Book
1 of 1 Copy Available
- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
Shapeshifters : tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Publication Information
London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2010.
Physical Description
143 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Summary
Recreated from Ovid's "Metamorphoses," these stories, ballads, and headline news articles let the Minotaur, King Midas, Arachne, Bacchus, Persephone, and many more haunting figures walk the Earth once more.
Contents
- Great dance
- Out of chaos
- Four ages
- Revolt of the giants
- Jove in judgement
- Wolfman
- Great flood
- Two survivors
- Wrong arrows
- Black cloud
- Pan piping
- Chariot of fire
- Transition
- Bears in space
- Informer's pay
- Hunter hunted
- Sex changing
- Kiss the mirror
- Boy god
- Bride of darkness
- Young critic
- Hospitality repaid
- Quick-change artist
- King of hunger
- Orpheus sings
- Sculptor's prize
- Love goddess in love
- Atalanta the runner
- Purple hair
- Maze of the minotaur
- Icarus falls
- Golden touch
- Song contest
- Proud weaver
- Goodbye
- Old gods
- Note on Ovid
- How to pronounce the Greek names.
Subjects
- Epic poetry, Latin > Adaptations
- Metamorphosis > Juvenile poetry.
- Mythology, Classical > Juvenile poetry.
- Gods > Juvenile poetry.
- Children's poetry.
- Metamorphosis > Fiction.
- Mythology, Classical > Fiction.
- Gods > Fiction.
- Goddesses > Fiction.
- Metamorphosis > Poetry.
- Mythology, Classical > Poetry.
- Gods > Poetry.
- Goddesses > Poetry.
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.
- Arachne (Greek mythological character)