Her unique style has produced such vivid works and action-packed books as GOD AND HIS CREATIONS: TALES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. When working with children I would read this book to them for entertaining or use it for a subject on mythology.

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. This former nursery school teacher blends her storytelling skills and humorous illustrations with well-known figures and stories from literature.Beautiful book, bought off the back of my son's enjoyment of the King Arthur book by the same author. The stories have been summarised and written in language which is simple and more accessible for children.

I will say there are a lot of graphic deaths (it was written by a British author, after all, and you know how the Brits love black humor), but if your kid is in first grade and up, I think they can handle it.The Greek myths are among the greatest, most exciting stories ever told and feature some of the world's best loved heroes and heroines. This book is a collection of some of the most famous and classic greek myths including "Pandora's Box," "Arion and the Dolphins," "Orpheus and Eurydice," "The Twelve Tasks of Hercules," Daedalus and Icarus," "Perseus and the Gorgon's Head," "Theseus and the Minotaure," and "Arachne Versus Athena. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Watch in awe as the heroes and monsters leap to life: Perseus the Gorgon-slayer, the dreaded Minotaur, mighty Heracles, ill-fated Icarus and the awe-inspiring goddess Athene. On the same page, Perseus is shown looking on younger versions of himself and remarks “Did I really look like that?

Every year King Minos would tell King Agues to send 7 boys and 7 girls to Crete to be killed by the Minotaur. But i did love the fact that she cut down the stories into little pieces to help younger kids comprehend them. I should know; it’s the book that I plucked from my shelf when I was barely a toddler, and there began my love of all things ancient. This would also benefit the children as they could also spend a lesson in making their own storyboard/comic strip of retelling a Greek Myth. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.

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. The others are very popular: Pandora, Orpheus/Eurydice, Heracles 12 Tasks, Daedalus/Icarus, Medusa, the Minotaur and finally the story of Arachne. and TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE Marcia Williams introduces young readers to the world of William Shakespeare's plays. Marcia Williams traveled extensively as a child and was educated in Sussex, England, and Switzerland. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Theseus wanted to kill the hairy Minotaur because a lot of weak tributes from Athens got sent each year and it wasn’t fair. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. Reason for Reading: All my readers should know by now that mythology is a favourite subject of mine, especially Greek.Plus I had also read Williams' first Shakespeare book ages ago when it first came out so knew what to expect. Curriculum Connection: I would offer this book to the class after the basics of Greek mythology were addressed. I felt that I had seen all the same things before, I wish she would have done something that was more eye catching. Marcia Williams' is the author/illustrator of several picture books, including the retellings "The Amazing Story of Noah's Ark"; "Jonah and the Whale"; "Joseph and His Magnificent Coat of Many Colours"; "Don Quixote" and "Sinbad the Sailor", as well as her own texts "When I Was Little" and "Not a Worry in the World". I recommend the Theseus and the Minotaur myth because it is very good and the illustrations are fantastic!