Shapeshifters.

Shapeshifters. Shapeshifters Retold by Adrian Mitchell Illustrated by Alan Lee Frances Lincoln Children's Books 4 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London, UK, NW5 2RZ www.franceslincoln.com 9781845075361, $22.95, www.amazon.com "Shapeshifters: Tales From Ovid's Metamorphoses" isa stunning new retelling of the fabulous tales from Ovid's"Metamorphoses," beautifully bound and illustrated by theaward winning Alan Lee, who was awarded an Oscar in 2004 for ArtDirection of "The Lord of The Rings," peter Jackson'sfamous film trilogy. "Shapeshifters" retells in modern proseand poetry some of the most famous of the Metamorphoses tales from Ovid.The spider woman Arachne, Actaeon the hunter become a stag, Midas andthe Golden Touch, Theseus and the Minotaur, Orpheus and Eurydice,Jupiter and Io, Baucis and Philemon, the tales of Persephone, Bacchus,and Tiresias, all these mythic tales and more are retold in languageboth as fresh, ancient, and rich as its original creator could everwish. "Shapeshifters" is the modern reinterpretation ofsomething like Hawthorne's "Tanglewood Tales," another,older retelling of these wonderful stories. Fortunate is the child whoreceives such a precious gift and rich is the soil in which its headyvisions have been implanted. "Shapeshifters" will appeal toadolescents and young adults as well as adults.