Hermes and the Magic Map
by Jenny Shann
Genre: Children's Picture Book / Adventure
ISBN: 9798891322813
Print Length: 38 pages
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Reviewed by Toni Woodruff
For all we know, Hermes is a regular kid. He lives with his granny, prefers to skip the peas with his pasta, and likes to escape through the drawings and paintings in his room. He's an artistic kid with an imagination able to place sailboats in his backyard and spice up the scenes of what he knows with purple grass and cotton candy clouds.
But his art is no ordinary art. At least today it's not. After Hermes shows his work to his granny, she shows him what's happened outside: his paintings have come to life. Their home is on the sea, the sky is brushed with cotton candy clouds, the grass is in fact purple, a sailboat awaits him, and far off in the distance, a mountain sits on an island with a great big red X in the center of it.
With this newfound magical artistic ability, he draws his friend Star and soon she appears. Together, they venture to the island—which they are calling Treasure Island—and race toward the X. They know that treasure is the bright golden light coming from the back of the cave. But will it be as easy as bringing the treasure home, or will someone be there to stop them?
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