Adventurous Author Biographies: Volume II

There are many things to learn from man who has access to Professor Higginbottom, the Literary Mouse and Iris his guide in The World of Literature. In addition, owning a time machine with the added feature of being able to enter into fictional worlds makes adventures with Mr. Draeger a peak and sometimes dangerous, educational experience.

On these adventures students will meet Sherlock Holmes, the Minotaur, Poseidon, Jacks, Giants, Fairies, Professor Who, Dr. Stingerroo, Odysseus, the Sirens, Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, Gilgamesh, Enkidu and many others all for a price far less than a ticket to an amusement park.

Travel to the Gas Station of Immortality and the reception area of The Pantheon of the Gods. Make sure to pack a lunch.

Students will learn about and/or meet these authors:

• Beatrix Potter
• Aesop
• George MacDonald
• Rudyard Kipling
• Frederick Douglass
• Homer
• Oscar Wilde
• George Orwell
• William Shakespeare
• Aeschylus
• Cervantes
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Nathaniel Hawthorne

These twenty stories cover authors, fables, folktales, fictional characters and tales without authors like Gilgamesh and Jack and the Beanstalk. Includes author portraits and other images relating to the stories.

This is Literature Disguised as Fun!

“I’m not sure if Mr. Draeger is a good teacher or not, but I do know he would make a terrible consulting detective.”
— Sherlock Holmes

“I don’t know who is in charge of Mr. Draeger’s wardrobe, but if you’re going to publish a book and travel back in time at the very least get the clothes and facial hair right for the time period.”
— Aeschylus