King Midas

By Neil Philip

Book Overview

Retells the story of King Midas, who is granted the dubious favour that everything he touches is turned to gold. The illustrator has used gold leaf in her paintings to help in the unfolding of the story.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001VUU4FO
• ISBN13: 9780316705219
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: LITTLE BROWN & CO @
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

I RATHER LIKED THIS ONE

The illustrations in this particular retelling to this tale are certainly different. The gold-leaf, detailed pictures are wonderful to look at and quite eye catching. The story is well told and it enables the reader to open many discussions as to the good and evil of wealth and more importantly you may not always be pleased with what you wish for. The text fits the illustrations quite well. Their may not be enough action in some of the illustrations to attract the really small children but it is fun to have them closely examime each picture and see what they can find. Overall, this is a good edition.