Cute little children's book on mythology. Nice material and great pictures! This is definitely a great book to read with young children- mine sure enjoyed it!

A great introduction to the pantheon of Greek mythology. Children will love this collection of stories and beautiful styled art.

I love the Greek Gods myths. I can remember being 10 years old and begging my mama to let me check the myths out from the library and her saying I was too young to read such things. So I waited. I waited until the next time I was there by myself and I checked them out then. And then I fell into the world of the Gods where I haven’t wanted to leave ever since. Side note: I actually thought about getting a Classic degree in college but decided against it cause I wasn’t sure I wanted to teach and there isn’t a lot else to do with it other than that. Yeah that’s how much I love these myths.

I’ve read A LOT of different myth stories in my years. Some were dry, some were colorful in language and some were just plain fluff. This book was colorful in pictures and I really enjoyed it! The illustrations were whimsical yet had ties to original Greek art. The stories were lukewarm in content meaning that while Zeus was a horndog as always, he wasn’t the rapist bastard that he always is. I did have one complaint but it’s kinda minor. Hades only made a brief appearance and of course it was because of Persephone and Demeter, the poster children of codependent personalities. I don’t know if it’s cause I love this myth or cause I am salty that they left Hades out of the lineup but I didn’t really like Demeter’s section of the book. I will swear until the cows come home that that girl loves the 6 months she spends away from her mama in the underworld. It’s probably the only peace she gets from her harpy of a mother. Plus he’s dark and broody and I love those men.

So. Yeah. This was a cute book. I’m thinking of adding it to my Amazon wishlist that I’ve created for my nieces. These are books that I’ve read and loved and so I want to introduce them to my loves once they are older.

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I have read a lot of versions of these myths, and I'm so sad to say I was disappointed in these adaptions.

The illustrations were outstanding, but the writing itself was slow and jerky. I can't say how much of that was in the translation, and I'd be curious to read the French to see if it has a better flow, but I feel that myths, in particular, demand a certain rhythm which was lacking here. The stories all just felt incomplete and rushed.