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Title: The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum, Robert Whitfield ISBN: 0-7861-1693-5 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A book well worth your time!
Comment: The Children's Homer is a great book for older elementary children if they like adventure and are interested in learning about Greek society. It is an excellent book about the great Greek hero Odysseus and his son, Telemachus. When Telemachus is a baby his father, Odysseus, is called to go to war. When Telemachus grows older, the goddess Athene tells him to go seek his father. Telemachus obeys and great adventure begins. I personally thought that the names were hard to keep up with, but the book holds much magic and adventure. I also would have never wanted to read the book on my own, but I'm glad I got the chance in school. The book kept me interested just about all the time, and I always looked forward to reading more. My favorite character was Odysseus, because he was brave and wise. He would listen to advice given to him and was polite and thankful. I think I will always remember the story because it shows many good character traits that everyone needs.
Rating: 3
Summary: Warning: archaic language
Comment: This is a very well-written book -- for its time. I find that the archaic language make it unsuited for reading to children. (It is filled with "thee", "thou," "raiment," etc.) I had to practically translate the conversations between the characters for my son. For example Achilles says: "Deem'st thou I grieve for ..."
I still read it to my son (with plenty of translation and paraphrasing), and he still thoroughly enjoys the Homeric epic. But I think a more contemporary rendering would have been much better.
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: Tales of Ancient Egypt (Puffin Classics) by Roger Lancelyn Green, Heather Copley ISBN: 0140367160 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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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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