King Midas and the Golden Touch (Rabbit Ears We All Have Tales) - Softcover

Metaxas, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939228387 ISBN 13: 9781939228383

Publisher: Rabbit Ears Entertainment, 2013

Synopsis

One day, King Midas sees a beautiful butterfly illuminated by the golden light of the afternoon sun. He is so taken with it that he wishes for the power to turn all things he touches into gold. But when a strange messenger arrives in a chariot and grants him this desire, King Midas soon comes to realize that there are some things in life more precious than gold. This poignant adaptation of the ancient Greek myth offers a valuable message to your family. Illustrated by Rodica Prato. Part of the award-winning Rabbit Ears series We All Have Tales. Ages 5 and up. CD and DVD versions using the same text and illustrations are narrated by actor Michael Caine with original music by Yo-Yo Ma. Awards: American Library Association–Notable Children’s Recording; Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award. DVD and digital downloads are available at Amazon Disc on Demand and Amazon Instant Video. The audiobook is available at Audible.com. Hard cover library bound editions of the book are available at www.rabbitears.com. Rabbit Ears stories open a door to the world of great literature. These are timeless and beloved stories that have delighted generations, and continue to offer powerful lessons for today's audiences. Readers of all ages will explore faraway lands and cultures through folktales. You will walk alongside heroes of long ago legends. And discover master storytellers such as Beatrix Potter, Hans Christian Andersen, and Rudyard Kipling. Original illustrations in full color add another dimension to each story, and the texts will foster a love of reading. Get the entire Rabbit Ears library!

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From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5-- While most collections need a good single-tale edition of King Midas's story, this is not it. In overwrought prose, Metaxas tells an embroidered version in which Midas's greed is inspired by seeing a butterfly made golden in the sun's light. A messenger from Helios, the light-bearer, gives Midas his wish rather than Bacchus, who, in the tradition of Bulfinch and Hamilton, granted Midas a wish for saving his life. The butterfly motif is found throughout. While it is the storyteller's prerogative to embellish a story, this one is not acceptable for those who expect to meet the traditional Greek myth with its characters and references intact. Prato's watercolors depict the elegant surroundings decorated by friezes, urns, statuary, and tapestries, but her human figures seem imposed upon the scenery like cut-outs rather than within them. The audio tape features Michael Caine's uneven and overemphatic delivery, varying from loud to inaudible. Stick with the D'Aulaires's Book of Greek Myths (Doubleday, 1980), which devotes a single paragraph to Midas, until something better comes along. --Susan Hepler, Alexandria City Public Schools, VA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Rabbit Ears Entertainment
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1939228387
• ISBN 13: 9781939228383
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Prato Rodica
• Number of pages: 36