Into the World of the Dead: Astonishing Adventures in the Underworld [Paperback]

Michael Boughn (Author)

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Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Annick Press (May 18 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1550379585
ISBN-13: 978-1550379587
Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 22.5 x 0.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 136 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #889,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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From School Library Journal

Grade 5–8—This book should prove enticing for both myth lovers and seekers of scary stories. Boughn retells stories from many cultures on every continent except South America, including quite a few from Mesoamerica, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Readers will find heroes who have traveled to and returned from the underworld as well as the gods and monsters who dwell there. Full-color and black-and-white illustrations, including reproductions, photos, and plenty of graphics of skulls, appear on every page. The author does make some odd selections. He includes a few passages on magical realms populated by fairy folk rather than the dead, a page about a British Web site showing photos of supposed doors to hell located in the United Kingdom, and the Jabberwock in the section on monsters of the underworld. He treats stories from Christianity and the other Abrahamic religions with equal weight to those of Gilgamesh and Anansi. Overall, this is a book that many young people may find appealing.—Eric Norton, McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
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Enticing for both myth lovers and seekers of scary stories... a book that many young people may find appealing. (Eric Norton School Library Journal 200701)

Lush and beguiling legends and gloriously gory descriptions... rich with color... will rivet all but the most squeamish readers. (Cymbre Foster Foreword )

A visual tour of netherworld mythology. (Our Choice 2007, Canadian Children's Book Centre )

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Mention the underworld to people today, and most will assume you're talking about gangsters. Read the first page

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