Lugabanda is a young prince who follows his brothers into battle, but gets left behind in the mountains after becoming ill. With the help of the sun goddess and a mythical bird, he finds the army and then delivers a message for the king, helping them to overtake the city. Upon returning home, Lugabanda grows up and later becomes king himself.

It is a historical book also it is a early chapter book for kids.Historical fiction indicates a tale that happened earlier, as in pioneer America or medieval England
The story mainly tells us there once was a boy named Lugalbanda who lived with his seven brothers in the great city of Uruk. Uruk was ruled by King Enmerkar who had built it in honor of the goddess of love and war, Inana. One day, Enmerkar noticed that the faraway city of Aratta had far more impressive treasures and works of art than Uruk. Without further ado then, Enmerkar declared war on Aratta and set off to plunder its booty with his men. Amongst his men came the seven brothers and Lugalbanda. While en route to war, however, Lugalbanda became deathly ill and his brothers were forced to leave him with plenty of good food and drink in a warm cave, praying for his survival.
To teachers, it is a good book to teach student how to be strong and also it has a lot of methods to let students getting understanding of this book, for instance, role play, read aloud, etc.
To children, it is a good book which they can learn some history and also myths, they can learn the characteristic of the character. ( )

Lugalbanda is a folktale about the youngest prince in a kingdom going with his older brothers and father to war with a neighboring rival kingdom. He gets sick and they must leave him in the mountains in a cave. Through the grace of his Gods he regains his strength and uses his head to get a gift from a great bird guardian, his gift is to be able to run as far as he would like without getting tired. Because of this he is able to make it to the camp site of his kingdom and take a message back home to the Goddess of his home and all the way back to the camp over night. ( )

Genre: Folklore/ Myth

Media: Watercolor, ink, and collage

Summary: This is a folklore the story was linked back from Iraq and is supposedly older than the Bible or Koran. This book talks about an boy with big goals. This coming-of-age story tells how a boy grows up to be a hero for his people.

Lugalbanda
Bryan O'Keeffe

I did not have any idea of this book before I read it. However after reading this book I did enjoy reading it. I read a little bit about the book after I read it and was extremely surprised at how old this story was. I really loved how the illustrations looked like they were from that time period thousands of years ago. I really enjoyed that the ancient epic was turned into a children's story. I thought that the way to illustrations were done was completely appropriate for how it should have been done. The story felt more authentic because of that. I felt that Lugalbanda could have been an actual boy during this time period. He could have also possibly helped out in the war as well. It was really nice being able to be exposed to middle eastern culture from this book. I think that kids are able to learn from this book and learn from the message; never back down in the face of adversity. ( )