Greek Hero (Fly on the Wall) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845076834 ISBN 13: 9781845076832

Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books, 2008

Synopsis

Be a fly on the wall in the time of the ancient Greeks.

Follow Greek warrior Agathon on his way home from battle, listen to Ariston tell tales of brave Odysseus, learn Alpha to Omega with mischievous Hektor and hear the crowd roar as you watch Olympic athletes sprint for the finishing-line.

These pages are packed full of up-to-date information about the world of the ancient Greeks from the latest archaeological discoveries, so you can see history as it really happened!

About this title

About the Author:

Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom have won many awards for their picture information books, including the Smarties Silver Award and the English Association Award. Their books for Frances Lincoln include The Beatles, Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life, What Mr Darwin Saw, Tail-End Charlie, Taff in the WAAF, The Secrets of Stonehenge, Dino-Dinners, Woolly Mammoth, the Fly on the Wall series: Roman Fort, Viking Longship, Pharaoh's Egypt and Greek Hero, and Nature Adventures. They have four sons, and divide their time between the North of England and Brita's homeland of Sweden. Find out more about their books at www.mickandbrita.com.MICK MANNING’and’BRITA GRANSTRÖM’have developed a unique approach to picture information books over the last 21 years. Sharing’the illustration between them and mixing words and pictures in inventive ways, they have won many awards, including the Smarties Silver’Award, and are five-times winners of the English Association Award. Mick fell in love with wildlife on primary school nature walks many years’ago, and has an MA in Natural History Illustration from the Royal College of Art. Brita grew up on a farm, and has an MFA from Konstfack in’Stockholm. They spend a lot of their time having both Swedish and British Wild Adventures with their four children. Their other books for Frances Lincoln include:’The Beatles;’Charles Dickens,’Scenes from an Extraordinary Life;’What’Mr Darwin Saw;’Tail-End Charlie;’Taff in the WAAF;’The Secrets of Stonehenge;’Woolly Mammoth;’and’the’Fly on the Wall’series:’Roman’Fort, Viking Longship;’Pharoah's Egypt;’Greek Hero.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2–4—Couched in the story of a fictional Greek warrior returning from a victorious battle in 479 BC, this look at ancient life will be a welcome addition to elementary units on Greece and the Olympics. Agathon boards a ship headed for home and is taken under the wing of the merchant Lykon, who sees potential in the strong, young warrior. Eventually, Agathon marries Lykon's daughter and later competes in the Olympics. Information about home, work, and warrior life in Greece is presented in three formats: a paragraph featuring the story, handwritten details among the watercolor and pencil illustrations, and related facts in a bar at the bottom. Readers will enjoy poring over the details; teachers will appreciate the handy contents page, glossary, and map. Well researched and easy to understand, this book will provide information for reports and entertainment for those with an interest in the subject.—Angela J. Reynolds, Annapolis Valley Regional Library, Bridgetown, NS, Canada
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About this edition

• Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845076834
• ISBN 13: 9781845076832
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Manning Mick, Granstrom Brita