Gillian Cross is an acclaimed author for young people, who won
the Carnegie Medal for Wolf, and the Whitbread Award and the
Smarties Prize for The Great Elephant Chase. Her Demon Headmaster
books were turned into a successful television series by the BBC.
"Retelling the Odyssey was a fantastic experience," Gillian says,
"and one that taught me a lot about storytelling." Gillian and her
husband Martin live in Shaftesbury, Dorset. They have four
children. www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Neil Packer is an exceptional new talent in children's books.
Graduating from Colchester School of Art, he worked on advertising
campaigns before illustrating One Hundred Years of Solitude, The
Name of the Rose and Labyrinths for the Folio Society. His
illustrations for the Odyssey took many years – "nearly as long,"
he says, "as Odysseus' journey!" Neil lives in London, NW1, with
his son Arvo. Visit his website: www.neilpacker.co.uk
A book to be treasured.
*Bookseller*
This collaboration between the masterful re-telling by Gillian
Cross and the sophisticated and stylish art of Neil Packer is yet
another brilliant example of [Walker’s] production and editorial
values. Really brings the tale of Odysseus to life in accessible
and mellifluous prose that would read aloud wonderfully well and
the art has real classical resonance . . . an essential purchase to
support study of the Greeks
*The School Librarian*
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