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A superb book for exploring culture and storytelling. It provides exciting opportunities for children to engage with work on a cross-curricular level, and will bring history and the seasons to life in your classroom, facilitated by the wonders of modern technology. --Junior Education
Sally Pomme Clayton, a much respected storyteller with a penchant for tales with brave heroines, breathes new life into one of the world's oldest myths. Lee's wistful illustrations are reminiscent of both Brian Wildsmith and Jane Ray. --Glasgow Herald
A beautiful book. It retells one of the world's oldest myths, transforming it and making it understandable to the senses. What I admire is the way that the words and the illustrations are melded together: the words and pictures, each flowing with neither leading. What you need is someone to read it to you while showing you the pictures. --Fact and Fiction
Sally Pomme Clayton, a much respected storyteller with a penchant for tales with brave heroines, breathes new life into one of the world's oldest myths. Lee's wistful illustrations are reminiscent of both Brian Wildsmith and Jane Ray. --Glasgow Herald
A beautiful book. It retells one of the world's oldest myths, transforming it and making it understandable to the senses. What I admire is the way that the words and the illustrations are melded together: the words and pictures, each flowing with neither leading. What you need is someone to read it to you while showing you the pictures. --Fact and Fiction
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No flowers. No plants. No sunshine. When Hades carries Persephone down to the Underworld, her mother curses the Earth and everything stops growing. It is winter all year round. Persephone must return to Earth - but how can Spring return where Winter reigns? Sally Pomme Clayton's dramatic storytelling and Virginia Lee's haunting illustrations transform one of the world's oldest myths into a classic picture-book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Persephone,
This review is from: Persephone: A Journey from Winter to Spring (Hardcover)
What a beautiful book this is. Clayton's fluid retelling of the story is superbly brought to life - a fitting metaphor! - by Ms Lee's rhapsodic illustrations. At times they are reminiscent of Angela Barrett's work. I can think of no higher praise.
The story of how the four seasons were created is a lovely theme but it also allows children to discuss the ideas of loss, death, and memory within a mythological, unthreatening framework. The book is handsomely produced and I can only hope that Clayton and Lee work the same magic on some other Greek mythology. Cupid and Psyche perhaps?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another highly recommended picture book from Virginia Lee.,
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This review is from: Persephone: A Journey from Winter to Spring (Hardcover)
Another magical picture book from a very talented illustrator. A beautiful re-telling of the greek myth 'Persephone', Miss Lee's thoughtful pictures evoke a great deal of atmosphere and emotion. Her hand is particularly adept at depicting the change of season - such a prominent allegory in the story of 'Persephone' as personal growth. She paints acres of soft meadows and hard raging waters, glittering gemstones against the hard rocks of the Underworld - her depiction of Hades first appearance is a sensation.
Wonderful to read to your child, resonating even more as they grow - or as an adult to keep on your own bookshelf and delight in. And if you don't already own it, here is a link to another sumptuous book illustrated by Miss Lee and thoroughly recommended: The Frog Bride
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4.4 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Gorgeous illustration, lacking storytelling,
By M "CultOfStrawberry" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Persephone (Hardcover)
The illustrations alone give the book 5 stars. They're beautiful and detailed, lush and filled with color. Heck, the pictures were more interesting than the story... though with the sparseness of the story, just almost any artist could have told a better story with illustrations.
The story itself is lacking, which brings the rating down to a 3. Many parts of the myth have been cut out, and the characters are portrayed as very simplistic. I know this is supposed to be a children's book, but there was no feeling to the words. The story was much better illustrated in the artwork, but the postscript/trivia at the back of the book made for a nice touch. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Mythic Understanding of Nature,
By Marco Antonio Abarca - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Persephone (Hardcover)
The original purpose of the Persephone story was to explain in a mythological context the continous cycle of birth, death and rebirth. This explanation may have worked well in a pre-modern agrarian society but today even my six year old daughter has a basic scientific understanding of the seasons and the role they play in agriculture. So why should we bother to read this story today? First, the story of Persephone gives us a glimpse back into time. We see how the ancients understood and explained natural phenomona. More importantly, it is important to give young children the opportunity to see the world through a mythological perspective. Yes, we live in a physical world that can be explained scientifically. Nevertheless, we also live in a world that can be understood in a philosophical and spiritual way. Sally Pomme Clayton's "Persephone" does a great job of retelling this ancient story and her wonderful illustrations add an additional level of enjoyment to the book. Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enchanting illustrations,
By Andriy Palamarchuk - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Persephone (Hardcover)
The artwork beautifully shows contrast between and unity of light and darkness, surface and underworld, life and death, happiness and grief.
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