Icarus, the Boy Who Flew Too High
By (Author) Katie Daynes
Illustrated by Kim Smith
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
23rd May 2016
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
428.6
Hardback
48
Width 136mm, Height 203mm, Spine 9mm
180g
A new addition to the Young Reading Series. Read the lengendary story of Icarus, an ambitious young man who always wanted more.
Things don't look good for Icarus and his dad. They're imprisoned in a tower inside a maze on a rocky island. Can a daring idea fly them both to freedom This colourfully illustrated adaptation of the classic story from Ancient Greece has been specially written for young readers who have just started to read alone.
Katie has been writing non-fiction children's books for almost half her life and loves questioning the world from a child's point of view. She's developed some of Usborne's bestselling series, including the See Inside books and Lift-the-flap Questions & Answers. When she's not writing, she likes drinking coffee, walking on the moors and playing competitive board games with her children.