The Incredible Voyage of Ulysses
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606060120 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Z Hayes said Worth the purchase price for the artwork alone!. The Incredible Voyage of Ulysses is a beautifully-illustrated graphic novel that retells the story of Odysseus, better known as Ulysses. It is inspired by Homer's The Odyssey. The story is illustrated and written by Bimba Landmann, and the illustrations are quite breat. I bought this after reading a library copy. The Amberlykay I bought this after reading a library copy. The illustrations are engaging and enable the story to be captivating even for a young audience. My children are 8, 6, and 4 that listened to it.
From School Library Journal Grade 5 Up—This free-verse retelling of Homer's Odyssey, first published in Milan in 2007, is presented in picture book/graphic novel format. Landmann recounts the events in chronological order, leaving out none of the hero's encounters but stinting somewhat on the activity at Ithaca. The artist provides arrows to direct readers through the variously sized and shaped panels, but many of the elements are so small as to lose detail. The spare verse moves the story along quickly with echoes of the original's power despite occasional choppy sections. . Besides offering a translation of The Odyssey itself, librarians and teachers should consider Adèle Geras's Ithaka (Harcourt, 2006) for a different view of
Ages nine to twelve.. After defeating the Trojans in an intense, ten-year war, the Greeks' courageous leader, Ulysses, king of Ithaca, begins the voyage home with his soldiers. This retelling of the Greek poet Homer's epic tale is accompanied by beautiful and bold illustrations reminiscent of ancient Greek art. Ulysses never imagines that the journey home will be another ten-year quest in which he must confront all kinds of terrifying obstacles, including giant cannibals, one-eyed monsters, an enchantress who turns his men into pigs, and the tempting song of sea nymphs who try to lure him and his men to their death. There his faithful wife, Penelope, and his young son, Telemachus, await hi