Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War

by Kathy Henderson

Book Overview

Found in Iraq and older than the Bible, the Koran, or the Torah, this stirring epic - the world's oldest written story - now becomes available to a general readership for the very first time. Lugalbanda woke with a jolt. He opened his eyes and what did he see but the terrible Anzu bird beating its wings in its nest high above. . . . Did he quake? Did he quail? No. Lugalbanda the Brave sat and stared, and into his head came a brilliant idea. Before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763627828
• ISBN13: 9780763627829
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher