The Adventures of King Midas [Import] [Paperback]

Lynne Reid Banks (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Harper Collins; New Ed edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0006747280
• ISBN-13: 978-0006747284
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,741,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynne Reid Banks is a best-selling author for children and adults. Her classic children's novel 'The Indian in the Cupboard' has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. She was born in London in 1929 and worked as an actress, writer and TV news reporter. Lynne has written thirty books: her first, 'The L-Shaped Room', was published in 1960. She now lives in Dorset, where she continues to write. Lynne says that writing for children comes much more easily than writing for adults. Tony Ross was born in London in 1938. He has worked as an art director at an advertising agency, a graphic designer, a cartoonist, a teacher, a film maker and as a Senior Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A clever and fun retelling of a Greek myth, December 31, 1999

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Jennifer Mo - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of King Midas (Avon Camelot Books) (Paperback)

Lynne Reid Banks shows herself to be a completely versatile and always diverting story teller-- from The Indian in the Cupboard to The Farthest-Away Mountain to The Adventures of King Midas.

In this work, the old Greek myth is dusted off, given a thorough polishing and made into a lively and entertaining children's story. While Banks takes extreme liberties with the myth, the result is something so fresh and fun it doesn't matter. King Midas is transformed from a greedy miser to someone who simply has an obsession with gold (among other things, like growing roses). His quest to save his daughter, whom he turned into gold quite by accident, becomes an exciting adventure in which Midas is tested and changed. Along the way, he meets a mumbo (think baby dragon), defeats an evil witch, clears the throat of Old Gollop, saves a magician and learns the importance of a flandy-bake.

A very fun, fleshed out fairy tale filled with Banks' usual wit. If you like this one, also try her other fantasies.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars King Midas, March 25, 2009

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This review is from: The Adventures of King Midas (Paperback)

This book is a great find. It is not well known, but is terrific for elementary read-alouds and many life lessons about gratitude, greed, courage, and more. Delightful, funny, even a little scary. Great book for all ages.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars King Midas is a great story, August 18, 2005

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Pat Mackesy (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adventures of King Midas (Hardcover)

This is a great version of the classic Greek Myth. Lynn asks the question, "What would life be like if everything you touched turned to gold?" My grade 4's and 5's thoroughly enjoyed having this well-written, humorous short novel read aloud to them.