Black Ships Before Troy" and "The Wanderings of Oddyseus" instead. They are much more interesting, easier to follow, and the artwork in them is GEORGEOUS. (Not much artwork in TCH.) Those books are much more suitable for yonger children and adults alike. Unfortunately I can't stop now and read them to my daughter or we will get all off track but I hope to work them in at a later date and when my younger three children do Sonlight 6 we will replace The Children's Homer with the Sutcliff books.
Rating: 5
Summary: Even 9 and 10 year olds love it!
Comment: I read this book to my Grade 4 class with some initial reservations, thinking it would be beyond them. THEY LOVED IT! A couple of brighter ones were particularly interested in Greek myths before I started, and they helped to spark the whole class, but they all were able to understand it. I checked with the class a number of times to see if they wanted me to continue, and it was always a unanimous YES! Knowing that the Odyssey and the Illiad are considered the greatest stories of all time, and such ancient, ancient stories, really hooked them in them. Padraic Colum's language is sophisticated, and the sentence structure is complex, but it is so lyrical and clean, the kids seemed caught in a spell listening to it. One of the lovely things about reading classics to children, is that they see how imbedded in our culture they are. For instance, they could recognize Homer's influence in cartoons and T.V. shows! When we finished, one of the rich discussion topics was how Homer's and the early Greeks' view of women affects our society today. A number of parents expressed gratitude and awe that I would read such sophisticated literature to young children, and were highly impressed with their children's interest in it.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Beautiful Adaptation of Classics for Children
Comment: Padraic Colum (1881-1972) saw the need to introduce the classics to young children. In 1918 he published this book The Children's Homer which combines the retelling of both Homer's Illiad and Odyssey. It is obvious that his idea and his book has stood the test of time since this book is now in reprint for our children to learn from today. The few illustrations are by Willy Pogany and are well done. This is an excellent way to introduce our children or the younger student to the classics.
Simon & Schuster's Aladdin Paperback published this edition and on the back cover they offer a web site of www.SimonSaysKids.com for all who are interested.
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Title: D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire ISBN: 0385015836 Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 19 September, 1962 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Archimedes and the Door to Science (Living History Library) by Jeanne Bendick, Laura M. Berquist ISBN: 1883937124 Publisher: Bethlehem Books Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Golden Fleece: And the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany ISBN: 0020422601 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff ISBN: 0385310692 Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Golden Goblet (Puffin Newbery Library) by Eloise Jarvis McGraw ISBN: 0140303359 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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