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  • Published: 7 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9780241298794
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $14.99

The Odyssey





The classic story now beautifully illustrated by Jan Pienkowski - famed for Meg and Mog, A Necklace of Raindrops and many others.

"Bold and intensely satisfying for children and adults alike" The Guardian

The ultimate adventure retold for children! Odysseus must battle his way home from war with the Greek Gods pitted against him. But what will he find when he gets there?

From the gory tale of the Cyclops to the trickery of the Trojan Horse, Homer's classic, The Odyssey, is filled with stories of bravery, cleverness and heroism. This picture-book retelling of Odysseus's epic journey is the perfect introduction to this essential story.

"Pienkowski is a genius" Independent

  • Published: 7 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9780241298794
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $14.99

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Persuasion
The Black Tulip
The Lady of the Camellias
On Sparta
Love
Annals
Military Dispatches

About the author

Homer

Homer was a Greek poet, recognized as the author of the great epics, the Iliad, the story of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey, the tale of Ulysses’s wanderings.

Praise for The Odyssey

There are brightly collaged monsters aplenty in Jan Pienkowski and David Walser's condensed, powerful retelling of The Odyssey. Featuring a cocky Odysseus, colossal cut-paper gods and strong episodic storytelling, with each new adventure headed by a teasing couplet, it is bold and intensely satisfying for children and adults alike.

The Guardian