Neil Packer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44
Language
English
Description
There is a Door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? Here are just a few things on Harry's mind: A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey. A venomous, disgruntled house-elf. Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The looming terror of the end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams ... and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 38 cm
Language
English
Description
It's classified! With intricate artwork and refreshingly simple language, Neil Packer's introduction to the many ways of ordering things will thrill the detail-oriented among us. Meet Arvo. Now look at his family tree. Meet his cat, Malcolm, and check out Malcolm's family tree, too. Whether people or cats, buildings or books, food or vehicles, there's a category for everything. And in this mesmerizing narrative introduction to taxonomy, readers follow...
3) The Iliad
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
151 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Gillian Cross's fine retelling of Homer's epic story captures all the heroism and savagery of war and shows why the 'Iliad' has been called the first tragedy and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization"--Front jacket flap.
4) The odyssey
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
An illustrated adaptation of the mythology classic traces Odysseus' 10-year voyage home after the Trojan War, a fateful journey marked by a man-eating Cyclops, deadly Sirens, the fury of the sea-god Poseidon and Odysseus' faithful wife's efforts to rebuff greedy suitors.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
126 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart | the journey along the Silk Roads. From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the mighty Persian empire, to terrifying huns, the rise of...