Illustrated Stories from the Greek Myths

Very nice book. It's good for a young age group because it is very illustration heavy. Every page has a picture, and they often take up the entire page. The art style is fairly modern, which is nice because I feel like the smoother, not so-complex as normal fantasy/historical art style is easier for kids. My son is still a baby, too young for the book really. But I was getting very sick of reading "Brown Bear What Do You See," even if it is a great baby book for introducing adjectives/colors. He still likes the pictures and will get wide eyed over them. For now, it's a bit more to stop me from being bored; we do a chapter when I really don't want to do the same 10 page book for the 20th time, and my son doesn't seem to mind. It's fairly compete. It has the Iliad story (mostly focusing on the Trojan Horse that isn't actually in the Iliad, no Achilles), the Odyssey, Theseus and the Minotaur, Perseus and Medusa, Bellerophon and Pegasus, the Twelve Labors of Hercules, and some shorter ones (no Orpheus, Persephone, very short Jason bit though). Keeps true to the main stories but avoids a lot of the violence/sexual violence of the originals, which is nice. Great pick for a young child, really as young as they can follow a narrative, it is low on text and high on pictures. I will definitely check out the same brand's King Arthur and Norse Myth books, probably the science/history encyclopedias too, although those seem aimed at kids a bit older. John Stewart Mill may have read the Iliad in Greek by age 5, but my little guy already cleared the entire story in 5 mornings with this little book (lol). For people with kids a bit older, who could master the text here, there are also graphic novels that cover the myths at a bit of a higher level.

Really enjoying this book with my 3 and 6 year olds, 6 year old really likes it and wants me to read more. I got it after I read Circe and was interested in learning more about Greek mythology and sharing the stories with my kids. I recommend it.

great

Reread parts after the odyssey movie - matched as well as it could . Best part it’s written in a way not to be scary to children

I bought all of nieces Greek Mythology books. This was a wonderful book and they loved the stories

My kid enjoyed reading this book multiple times. Value for money. Lot of good pictures and nicely written story.

High quality and colorful manuscript. Will appeal especially to young teenagers.

She makes me read this book every night for the last 30 days since we bought it. I skip only one story which i think might be scary for her to read at night based on pictures, otherwise it is very interesting and nice illustrations

This book (like others in the series) is very well put together, in terms of the content choice, editing for children, and illustrations. It's great fun reading stories that are so well-known and meaningful, rather than the usual mass-produced garbage. My kids have brought this book to me, requesting that we read "the next one" or finish he longer story that we started yesterday. The ribbon to mark your place is a nice touch. With very young children, I do find myself having to gloss over some of the violence and death (there is not a great deal) using different words to soften the story in places, but as the kids grow I think we will return to these stories and have a more honest go at them. Frankly, I prefer the honesty to the original story over an otherwise sugar-coated account.

Lovely book written in simple language with well spaced illustrations. Just the thing for reading to a young child, and perhaps as the child grows older and is able to read themselves, a source book. These are legends on which our culture is based and every child should be familiar with them.

my 5 year old son has really enjoyed this as bed time stories. lots of adventures. great illustrations. good length chapters to be convenient.

This book is very informative. Highly recommended. The illustrations are good. The pages are fine.

Fantastic book with five stories. Suitable for 5+. My child reads this book every day.