Greek Myths

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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. With her signature comic-strip style, Marcia WIlliams takes us behind the scenes at some of ancient Rome's most famous moments.

I have particularly enjoyed reading the greek myths to my son as they have introduced me to several stories that I was unfamiliar with. Theseus wanted to kill the hairy Minotaur because a lot of weak tributes from Athens got sent each year and it wasn’t fair. Williams depicts the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, and six other classics from Ancient Greece. 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). The artist also found pleasure in creating CHARLES DICKENS AND FRIENDS, which presents five retellings of classic Dickens tales.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. The comic strip style appeals to us because it has lots of detailed pictures as well as short pieces of writing to tell the story. This book would be good to read to a class and also use children to act the story out as a role play and also to read along acting as the characters so they could read the speech bubbles. and TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE Marcia Williams introduces young readers to the world of William Shakespeare's plays.

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. While the stories are brief, they tend to stick to the major details of the original myths, the basic plot lines are there and the important themes are kept in play. This is a great resource in the classroom for children to start to understand a topic they may be covering.I recommend the Theseus and the Minotaur myth because it is very good and the illustrations are fantastic! In addition to reading other versions of these stories, it would also be possible to use this book as a starting point for exploring other graphic books. I loved that it included the story of Arion the Dolphin Man in edition to some of the more normal Greek Myths.