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A-Maze-ing Minotaur
Juliet Rix
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Description for A-Maze-ing Minotaur
Hardcover. Follow Theseus on his quest, through the Labyrinth, to spot where King Minos' dangerous beast, the Minotaur, is lurking. Can you help Theseus escape? Illustrator(s): Snape, Juliet. Num Pages: 32 pages, chiefly Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: YFC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 283 x 238 x 8. Weight in Grams: 376.
King Minos keeps a strange and dangerous beast in the maze of narrow corridors beneath his castle, known as the Labyrinth. This is the dreaded Minotaur who, every nine years is fed a horrible meal of seven young men and seven young girls from Athens, sent down to the Labyrinth to their deaths. Once inside the Labyrinth no one is ever able to find their way out…
Theseus, prince of Athens, vows to kill the Minotaur, and he willingly sails to Crete with the other young ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847804310
SKU
V9781847804310
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99-2
About Juliet Rix
Juliet Rix is an award winning freelance writer and broadcaster based in London. She started her career with BBC Television and Radio and writes for the Guardian, Times, Telegraph and Independent as well as magazines and websites. Juliet has a degree in history of art and enjoys interviewing and writing on a wide range of subjects including the ... Read more
Reviews for A-Maze-ing Minotaur
"This is a nice accessible book for introducing Greek Myths to younger children, but would also support less able readers as a topic resource for Ancient Greece curriculum projects." "Young audiences will particularly enjoy spotting the monster’s whereabouts as they turn the pages taking Theseus closer and closer to the deadly creature." "The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur is ... Read more