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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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La Derniere Quete de Gilgamesh
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Livres Toundra | Foreign Language Study - French; Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-0-88776-528-5 (0-88776-528-9) | September 2000 | 9.99
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The First Red Maple Leaf
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title | 978-0-88776-419-6 (0-88776-419-3) | August 1999 | 9.99
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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Gilgamesh the King
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations; Biography & Autobiography - Historical | 978-0-88776-437-0 (0-88776-437-1) | April 1998 | 10.99
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
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations; Biography & Autobiography - Historical | 978-0-88776-380-9 (0-88776-380-4) | April 1998 | 10.99
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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La Revanche d'Ishtar
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Livres Toundra | Foreign Language Study - French; Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-0-88776-527-8 (0-88776-527-0) | September 2000 | 9.99
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The Revenge of Ishtar
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations; Biography & Autobiography - Historical | 978-0-88776-436-3 (0-88776-436-3) | April 1998 | 12.99
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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The Revenge of Ishtar
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations; Biography & Autobiography - Historical | 978-0-88776-315-1 (0-88776-315-4) | September 1993 | 22.99
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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Le Roi Gilgamesh
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Livres Toundra | Foreign Language Study - French; Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-0-88776-526-1 (0-88776-526-2) | September 2000 | 9.99
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Le Secret de Sindbad
Retold by Ludmila Zeman
Translated by Suzanne Levesque
Hardcover | Livres Toundra | Foreign Language Study - French; Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-0-88776-623-7 (0-88776-623-4) | March 2003 | 19.99
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
Retold by Ludmila Zeman
Illustrated by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-1-77049-264-6 (1-77049-264-X) | May 2011 | 11.99
Perhaps the best known of the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights are those about Sindbad the Sailor. For centuries, people have been fascinated by the stories of a simple, sometimes confused, sailor who mistakes a giant whale for a lovely island and the egg of the Roc (a bird... [read more]
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Sindbad et les geants
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Hardcover | Livres Toundra | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-0-88776-525-4 (0-88776-525-4) | May 2001 | 19.99
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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Sindbad in the Land of Giants
Retold by Ludmila Zeman
Illustrated by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-1-77049-266-0 (1-77049-266-6) | May 2011 | 11.99
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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Sindbad in the Land of Giants
Written by Ludmila Zeman
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-0-88776-461-5 (0-88776-461-4) | May 2001 | 19.99
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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Sindbad's Secret
Retold by Ludmila Zeman
Illustrated by Ludmila Zeman
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-1-77049-265-3 (1-77049-265-8) | May 2011 | 11.99
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
Retold by Ludmila Zeman
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables - Other; Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Ancient Civilizations | 978-0-88776-462-2 (0-88776-462-2) | March 2003 | 19.99
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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Lord of the Sky
Written by Linda Zeman-Spaleny
Illustrated by Ludmila Zeman
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Legends, Myths, Fables; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Native American | 978-0-88776-896-5 (0-88776-896-2) | April 2009 | 21.99
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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