Download or read book The Adventures of King Midas written by Lynne Reid Banks and published by Collins. This book was released on 1993 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking magical adventure story as King Midas sets out to find a cure for his magic touch so that he can turn his daughter back from gold. Witches, dragons, wizards and a host of amazing characters feature in this spell-binding tale from a supreme storyteller.
Download or read book King Midas and the Golden Touch written by Charlotte Craft and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-09-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There once lived a very rich king called Midas who believed that nothing was more precious than gold." So begins this imaginative and breathtaking retelling of the myth of the man with the golden touch. When a mysterious stranger offers to reward Midas for a kindness, the king does not hesitate: He wishes that all he touches would turn to gold. To his delight, his wish is granted and he soon sets about transforming his ordinary palace into a place of golden beauty. But to his dismay, when he accidentally turns his beloved daughter into a golden statue, Midas learns that what at first seems a blessing can also become a curse.
Download or read book A Touch of Gold written by Annie Sullivan and published by Blink. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold is wealth. Wealth is power. Power is a curse. This captivating fantasy adventure—the untold story of the daughter King Midas turned to gold—will dazzle you with the kind of action, adventure, twists, turns, and a bit of romance to make any fan of magic and mythology greedy for more. After King Midas’s gift—or curse—almost killed his daughter, he relinquished The Touch forever. Ten years later, Princess Kora still bears the consequences of her father’s wish: her skin shines golden, rumors follow her everywhere she goes, and she harbors secret powers that are getting harder to hide. Kora spends her days concealed behind gloves and veils. It isn’t until a charming duke arrives that Kora believes she could indeed be loved. But their courtship is disrupted when a thief steals treasures her father needs to survive. Thanks to Kora’s unique ability to sense gold, she sails off on her quest to find the missing items. Magic, mythology, fantasy, and pirate adventures charge through every page as Kora learns that not everything is what it seems—not her companions, not the thieves, and not even Kora herself. A Touch of Gold: Is told from the perspective of Kora, King Midas’s daughter and a strong female protagonist Is a clean fantasy adventure, perfect for fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling books, The Wrath & the Dawn and Cinder Is an enchanting and captivating fantasy adventure/fairy tale retelling Features a beautifully decorated cover Will have strong appeal to readers ages 13 & up
Download or read book The Adventures of King Midas written by Lynne Reid Banks and published by McNally & Loftin Publishers. This book was released on 1924-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Midas comes to regret his wish to turn all he touches into gold and must deal with a magician, a witch, and a dragon as he tries to undo the magical spell.
Download or read book Adventure of King Midas written by Lynne Reid Banks and published by . This book was released on 1999-09-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book King Midas and the Gold written by Alex Frith and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Midas loves gold – but his greed soon gets him into trouble. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton, specially written for children just starting to read alone. This ebook includes audio and reading-related puzzles. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare
Download or read book A Curse of Gold written by Annie Sullivan and published by Blink. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curses and queens. Pirates and kings. Gods and magic. The final saga of a princess cursed by Midas’s touch, a vengeful Greek god, and a dazzling kingdom in the balance. After barely surviving thieving, bloodthirsty pirates and a harrowing quest at sea to retrieve her stolen treasure, Kora finds readjusting to palace life just as deadly. Her people openly turn against her, threatening to overthrow her as heir to the throne due to fear of her magical powers. When Dionysus puts out a challenge to kill the girl with the golden touch and burn down her kingdom, it’s not just her future on the throne in danger. Kora’s life and entire kingdom are now on contract. With no other choice, Kora sets out to find Dionysus, journeying to the mysterious disappearing island of Jipper. If she wants to save her kingdom and have any chance at reversing her father’s curse, she will have to enter into a deadly game with Dionysus, the greatest trickster the world, or the underworld, has ever seen. A Curse of Gold: Is the highly-anticipated sequel to A Touch of Gold by author Annie Sullivan Is an enchanting and captivating fantasy adventure/fairy tale retelling, perfect for fans of The Wrath and the Dawn and Cinder Is told from the perspective of Kora, King Midas’s daughter and a strong female protagonist Features a beautifully decorated cover Will have strong appeal to readers ages 13 & up
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Download or read book Midas written by Ryan North and published by Boom! Studios. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed team behind the Eisner Award-winning Adventure Time comic books, New York Times best-selling author Ryan North (Squirrel Girl) and beloved illustrators Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (One Day a Dot: The Story of You, The Universe, and Everything), combine forces once again for an original sci-fi space comedy unlike the universe has ever seen! Space captain Joey, navigator Fatima, and scientist (and dinosaur) Cooper are headed to Earth—a planet completely sectioned off, abandoned, and covered in gold—and are confronted by the most powerful weapon in the universe: some ancient dead guy's body?! Now they gotta keep King Midas’ body from being dropped on planets across the universe, and figure out exactly what to do with a gross dead dude with one truly ridiculous superpower.
Download or read book The Midas Legacy written by Andy McDermott and published by Dell. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase, search for King Midas’s legacy in the latest thrilling adventure in Andy McDermott’s globe-spanning series. For Nina Wilde and her ex-SAS husband Eddie Chase, locating the legendary lost city of Atlantis was just the beginning of an even greater quest: to discover what mysterious treasure drew an ancient Atlantean explorer to the Himalayas. But they’re unaware of the risks they face, the secrets gathering around them, and the powerful forces desperate to possess history’s greatest prize. High in the snowbound peaks, Nina and Eddie uncover a cave guarded by Buddhist monks. There, a shadowy enemy awaits them. And after a vicious battle, Nina finds herself with a fragment of a millennia-old puzzle—and questions only one person can answer: her long-lost grandmother. Drawing on her family’s painful secrets, Nina gains knowledge that will lead her and Eddie from a remote Icelandic retreat to the Hermit Kingdom of North Korea—and expose the shocking truth about the mythical King Midas and a terrifying plot that could doom all humankind. Praise for Andy McDermott “Nonstop, relentless extreme action . . . What a fantastic series!”—For Winter Nights, on Kingdom of Darkness “A fun, frantic read that moves along at a breakneck pace . . . big-time popcorn adventure fun, complete with a dose of history and humor.”—Beauty in Ruins, on The Revelation Code “Adventure stories don’t get much more epic than this.”—Daily Mirror (U.K.)
Download or read book The Eyes of Kid Midas written by Neal Shusterman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin is entranced when he finds a pair of sunglasses that turn his desires into reality, but then things start to get out of control.
Download or read book Favourite Greek Myths written by Lilian Stoughton Hyde and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book King Midas and His Golden Touch Children s Greek Roman Myths written by Baby Professor and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know who King Midas is? His story has been told many times in several languages. It has been relayed through words and read in different books. This is not another version of the story of King Midas. Rather, this is the truth of its origin. Are your curious to know what we mean? Then open the book today!
Download or read book Medusa the Rich written by Joan Holub and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Medusa suddenly gains the "Midas touch," she is delighted, but as it dawns on her that it is more curse than blessing, she seeks a cure.
Download or read book Once Upon A Time there was a Greedy King written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduce your little one to fables and fairy tales from around the world with this spellbinding series of ebooks for children. Meet greedy King Midas who foolishly wishes for everything he touches to turn to gold in this charming retelling of the Greek myth. This story is the perfect length for bedtime reading, and Maja Andersen's colorful illustrations bring the magic and wonder of the tale to life. It is sure to be a storybook that little ones will treasure forever.
Download or read book King Midas Other Greek Myths written by Eric A. Kimmel and published by . This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
