Want to know what books Lucy Coats recommends on their reading list? We've researched interviews, social media posts, podcasts, and articles to build a comprehensive list of Lucy Coats's favorite book recommendations of all time.
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Lucy CoatsPadraic Colum was a poet and the way he uses language is wonderful. The illustrations too. They’re black-and-white, very art deco, very spare. (Source)
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Lucy CoatsOvid took some of the key Greek myths and made them into these wonderful stories. I love Hughes’s poetic voice, and the way he uses language. (Source)
Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope--and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus--Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience... more
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Lucy CoatsAdele is one of my favourite writers for children and teenagers. Ithaka is part of a loose trilogy based on the Odyssey, the Iliad and the Aeneid. (Source)
The Greek Myths is the culmination of years of research and careful observation, however... more
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Lucy CoatsAs far as I know, every single myth and every single variation, every single little nugget of Greek myth that isn’t necessarily even complete, is in there. (Source)
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Daniel MendelsohnI don’t want to know what Achilles did in bed, frankly. If you want to play with the big boys, fine, but don’t turn The Iliad into a Twilight novel. (Source)
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Lucy CoatsI loved the richness of the language, the descriptions. She really made me feel I was in ancient Greece — the smells, the whole environment. (Source)
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