Greek Myths

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The stories include ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’, ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’, ‘Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head’. The book includes 8 common Greek myths (though one was new to me, or at least far back in my memory banks) and sets them up in comic strip fashion rather than more common comic book/graphic novel format. Marcia Williams is known for her adaptation of classic stories into a graphic novel style books for younger readers. It was enjoyable for me to get a refresher on some of the myths I've heard about before as well as learn new myths.

This book would appeal to young readers because the myths are retold using simple words for children to understand and the illustrations are very engaging and entertaining. Marcia William's introduction to Greek mythology is wonderfully illustrated and bursting with color, its stories of gods and heroes are fun, like The 12 Tasks of Hercules, and some are genuinely sad, like the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Her books are something I can see children getting excited about at story time as they have pictures to follow which are sometimes amusing, I think would be a great way of getting children to understand sometimes complicated stories, and have fun. There were some new myths like "Arion and the Dolphins" and "Orpheus and Eurydice" that I never heard of before reading this book. If I could make these stories more accessible, I realized, kids wouldn't have to wait until they were grown-up to appreciate them. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

I suppose it is a case-by-case scenario, but I know I have a little cousin who would have nightmares if she read about a giant bird eating somebody's liver everyday. Another classic she has made much more accessible to children--and more appreciated by them--is THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This is a great resource in the classroom for children to start to understand a topic they may be covering. When working with children I would read this book to them for entertaining or use it for a subject on mythology.

Panels and spreads brimming with color, decorative detail, and nonstop action make each tale a pleasure to look at, and speech bubbles add modern humor.

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