When I was a child, my mother would take me to the library while she did her shopping in town. I discovered and loved this book. It sparked my imagination. When I grew up, I discovered this edition again. It still makes me smile. Any child would benefit from this book. ( )

This is a fabulous picture book with short stories about the Greek gods and goddesses. The short stories about the gods and goddesses make it easier to read and imagine what they were like. The details in the illustrations are magnificant they almost tell the story without the words. I have read these myths before, but without pictures and they are not as inviting as this. I believe this book would be a great asset to all classrooms. ( )

Would be a great book to use when introducing Greek mythology. The stories are wonderfully entertaining, and the pictures are beautiful.

This book is really helping me round out my knowledge of Greek myths. I never get tired of reading about Theseus & the Minotaur, or Perseus & Medusa, or the stories of Artemis or Dionysus. But there were so many stories that I was unfamiliar with too! I read about Bellerophon, who tamed Pegasus with the help of Athena, and fought the Chimera, a fire-breathing beast. The book carries such wonderful details, like this: 'The Chimera hissed like a serpent, bleated like a goat, and as she opened wide her lion's jaws to roar, he thrust the lump of lead down her throat. Her flaming breath melted the lead and it trickled into her stomach and killed her.' I also loved the story of Melampus, Bellerophon's cousin, who was known for his kindness to animals. The story accounts that the animals 'licked his ears so clean that he could understand the language of all animals'. I loved the more sensitive stories, like that of Selene, who is the moon. This book just captures the sentiments so perfectly with its illustrations & descriptions. 'Slowly she drove her milk-white horses across the sky, and her pale moonbeams fell gently on the sleeping earth...'. One of my favorite illustrations is that of Pandora's page. The beautiful colored pencil drawings reveal the things that escaped from the box: drudgery, scheming, old age, distrust, lies, envy, accusation, despair, deceit, scolding, fibs, gossip...etc. I also love the colorful illustration of Aphrodite, being born out of the sea foam over a beautiful sunset.

Pure awesomeness radiates from this book. HAVE TO HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!It has beautiful artwork, the details are amazing, and now that i've read this book, I'm crazy about greek mythology.