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Overview"Herakles was one of the greatest of all Greek heroes, and his exploits have been celebrated in paintings, songs, poetry, and sculpture for thousands of years. Now it's time for him to have his own children's book, one devoted exclusively to his labours and adventures. Written by John Harris and illustrated by artist Gary Baseman, ""Strong Stuff"" tells the amazing stories of the Stymphalian Birds (defeated by crashing cymbals), creepy King Geryon (with three heads and three bodies), the Augean Stables (don't ask), and nine other labours that Herakles performed. This is a one-of-a-kind account of the great mythological hero in action. Strong stuff! With a super-helpful map and a pronunciation guide for those sometimes-hard-to-pronounce classical names." Full Product DetailsAuthor: . Harris , Gary BasemanPublisher: Getty Trust Publications Imprint: Getty Publishing Dimensions: Width: 23.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 30.90cm Weight: 0.470kg ISBN: 9780892367849ISBN 10: 0892367849 Pages: 32 Publication Date: 01 September 2005 Recommended Age: 8+ Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAnother campy take on ancient mythology from the author of Greece! Rome! Monsters! (2002), illustrated by Calef Brown. Here, the most famous of all heroes (do you doubt?) tackles the Nemean Lion (carrying away its skin as a kind of gross souvenir ), the Hind of Keryneia, the Erymanthian Boar ( a very big pig with absolutely no manners ) and nine other labors-tasks, jobs, what have you, in expiation for being tricked into killing his family by Hera, Queen of Olympos, who never, ever gave Herakles a break. Baseman matches Harris's breezy tone with big, cartoony scenes featuring a pink-skinned, mightily thewed he-man with a pompadour and severe five o'clock shadow taking on a series of challenges-some of which, the author points out, required as much brain as brawn-with aplomb. Offered with a map and How's that again? pronunciation guides, this fresh, funny rendition definitely blows the dust off the old tales, while staying surprisingly close to traditional versions. (Picture book/folktale. 7-11) (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationJOHN HARRIS is senior editor at Getty Publications. He is the author of Greece! Rome! Monsters! Gary Baseman is the three-time Emmy and BAFTA award - winning creator of the animated series and film Teacher's Pet. Dumb Luck, a book of his art, was published in 2004. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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