Tales From the Odyssey, Volume 2: Sirens and Sea Monsters / The Gray-Eyed Goddess

Tales from the Odyssey #3-4

by Mary Pope Osborne, James Simmons (Read by), Troy Howell (Illustrator)

Volume Two Includes:

Book Three: Sirens and Sea MonstersOdysseus and his men have done what no other mortals have done: returned alive from the terrifying Land of the Dead. Armed with warnings and advice from the ghost of the prophet Tiresias, Odysseus is determined to finally sail home to Ithaca. But the enchantress Circe tells him the Greeks will face even more horrors on their journey, including an encounter with Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool. Who will survive these terrors -- and how?



Book Four: The Gray-Eyed GoddessOdysseus is trapped on the island of the sea goddess, Calypso. The beautiful goddess wants him to forget his wife and son and marry her, but he is determined to return home. Back in Ithaca, Odysseus' wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, desperately fend off suitors who want to marry Penelope in order to take control of Odysseus' island. It is only with the help of the gray-eyed goddess Athena that they can hope to ever become a family again.

Genres: Audiobook

Audio Cassette

Published August 12, 2003

About the author

Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will Osborne.

Reviews

[Antonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

It'd the story of The Odyssey, by Homer, told for kids. Considering my kids have made it through Vol 2 and are starting Vol 3 and even the 7 year old is referencing the story now, I think it's well done.

[Karina · Rating 4 out of 5]

really great for kids to be exposed to this influential classic!

[Whitney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to this so many times as a kid that I could probably recite it word for word. I love this series and I love how accessible it is for Epic Poetry beginners and children.

[4 stars, audiobook from Audible]
[#26 of 2025 Rereads]

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

An adaptation of The Odyssey that is geared toward children. It is scrubbed in all of the right places but doesn’t shy away from everything. Particularly compelling is Odysseus’ first person perspective. It helps younger readers connect with this larger-than-life figure.