Alone in a meadow one day, Proserpina is happily gathering flowers for her mother when she spies a blossom more beautiful than any she has ever seen. Moments later, she is gone–kidnapped by Pluto, lord of the Underworld, who wants to make her his bride. Sorrowing, Cres wanders her domain, searching for her lost child. At last, in a burst of wrath, she vows to turn the earth into a wasteland unless Proserpina is returned to her.
- ISBN: 9780385292948
- Author: McDermott, Gerald
- Illustrator: McDermott, Gerald
- Published: 1984 , Delacorte Books for Young Readers
- Themes: goddesses, gods, Kidnapping
- Descriptors: Europe, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Italy, Myths and Legends, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)