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Persephone
By Clayton, Sally Pomme & Lee, Virginia
- ISBN
- 978-0-80285-349-3
- Publisher
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2009
Gr 3-6 Lyrical language and vivid details make for a strong retelling of this Greek myth, as Persephone is "plucked" from a flower-filled field, carried off to the Underworld by Hades, and sought out and mourned for by her distraught mother, Demeter. The story follows a traditional path, and Clayton makes connections to day-to-day life and the harvest cycle in the narrative and in her interesting afterword. Demeter we...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
The ancient Greek myth of Persephone's kidnapping by Hades, her mother Demeter's grief...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
