Twenty-five hundred years ago Greek soldiers faced the Persian army on the plain of Marathon. Pheidippides ran to neighboring Sparta, 140 miles away, to ask for the Spartans' aid. Afterwards he sped back to the battle, where he helped defeat the enemy.
- Age Range: 6 - 9 years
- Grade Level: 1 - 4
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (January 1, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0807508675
- ISBN-13: 978-0807508671
