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Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Monsters don't have to be scary. Meet ten monsters from Odysseus's epic journey home, illustrated in ... friendly ways. [Features] moaning, groaning ghosts, a silly Cyclops, goofy lotus eaters, and two colorful sea monsters"--Amazon.com.
10) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. This vivid new translation - the first by a woman - matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant...
14) Winslow Homer
Author
Publisher
Crescent Books
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Provides an insightful introduction to the life and works of the American painter and includes reproductions of his works.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Homer Hickam, the introspective son of a mine superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood, West Virginia forever, nurtures a dream to send rockets into outer space--an ambition that changes his life and the lives of everyone living in Coalwood in 1957.