Amazons! by Sally Pomme Clayton

Amazons! by Sally Pomme Clayton

Are you an AMAZON? Have you got what it takes? Dare to dream! Listen to your heart! Get physical! The world needs more heroines, and Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons, Durga the Demon-Slayer and Al-Datma of Egypt are just a few of the legendary women who leapt over limits and fought to win. Sally Pomme Clayton's powerful retellings of strong woman stories from all over the world will inspire and stir your soul, and her action pages will help you to be a 21st-century Amazon.

Celebrating heroines from all around the world, this collection of stories from the author/ illustrator duo responsible for Tales Told in Tents, also contains 'how to' pages to inspire all 21st-centry AmazonsIllustrator Sophie Herxheimer uses her wonderfully warm and rich palette brilliantly to reflect the different cultures from which these legendary women arose. This book adds both important and under-represented subject matter to the burgeoning genre of stories from around the world. Bookseller 4 stars. Sally Pomme Clayton's powerful retellings of strong woman stories from all over the world, and Sophie Herxheimer's vivid illustrations, will inspire and help you to be a 21st century Amazon. www.bettybookmark.co.uk The illustrations are painted in strong colours, often with equally strong outlines, dramatically emphasising the strength of the young women of the tales and enhancing the folktale imagery on the whole...The pages are devoted to the modern young Amazon are careful to include a mixture of races and abilities in the girls portrayed, and suggest some fun activities as well as giving a breadth of interpretation of what it is to be an 'Amazon'. Books for Keeps Could provide the spur for some useful thinking about ways of behaving in today's big, bad world. It might also succeed in inspiring a more active and practical approach to living that could help prevent total submersion in today's supine celebrity culture. School Librarian This excellent book contains seven traditional stories of women warriors from all over the world, interspersed with activities that relate the morals of the stories to children's lives. It has a great feeling of excitement throughout with captivating language complemented by Herxheimer's beautiful illustrations. 5-7 Educator

Sally Pomme Clayton is an acclaimed storyteller. She co-founded The Company of Storytellers with Ben Haggarty and Hugh Lupton, spearheading the revival of storytelling in the UK. She tours throughout Britain, often performing at the British Museum, the Barbican, and the National Gallery. She was Royal Literary Fellow at the University of Westminster and City and Guilds of London Art School. She currently teaches at Rose Bruford College. Her first book for Frances Lincoln was Tales Told in Tents, followed by Amazons!, Persephone and Rama and Sita: Path of Flames. Visit Sally's website at
www.sallypommeclayton.com

SOPHIE HERXHEIMER is a painter and printmaker who loves stories. Her paintings and prints have been exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery, the South Bank and the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester amongst other galleries. Her books include Wonder Tales, edited by Marina Warner. This is her second book with Sally Pomme Clayton for Frances Lincoln following Tales Told in Tents. Sophie lives in South London.

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ISBN 13	9781845076603
ISBN 10	1845076605
Title	Amazons!
Author	Sally Pomme Clayton
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2008-10-09
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.