Daughter of Earth
Subtitle: a Roman myth
By: retold and illustrated by Gerald McDermott.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Ceres (Roman deity) -- Juvenile literature.; Proserpina (Roman deity) -- Juvenile literature.; Ceres (Roman deity); Proserpina (Roman deity); Mythology, Roman.
Description: When Pluto wrongly takes Proserpina to be his bride in the Underworld, Ceres, mother of Proserpina and goddess of the Earth, withdraws into a cave to mourn and refuses to permit crops to grow.