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Accomplished filmmaker, author, and illustrator Ludmila Zeman was born in the Czech Republic. She is the daughter of well-known Czech film director Karel Zeman. Ludmila worked on major motion pictures early in her career, and she went on to create her own short animated films including the award-winning Lord of the Sky for the National Film Board of Canada. Besides films, Ludmila’s storytelling talent and unique design has been expressed in countless children’s picture books. She’s received numerous awards as the author and illustrator of the Gilgamesh and Sindbad trilogies and The First Red Maple Leaf, all published by Tundra Books... Read More
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Gilgamesh the King
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1998
Price: $8.95
Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1998
Price: $8.95
Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind... Read more >
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The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1998
Price: $8.95
In his final quest, Gilgamesh, still mourning the death of his dear friend Enkidu, sets out to find the key to immortality. His journey is perilous. He must fight ferocious serpents and wild lions. He travels through bitterly cold caves, across scorching deserts, and over the fatal waters of the Sea... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1998
Price: $8.95
In his final quest, Gilgamesh, still mourning the death of his dear friend Enkidu, sets out to find the key to immortality. His journey is perilous. He must fight ferocious serpents and wild lions. He travels through bitterly cold caves, across scorching deserts, and over the fatal waters of the Sea... Read more >
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The Revenge of Ishtar
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1998
Price: $8.95
In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat. Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh attracts the attention... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1998
Price: $8.95
In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat. Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh attracts the attention... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Sindbad (English)
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: August 28, 1999
Price: $17.95
For centuries, readers have been fascinated by the stories of the Arabian Nights. Perhaps the best-known is Sindbad the Sailor. He discovers an island paradise, but it is actually a giant whale. He sees a huge mountain. It is, in fact, the egg of the famous Roc, a bird so huge... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: August 28, 1999
Price: $17.95
For centuries, readers have been fascinated by the stories of the Arabian Nights. Perhaps the best-known is Sindbad the Sailor. He discovers an island paradise, but it is actually a giant whale. He sees a huge mountain. It is, in fact, the egg of the famous Roc, a bird so huge... Read more >
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Lord of the Sky
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $19.95
A breathtakingly illustrated tribute to the art and mythology of West Coast native culture.
In this exquisitely illustrated picture book, based on the animated short film of the same name, Linda Zeman-Spaleny transports young readers to a bygone time when nothing lived in the universe, when “out of the darkness came the... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $19.95
A breathtakingly illustrated tribute to the art and mythology of West Coast native culture.
In this exquisitely illustrated picture book, based on the animated short film of the same name, Linda Zeman-Spaleny transports young readers to a bygone time when nothing lived in the universe, when “out of the darkness came the... Read more >
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The First Red Maple Leaf
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: August 19, 1999
Price: $9.95
In an ancient time when Winter reigned and ice and darkness covered the land, a young boy’s heroic and unselfish act helps his people find the shelter of southern trees. But Winter isn’t finished yet and shakes the leaves from the trees. To show his gratitude to the trees, the boy... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: August 19, 1999
Price: $9.95
In an ancient time when Winter reigned and ice and darkness covered the land, a young boy’s heroic and unselfish act helps his people find the shelter of southern trees. But Winter isn’t finished yet and shakes the leaves from the trees. To show his gratitude to the trees, the boy... Read more >
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The Revenge of Ishtar
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 30, 1993
Price: $19.95
In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat. Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh attracts the attention... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 30, 1993
Price: $19.95
In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat. Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh attracts the attention... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Le Secret de Sindbad
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2003
Price: $17.95
Sindbad the Sailor has escaped death many times and is planning to live the rest of his life on dry land. But the sea beckons, and he sets out for one final adventure. As he sails from a beautiful far-off land where people drink scented tea, a storm destroys the ship... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2003
Price: $17.95
Sindbad the Sailor has escaped death many times and is planning to live the rest of his life on dry land. But the sea beckons, and he sets out for one final adventure. As he sails from a beautiful far-off land where people drink scented tea, a storm destroys the ship... Read more >
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Sindbad's Secret
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2003
Price: $17.95
Sindbad the Sailor has escaped death many times and is planning to live the rest of his life on dry land. But the sea beckons, and he sets out for one final adventure. As he sails from a beautiful far-off land where people drink scented tea, a storm destroys the ship... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2003
Price: $17.95
Sindbad the Sailor has escaped death many times and is planning to live the rest of his life on dry land. But the sea beckons, and he sets out for one final adventure. As he sails from a beautiful far-off land where people drink scented tea, a storm destroys the ship... Read more >
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Sindbad in the Land of Giants
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2001
Price: $17.95
In this stunning sequel to Sindbad: From the Tales of The Thousand and One Nights, Sindbad, now a rich sultan, recounts more of his adventures. On this voyage, Sindbad and his hapless crewmates are driven off course, and their ship is overrun by monkeys. They abandon the ship but row into... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2001
Price: $17.95
In this stunning sequel to Sindbad: From the Tales of The Thousand and One Nights, Sindbad, now a rich sultan, recounts more of his adventures. On this voyage, Sindbad and his hapless crewmates are driven off course, and their ship is overrun by monkeys. They abandon the ship but row into... Read more >
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Le Roi Gilgamesh
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2000
Price: $9.95
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Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2000
Price: $9.95
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Sindbad et les geants
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2001
Price: $19.95
In this stunning sequel to Sindbad: From the Tales of The Thousand and One Nights, Sindbad, now a rich sultan, recounts more of his adventures. On this voyage, Sindbad and his hapless crewmates are driven off course, and their ship is overrun by monkeys. They abandon the ship but row into... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2001
Price: $19.95
In this stunning sequel to Sindbad: From the Tales of The Thousand and One Nights, Sindbad, now a rich sultan, recounts more of his adventures. On this voyage, Sindbad and his hapless crewmates are driven off course, and their ship is overrun by monkeys. They abandon the ship but row into... Read more >
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La Derniere Quete de Gilgamesh
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2000
Price: $9.95
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Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2000
Price: $9.95
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Also available as a
hardcover.
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La Revanche d'Ishtar
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2000
Price: $9.95
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Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2000
Price: $9.95
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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La Derniere Quete de Gilgamesh
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1995
Price: $19.95
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Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1995
Price: $19.95
Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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La Revanche d'Ishtar
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 30, 1993
Price: $19.95
Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: September 30, 1993
Price: $19.95
Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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