Helping Hercules and Other Stories - Softcover

Simon And Alison Holst

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1858815827 ISBN 13: 9781858815824

Publisher: Dolphin, 1999

Synopsis

Here are the Greek myths as you've never heard them before.Susan is whisked back through time to Ancient Greece, and finds that helping Hercules clean the Augean stables is much, much worse than tidying her room. One hair-raising experience follows another as she goes down into the Underworld with Orpheus, just misses being turned to stone by Medusa, and rides on the winged horse Pegasus. This is both a fabulously funny story and a brilliant way to introduce children to eight of the best-known Greek myths. Susan meddles in each of the myths - taking a dim view of the gods and goddesses and heroes she encounters - but gets out in the nick of time, so the myths themselves remain unchanged and will be remembered vividly by their readers.Read by Mark Perry. Mark Perry of Dead Ringers and 2DTV fame is a political and sports impressionist in other BBC radio series and in The Archers. On TV he has appeared in Mr Charity and in various stage productions around Britain.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

A magic coin whisks Susan back in time to Ancient Greece, where she encounters the gods, goddesses and heroes of Greek mythology.

Susan is fed up with her family and hates helping in the house, but she soon finds that helping Hercules clean out the Augean stables is much, much worse than tidying her room. She is drawn into a series of hair-raising adventures, following Orpheus down into the Underworld, helping Paris as he dithers between three angry goddesses, riding on the winged horse Pegasus to the home of the gods, and narrowly missing being turned to stone by Medusa.

Francesca Simon, author of the Horrid Henry books, loves the Greek myths and gives seven of her favourites a highly original twist in this fabulously funny story.

Francesca Simon is American, and lives in London with her English husband and their son Joshua. She grew up in California, was educated at Yale and Oxford Universities, and then became a freelance journalist, writing theatre and restaurant reviews. After Josh was born she started to write books for children. Her Horrid Henry books are enormously popular.

Tony Ross is one of the best-known and most popular children's illustrators, who writes and illustrates his own picture books as well as illustrating many favourite storybooks for other authors. He has worked with Francesca Simon on all the Horrid Henry books.

About the Author

Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her English husband, Martin, and their son. When she is not writing books she is doing theatre and restaurant reviews or chasing after her Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dolphin
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858815827
• ISBN 13: 9781858815824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192