Persephone
By: Sally Pomme Clayton ; illustrated by Virginia Lee
Contributors: Lee, Virginia, 1976-
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845075330
Subjects: Juvenile literature
Description: When Persephone is kidnapped by Hades, king of the Underworld, her mother Demeter, the Goddess of Earth, plunges the world into a deep winter. Spring returns when Persephone is released but she has eaten three pomegranate seeds and so must return to the Underworld for three months of every year. A retelling of the ancient Greek myth. Suggested level: junior, primary.