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Greek Myths for Young Children
-- In Stories From Around the World, there are traditional stories from all around the world about brave heroes and heroines, wonderful magic, strange and faithful creatures, and of how things first began-- The Greek Myths are wonderful stories full of brave heroes, frightful monsters, powerful gods and goddesses, battles and great adventures
Hardcover, 128 pages
Published
January 1st 2000
by Usborne Books
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Mini Greek Myths for the Young is a beautifully illustrated compilation of the Greek mythological stories that have been enjoyed by adults and children for thousands of years. The book is constructed of sixteen chapters, each featuring an action packed myth such as Pandora's Box, King Midas or Jason and the Golden Fleece. The narrative is very accessible to children, though some of the names would prove tricky to pronounce for adults and children alike. Thankfully Heather Amery includes a page g...more
Greek Myths
In ancient times, Greeks made up wonderful and exciting stories
about gods and goddesses, monsters, and brave heros. The Greeks
believed that the gods lived everywhere such as in forests, in the
sea, underground, and in great palaces among the towering peaks of
mount Olypus. Occasionally, the greeks saw the gods
and goddesses, but other times they were invisible.I f a god or
goddesses liked a person, he or she would be kind and helpful but if a
god didn't like a person, he or she could be m...more
In ancient times, Greeks made up wonderful and exciting stories
about gods and goddesses, monsters, and brave heros. The Greeks
believed that the gods lived everywhere such as in forests, in the
sea, underground, and in great palaces among the towering peaks of
mount Olypus. Occasionally, the greeks saw the gods
and goddesses, but other times they were invisible.I f a god or
goddesses liked a person, he or she would be kind and helpful but if a
god didn't like a person, he or she could be m...more
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4 stars
One of very many children’s books on Greek mythology, I picked this one up mainly because it’s Usborne (I grew up on Usborne books and I have a certain amount of loyalty to them despite the fact that they keep putting out gendered shit like this) and because the pictures inside are pretty dang gorgeous. With so many of these sort of books about though it’s always worth flipping through a few in the bookshop, maybe reading a couple of the stories, and getting the one that works for you. Th...more
From my 9 year old son: "I thought it was pretty interesting and it gave me some ideas for maybe writing a story. I liked that it makes you think differently about things, and I wish there were more stories. If there was a family tree of the Gods, that would make it better." I liked that it is a nice little size (5.5" x 7", 324 g), is colorful and had a "How to Pronounce Greek Names" guide in the back.
I picked up this book hoping to be woo'd and drawn into the world of Greek mythology and this book of short myths seemed a good place to start. The storys for me far to brief and summed up in it seemed as little words as possible, this for me made what could be an great myth, quite the contray and made it almost seem boring. Maybe its merley the fact that greek myths is not my thing, i guess that remains to be seen.
The chracters that appealed to me the most where Zeus the almighty powerful god,...more
The chracters that appealed to me the most where Zeus the almighty powerful god,...more
My 5 yr. old daughter enjoyed these stories. They are a good introduction to the greek myths that make up part of our language and culture. I like how the stories are in order so we can recognise characters from story to story. The pictures are fantastic too.
The language is this book is fine, simple and understandable. But it's REALLY lacking in the illustrations department. We like D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths better--but if one of you out there has a better recommendation I'd love to hear it.
I am so pleased with this book. My children who are ages 8, 5 and 3 all beg for me to read "one more story." They are learning the classical Greek myths from such an easily understandable, yet very enjoyable book.
Because we are reading Percy Jackson, I've been getting mythology books for my daughter to read that will introduce her to the stories. This was a great overview with abbreviated stories and good illustrations.
I would give this a 4 1/2 stars. I think this was very well done and gave kids a really good base for understanding greek mythology.
I enjoyed this version of Greek myths, Gods, monsters and brave heroes. A very good book for young children.
Great overview and introduction to myths for children.
My boys loved listening to me read this. I've just finished "The Iliad" and I'm almost done with "The Odyssey" so these stories are fresh in my mind. I found that while these stories were very simplistic compared to the real version they were a fabulous introduction to the Greek Myths. I'm very glad I read this to my children.
Each myth is also very short and so it can keep the younger ones attention.
Each myth is also very short and so it can keep the younger ones attention.
The pictures are beautiful and there are many stories and memorable characters. My son's favorite is the myth about Midas. I recommend that a parent read through first before deciding if it is appropriate for their young ones.
my daughter loves to hear the stories from this book!
Joel, who is 29, likes me to read him a Greek myth before bed. The myths do gloss over some of the sex and out of wed lock births, but so what. I'd read it to my kids.
Mar 05, 2009
Haley
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
everyone
Recommended to Haley by:
I HAD THE IDEA TO READ THIS BOOK MYSELF
I LOVE this book! This is the best greek myth book I've ever read. Heather Amery (the author) really knows how to make greek myths in a good format for kids.
Jun 03, 2010
Kelley
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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The boys really enjoyed this book--I wasn't that into it. Some parts were interesting even for me though.
The text gets a four, and the illustrations put this one over the top!
a collection of stories with pictures to illustrate
May 15, 2013
Dumbledip
marked it as to-read
May 12, 2013
Shiiter
marked it as to-read
May 06, 2013
Amy
marked it as to-read
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