Authors:William O. Steele, Jean Fritz,
Publisher: Odyssey Classic
Keywords: classics, odyssey, road, perilous
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 0152052046
ISBN-13: 9780152052041
The heartbreaking, bitter view of the Civil War as experienced by Chris Brabson, whose brother is fighting for the "wrong" side.
Author: Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Publisher: Odyssey Classic
Keywords: classics, odyssey, friends, pear, little
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 0152054901
ISBN-13: 9780152054908
Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place long ago, Little Pear is much like any little boy today--always on the lookout for excitement and adventure! Wherever Little Pear goes, there is fun to be had. His friends love to join his adventures--especially his best friend, Big Head. Accompany Little Pear as he goes ice fishing, masquerades as a beggar boy, finds a tiger in his house, and--best of all--gets a brand-new little brother!
Author: Alan Garner
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: classics, odyssey, elidor
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0152056246
ISBN-13: 9780152056247
A mechanical street map, a deserted slum, a church in ruins, and a football. Four ordinary things lead the Watson children on an extraordinary adventure to a magical land called Elidor. In pursuit of four ancient treasures, the forces of evil have crossed over into our world, and it falls to the Watson children to find the treasures, seal the bridge between worlds, and guard the strayed unicorn Findhorn . . . even though their heroism may cost them everything.
Authors:Mary Pope Osborne, Troy Howell,
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Keywords: odyssey, dead, land, book, tales
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2003-09-01
List price: $4.99
ISBN-10: 0786809299
ISBN-13: 9780786809295
Odysseus and his men have defeated the one-eyed giant, but its curse follows them at every turn. Cast out to the open seas by the wind god, Odysseus and his fleet continue the difficult journey home. But they cannot return to Ithaca yet. First they must take on giant cannibals and outwit a beautiful witch, who reveals Odysseus next challenge a journey to the mysterious and feared land of the dead.
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Keywords: odyssey, ithaca, return, book, tales
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0786809930
ISBN-13: 9780786809936
After struggling against the gods and his fate for more than twenty years, Odysseus has returned to Ithaca at last. But things have changed: what used to be his island has been overrun by suitors who clamor for his wife’s hand in marriage and plague his son, Telemachus. With the help of the gray-eyed goddess, Athena, Odysseus and Telemachus must set out to regain control of Ithaca. In these books based on episodes from Homer’s Odyssey, Mary Pope Osborne brings to life the exciting adventures of one of the greatest heroes of all time.
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Keywords: monsters, odyssey, sea, sirens, book, tales
Number of Pages: 105
Published: 2003-06-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 0786807725
ISBN-13: 9780786807727
In these books based on episodes from Homer’s Odyssey, Mary Pope Osborne brings to life the exciting adventures of one of the greatest heroes of all time. Now in paperback!
Author:
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: odyssey, reading
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1995-11-28
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 0691044392
ISBN-13: 9780691044392
This wide-ranging collection makes available to specialists and nonspecialists alike important critical work on the Odyssey produced during the last half century. The ten essays address five major concerns: the poem’s programmatic representation of social and religious institutions and values; its transformation of folktales and traditional stories into epic adventures; its representation of gender roles and, in particular, of Penelope; its narrative strategies and form; and its relation to the Iliad, especially to that epic’s distinctive conception of heroism. In the introduction
