Theseus and the Minotaur, Orpheus and Eurydice, Apollo and Daphne (v. 1) (Younger Fiction S.) - Hardcover

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860394337 ISBN 13: 9781860394331

Publisher: Orchard Books, 1997

Synopsis

Part of the ORCHARD MYTHS series, a title which recounts three classic Greek stories, including that of Theseus, who is brave but also ungrateful, the story of the love between Orpheus and Eurydice, and the revenge of Cupid in the story of Apollo and Daphne. Illustrated by Tony Ross.

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About the Author

Geraldine McCaughrean has written over 140 books and plays for both adults and children, including Peter Pan in Scarlet, the official sequel to J M Barrie's Peter Pan, which was one of the most talked about and successful children's titles of 2006. Geraldine McCaughrean has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award (three times), the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award (four times), the Blue Peter Book of the Year award and the Blue Peter Special Book to Keep Forever award. Geraldine is the first author to have been short listed, by librarians, for the Carnegie Medal six times, on at least one occasion in each of the past four decades, thus once again recognising the quality of her writing over the years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860394337
• ISBN 13: 9781860394331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Ross Tony
• Number of pages: 48