Search Results: Greece - Children's Books from KALAMOS BOOKS

London: Dragon/Granada, 1983 Book. Illus. by Edward Mortlesmans. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. Adventure story of a young boy in Crete who has "the panache of his countryman Zorba,and the cunning of his predecessor Tom Sawyer"- based on a British TV series for children. 176p. illus..

Toronto: Annick Press, 1995 Book. Illus. by Norman Cousineau. As New. Soft cover.

Owings Mills, MD: Stemmer House Publishers, 1990 Book. New. Soft cover. First Thus.. 22.23 x 1.27 x 28.58 Cm. Instructions on how to to produce replicas of two famed buildings of the Acropolis from the card stock pages of this book - with scissors, knife, color markers and glue - [1/250th size of the original structures] 48p.Illus, UNUSED craft book ILLUS new uniused craft book .

Athens: Organismos Ekdoseos Didaktikon Biblion, 1987 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Old Testament stories edited for Grade 3 classes in Greek Junior Schools. 112p. illus (col) Paper covers slightly marked, else fine. [NO copies found in WorldCat].

London: Methuen, 1962 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed... [Young world books series] The children in this book are the author's friends who live on the island of Mykonos in the Aegean. It describes life there: houses, boats, industries, fishing, grinding corn, weaving, dyeing, baking. 94p. with B & W photographs by the author, illustrated end papers.Crisp copy looks unread ..

London: Methuen, 1962 Book. Fine. Hardcover. [ Young World books series] The children in this book are the author's friends who live on the island of Mykonos in the Aegean. It describes life there: houses, boats, industries, fishing, grinding corn, weaving, dyeing, baking. 94p.B & W photographs by the author, decorated end papers..

London: Armada/Lion, 1968 Book. Illus. by Anne Mieke Van Ogtrop. Fine. Pbk. This lively story with a Greek island setting tells how Amanda and David plot to outwit the unpleasant local mayor and help their Greek friend Yani. The villagers, and especially the mayor, depend on their donkeys for transport. If the children are to blackmail the mayor successfully, the donkeys must disappear. And disappear they do, to the consternation of the whole village!.

1ST US: Viking Press, 1950 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. Inspired by Euripides' play this is a long poem in dialogue between Alcestis and Admetus culminating with the intervention of Hercules.119p. Crisp tight unmarked copy .

New York: Franklin Watts, 1960 Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrations by Lili Rethi.. Good>Very Good. Printed Hardcover. Reprint. 62p. illus. Neat tight text, ffep missing - usual library marks.

New York: Bantam Books, 1977 Book. Vey Good. Pbk. 1st.US Ed... Charming story of the adventures in Greece of the loveable dog called Benji."A Novelization .of the family film by Joe Camp" Illustrated by photographic stills from the movie. 120p. illus , Name of owner, else near fine.

London: Macdonald Educational, 1974 Ex-Library. Very Good. Laminated HC. 1st UK Ed... Nice introduction to modern Greece for children. 61p. illus (col) map on end papers. Uusual library marks.

New York: Sterling/Oak Tree Press, 1978 Ex-Library. Good. Laminated HC. Short book about modern Greece (content c.1970) for school age children. HC laminated boards. 62p. illus index. Ex-Library copy(some pencil markings).

Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited, 1984 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. Student textbook - an introduction to ancient Greece for Canadian classrooms 64p. illus.

Athens: Organismos Ekdoseos Didaktikon Biblion, 1985 Book. Fair. Soft cover. Grade school classroom exercise book for children learning Modern Greek. Pbk. 116p. illus.col. Pages loose since it was actively used by a student called Petroula..

Reader's Digest, 1997 Book. Fine. Decorative Hardcover. First Thus. Questions and answers introduce the clothing, food, weapons, religion, and other aspects of daily life in Ancient Greece.32p. illus.[col] index . Donor inscription on ffep, else as new.

Ekdotike Athenon, 1987 Book. Illus. by illustrator Vally Liapi. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Greek Ed... For children - a very interesting well illustrated account of Crete, ancient and modern, but with particular coverage of the Minoan period and Knossos. English translation by Philip Ramp . 121p. illus..

London: Penguin, 1985 Book. Fine. Pbk. 1st.UK Ed... Mystery and adventure on the imaginary Greek island of Simnos. The story has many permutations as the reader chooses which clue to follow to resolve the mystery. Pbk. 350p. illus. Condition : Good.

Duxford, Cambridge : Wizard Books / Icon Books, 2002 Book. Illus. by Nicholas Halliday. As New. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. As his 11th birthday dawns Joshua is swept back in time to the ancient Greek island of Zakynthos, beginning a thrilling journey - with encounters with Heracles and Hermes, Pythagoras and Soctrates -that will lead eventually into the darkness of the Underworld...The speed of action will take your breath away as Joshua races through time in a desperate bid to evade his enemy and find the father he has never known 201p.maps.

New York: Lippincott., 1972 Book. Very Good. Printed Hardcover. Rev Ed.. (Portraits of the Nations series) Brief but well written introduction to Modern Greek history (up until the Junta coup of 1967for young students ) 160p. illus.map.index.

New York: Travel Press, 1961 Book. Fine. Pictorial Cover. Brief description of Greece and Greek culture for children. Colour plates were taken from the slides used in the "Panorama :Colorslide Tour of Greece" (see entry under "Panorama) 85p. plates, col.