King Midas

by Kathleen Olmstead, Maurizio Quarello (Illustrator)

Overview

Although King Midas is a kind man, he always wants MORE: more jewels, more silver, more gold. So whens hes granted a wish for doing a good deed, he asks that everything he touches turn to gold. But after his flowers, his food, and even his daughter are transformed, he learns what is truly valuable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402783463
Publisher:	Union Square Kids
Publication date:	11/04/2014
Series:	Silver Penny Stories
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	4.60(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	500L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Kathleen Olmstead is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Anne of Avonlea and Moby Dick, as well as Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea and Matthew Henson: The Quest for the North Pole, both in the Sterling Biographies series. She has also written three other Silver Penny Story books: Pied Piper of Hamelin, Thumbelina, and The Steadfast Tin Soldier.
 
Maurizio Quarello has illustrated nearly 30 childrens books in 13 languages, including Sterlings Silver Penny editions of Jack and the Beanstalk, Rumpelstiltskin, and The Frog Prince. Quarellos work has appeared in numerous exhibitions worldwide and he has received various national and international prizes. Maurizio teaches illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata.