Li Ming

This story is a familiar Greek Tale that retells the story of the classic Greek Myth of Bellerophon and Pegasus. The language stuck with the oral tradition, by using similar Greek Language. For instance, in the beginning of the book I read a sentence from the character we know as the beggar, - “To fly too high is to fall too far. This I know, for who has fallen farther than I”? This made me think of the many Greek stories I read in high school, the language has its own sway and can show more sometimes be very difficult to understand. In the story, A Beggar stops a boy named Ios and his father to share the story of Bellerophon and the horse Pegasus. The beggar tells the story in such a captivating way that I immediately began using the simple illustrations and began to play a movie in my head. The beggar was an important role in this tale, because it leads the reader to wonder if the beggar himself was actually Bellerophon in the end. I am not sure if I would read this story to my class as a teacher because it is a little hard to follow. Greek Tales are unfortunately my least favorite tales to read, although I loved the ending of this story, and enjoyed how it all came together. show less

My kid and I enjoyed the set-up of this story, but the moral seemed rather muddled. The illustrations are nice, but there's something odd about them that I can't quite pinpoint. Too many shadows, maybe? The scene where Bellerophon is kissing King Iobates' daughter looks weird to me.

Great Athena - just like her statue with big feet. I like how great people are always sons of gods. M: I think that it was sort of a mystery. But at the end you realize you realize the mystery was solved and I found that very interesting.