Persephone

On a warm spring day, the beautiful young goddess Persephone is snatched from her home by Hades, god of the Underworld, and taken away to live underground and become his bride. Persephone's mother, Demeter, goddess of Earth, is so brokenhearted that she curses the land so nothing can grow -- a permanent winter.

How will Persephone and her mother be reunited? Will spring ever come again?

This lyrical retelling of the ancient Greek myth by master storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton is brought to life with Virginia Lee's beautiful illustrations. Young readers will be intrigued by the dramatic story as well as by its clever explanation for the changing seasons.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/15/2009
ISBN: 9780802853493
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.90h x 9.50w x 0.50d
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Silver Medal Winner
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2009
CBA Retailers 03/01/2009 pg. 46
Booklist 03/15/2009 pg. 61
School Library Journal 05/01/2009 pg. 93
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 129973 / Persephone
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5