Cross, Gillian,

The odyssey / retold by Gillian Cross ; illustrated by Neil Packer. - First U.S. edition - 170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.

"...illustrations were done in gouache pen, and wash."--Colophon.

The war -- Traveling into disaster -- The giant in the cave -- Aeolus and Circe -- Ghosts and monsters -- Stranded on Calypso's Island -- Nausicaa -- Odysseus the beggar -- A husband for Penelope.

An illustrated adaptation of the mythology classic traces Odysseus' 10-year voyage home after the Trojan War, a fateful journey marked by a man-eating Cyclops, deadly Sirens, the fury of the sea-god Poseidon and Odysseus' faithful wife's efforts to rebuff greedy suitors.

9780763647919 0763647918

2012289014


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PA4025.Z5 / C76 2012