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Atalanta's Race: A Greek Myth
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Atalanta's Race: A Greek Myth Paperback - 2000

by Alexander Koshkin (Illustrator)


Summary

In ancient Greece, the gods control every life, from peasant to King. When newborn Princess Atalanta is left to die on a mountainside because her father wanted a son, the gods send a bear to care for her. Adopted by a woodsman, she grows into a great hunter and athlete, and is eventually reunited with her father, the King. But as she gets older, Atalanta has no use for the gods and gives them no credit. When she must run the most important race of her life, on which her future happiness rides, the gods intercede once more--and Atalanta learns they will not be ignored forever.

First line

When the ancient world was young, and the gods kept a close watch on everything and everyone on earth, there lived a Greek king named Iasus.

Details

  • Title Atalanta's Race: A Greek Myth
  • Author Alexander Koshkin (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Pbk.Ed.
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, New York
  • Date August 21, 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780618051540 / 0618051546
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.58 x 8.78 x 0.13 in (26.87 x 22.30 x 0.33 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 7
  • Reading level 780
  • Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Greek, Atalanta (Greek mythology)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94026734
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.21

Media reviews

"Climo and Koshkin, previously paired for Stolen Thunder: A Norse Myth, reconfirm their compatibility with this stately picture book. Delving beyond the surface of the Greek myth of the fleet-footed princess, Climo’s well-told tale raises issues of female worth and inclusion in male-dominated activities. . . . Koshkin’s striking, deep-toned, classically inspired paintings amplify the drama: framing each painting with architectural motifs, he matches Climo in her sensitivity to detail and ambience."

Publishers Weekly

"By starting Atalanta’s story with her rejection by her father, and carrying it past her race and marriage to her transformation into a lioness, Climo hints at the rich psychological interest in her tale. . . . Koshkin’s delicate but vibrant paintings, done in a style evoking the antique, set the raven-haired heroine and blond hero into an archaic Greek world of dress and décor. A slender architrave, pediment, and columns frame each picture. . . . There are many retellings of Atalanta’s story, but none surpasses this one."

School Library Journal, Starred

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