Greek Myths

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Then again, I was a weird child, who was fascinated with disasters and chaos, like Chernobyl, the Titanic, World War II, and tornadoes. The pithy comments made by the characters take away focus from the accuracy and visual appeal of these myths. But i did love the fact that she cut down the stories into little pieces to help younger kids comprehend them. The way this book is designed is perfect for introducing Greek Mythogy at a young age expanding their understanding of culture and classic "old school" literature. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

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. Reason for Reading: All my readers should know by now that mythology is a favourite subject of mine, especially Greek. Consideration of Instructional Application: This book, as I said, would be great for introducing graphic novels to children. Marcia Williams' is the author/illustrator of several picture books, including the retellings "The Amazing Story of Noah's Ark"; "Jonah and the Whale"; "Joseph and His Magnificent Coat of Many Colours"; "Don Quixote" and "Sinbad the Sailor", as well as her own texts "When I Was Little" and "Not a Worry in the World". 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.When working with children I would read this book to them for entertaining or use it for a subject on mythology. The tale begins on page 24 with King Acrisius packing his wife and child in a chest and setting them adrift on the sea. Even reluctant readers (let alone closet classicists) will be drawn to pore over these entrancing pages.

Every year King Minos would tell King Agues to send 7 boys and 7 girls to Crete to be killed by the Minotaur.The violence is there though only shown with a drip of blood here and there and obviously dead bodies; this may be an issue with some parents. We recommended this book because it’s very creative and we really like the comic bok style because the pictures tell you more information and they are funny! The Greek myths are among the greatest, most exciting stories ever told and feature some of the world’s best loved heroes and heroines.