By Dinah Williams (author)
"This visually spectacular who’s who of larger-than-life gods and goddesses from around the globe is a gleaming trove of fascinating facts and formidable feats."
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April 2024 Book of the Month
What a beaut of a book! Sumptuously adorned with bright, bold artwork by an array of illustrators, Dinah Williams’s Amazing Immortals invites readers to discover the dazzling powers, personalities and histories of over eighty incredible gods and goddesses.
Being organised by theme gives this an edge, in that this structure enables myth-mad readers to appreciate the fact that myths, legends, gods and goddesses have long played a pivotal role in cultures across world, and that they share common elements. As for the themes, they cover creation, leaders, the underworld and death, the sun and moon, weather, water, nature, fire, war, wisdom, tricksters, prosperity, demigods and animals.
Each lively profile presents an engaging overview of the figure’s attributes, along with information on amazing animal companions, and fascinating facts on their modern-day resonance, and incarnation in the likes of comics, films, games and shrines.
From African and Incan creator gods and Celtic chiefs, to Aztec Lords of the Land of Death, shape-shifting Inuit sea goddesses, and many more besides, Amazing Immortals is sure to ignite an impulse to dig deeper into the magic of myths.
A culturally diverse, fact-filled, and gorgeously illustrated introduction to over 80 gods and goddesses from around the world—a perfect introduction to mythology for young readers.
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With heroic deeds, family drama, pulse-pounding battles, and shape-shifting magic, mythology fascinates us all. But even the biggest enthusiasts find it hard to keep track of who’s who!
Packed with facts and full-color, lush illustrations, Dinah Williams’s Amazing Immortals is a fascinating introduction to these larger-than-life gods and goddesses, highlighting their big personalities, famous adventures, formidable powers, family trees, animal companions, and appearances in pop culture. Organized by theme—from gods of creation to gods of death and the underworld; from gods of water to gods of fire; from gods of love to gods of war—this diverse encyclopedia features both familiar and underrepresented deities.
Filled with betrayal, intrigue, romance, and impossible feats, their captivating stories entertain us, explain our world, and help answer some of life’s biggest questions.
Includes gods and goddesses from 30 pantheons: Akan * Annang *Aztec * Babylonian * Bushongo * Canaanite * Celtic * Chinese * Efik * Egyptian * Finnish * Greek * Hawai’ian * Hindu * Hittite * Hopi * Ibibio * Incan * Inuit * Korean * Lithuanian * Maori * Mayan * Navajo * Norse * Pueblo * Roman * Shinto * Sumerian * Yoruba
Dinah Dunn , under her married name Williams, has written more than a dozen historical books for kids, including Scholastic’s Terrible But True: Awful Events in American History, True Haunting Deadly Disasters, and Spooky Cemeteries , which won the 2009 Children’s Choice Book of the Year Award.
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A culturally diverse, fact-filled, and gorgeously illustrated introduction to over 80 gods and goddesses from around the world—a perfect introduction to mythology for young readers. With heroic deeds, family drama, pulse-pounding battles, and shape-shifting magic, mythology fascinates us all.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Amazing Immortals A Guide to Gods and Goddesses Around the World and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Amazing Immortals A Guide to Gods and Goddesses Around the World features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers, History, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Mystery / Mythology, Star Books, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Amazing Immortals A Guide to Gods and Goddesses Around the World was written by Dinah Williams and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers an imprint of Abrams
Amazing Immortals A Guide to Gods and Goddesses Around the World has 208 pages
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