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Rhetoric stage, year one, circa 2025? The Odyssey of Homer, The Iliad of Homer, The Aeneid of Virgil, all published by Oxford/Walck in the 1960s, all illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe, two out of three retold by Barbara Leonie Picard.


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Update: Here are some blurbs about these three books from the back flap of another Picard retelling:

THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER
Retold by Barbara Leonie Picard
Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe

"The epic poem retold in its entirety in clean, forceful prose and attractively illustrated..." —ALA Booklist

THE ILIAD OF HOMER
Retold by Barbara Leonie Picard
Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe

"There is both strength and a flowing quality in the simple narrative, and the simple vocabulary does not sacrifice dignity of style. A prologue and an epilogue make the book especially valuable..." —Elementary English

An ALA Notable Children's Book, 1960

THE AENEID OF VIRGIL
Retold by N.B. Taylor
Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe

"A forceful retelling of the fall of Troy after the death of Hector and the adventures of the Trojan hero Aeneas...Includes an introduction telling of the Greek gods and the causes of the Trojan War and a glossary." —ALA Booklist