Summary:

Features Karna, a brave and ambitious character from the epic
Mahabharata, as famous for his generosity as for his skills with bow
and arrow • Introduces children to one of the most colorful
characters of Hindu mythology • Illustrated throughout with glowing
full-color paintings in traditional Indian style • Speaks to the
questions that arise for adoptive children and their parents When
Princess Kunti is twelve years old she tries reciting a secret mantra
for inviting the gods into her life. She gets more than she bargained
for when the Sun, himself, swoops down out of the sky in a golden
chariot and presents her with a baby. “Take him back,” she cries.
“I’m not ready to be a mother!” But it’s too late; the Sun says the
baby is her responsibility now. However, he points out the child’s
golden earrings and the golden shield upon his chest and tells Kunti
that as long he wears them, the child will be protected. Kunti
tearfully puts the baby in a basket and sets him afloat on the river,
where Adhiratha and Radha, a poor and childless couple, find him and
take him in.Karna: The Greatest Archer in the World introduces the
reader to the heroic but humanly flawed character of Karna, who
grapples with issues of right and wrong, truth and lies, loyalty and
abandonment. It tells how Radha helps her adoptive son, Karna, solve
the mystery of his birth; how she and her husband give Karna the
courage to follow his heart in the study of archery; how Karna faces
his birth mother in the final days of his brief but brilliant life;
and how his loyalty to a friend and his unparalleled generosity and
sense of honor ultimately cause him to give his own life so that good
may triumph over evil.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 294.592304521 -- Religions of Indic origin

Book Details:

Physical Description: 8.6"x11.0"x0.4"; 0.7 lb; 32 pages
Edition Info: Hardcover; 2007-10-09

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