Gilgamesh the King by Zeman, Ludmila

Gilgamesh the King (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780887764370)

Vendor: Ludmila Zeman
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Format: Paperback
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Gilgamesh the King by Zeman, Ludmila

Gilgamesh the King

$8.95
Gilgamesh the King by Zeman, Ludmila

Gilgamesh the King

$8.95
Format: Paperback
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Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is sent to earth to live among the animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Shamhat, a singer from the temple, and he follows her back to Uruk. There, Enkidu, the uncivilized beast from the forest, shows the evil Gilgamesh through friendship what it means to be human."

Author: Ludmila Zeman
ISBN-10: 0887764371
ISBN-13: 9780887764370
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
Language: English
Published: 04/25/1998
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 11.20h x 10.00w x 0.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 8012 / Gilgamesh the King


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/26/1998
School Library Journal 02/01/2006 pg. 60
By Ludmila Zeman
By Ludmila Zeman
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Ludmila Zeman was born in the former Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Canada in 1984. She has taught art in Vancouver, created animated sequences for Sesame Street and, with her husband, made the film Lord of the Sky, an award-winning animated short. Her epic Gilgamesh trilogy won numerous awards. Her book, The First Red Maple Leaf, was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Illustration.

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