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Gods and Monsters - Mythological Poems
Brief Description
A stunning book drawing together mythological poems—classic and brand-new—from around the world, illustrated throughout in black and white line. Compiled by best-selling anthologist Ana Sampson, illustrated by award-winning former children's laureate Chris Riddell, and with an introduction by Natalie Haynes. People all over the world have...
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A pantheon of poetry from around the world
A pantheon of poetry from around the world
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A stunning book drawing together mythological poems—classic and brand-new—from around the world, illustrated throughout in black and white line. Compiled by best-selling anthologist Ana Sampson, illustrated by award-winning former children's laureate Chris Riddell, and with an introduction by Natalie Haynes.
People all over the world have always told each other stories. From the very earliest times, many of these stories were told in verse. This collection of poems includes retellings and reimaginings of Roman, Greek, Ancient Egyptian, Norse, Celtic, Aztec, Mayan, and Incan mythology.
You will meet gods, monsters, tricksters, heroes, magical creatures and objects, magicians, and spirits including Medusa, Icarus, Loki, Osiris, the Minotaur, Pegasus, Bunyip, Kukulcan, Cerberus, Merlin, Beowulf, and Mjolnir. There are asides and footnotes to shine a light on the stories themselves.
Includes poems from W. B. Yeats, Kae Tempest, Sylvia Plath, Shakespeare, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joseph Coelho, and many more.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035025596
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 July 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Chris Riddell
- Illustrated by Chris Riddell
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Ana Sampson is the author of many best-selling anthologies including I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Other Poems You Half-Remember from School, Tyger Tyger Burning Bright: Much Loved Poems you Half-Remember, Poems to Learn by Heart, Green and Pleasant Land: Best-Loved Poems of the British Countryside, Best-Loved Poems: A Treasury of Verse, and Wonder: The Natural History Poetry Collection. She is Fierce and She Will Soar.
Ana grew up in Kent and studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield. After achieving both a BA and an MA, she began a career in publishing PR and has appeared multiple time on radio and television discussing books and poetry. She lives in London with her her husband, young daughter and two cats.
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.
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