People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales – to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital change.

I know that this is a book that we will read again and again. I think it is one that you will take something more from each time that you read it. It would be wonderful to use this book alongside more traditional retellins with children in upper KS2 and secondary education to see what they think of these Gender Swapped stories. I think there will be some incredible discussions and I hope that some children, like William, will be inspired to try changing the stories that mean the most to them to see a reflection of their world and to continue breaking down boundaries in stories and the world around them. I think that this was very well thought out and it all worked perfectly and the illustrations were very pretty.... Read Full Review The art, both in the book and on the cover are eye-catching, which adds another dimension to the stories.She is coming!” cried Thesea, and she ran forward to meet the beast. The seven bachelors shrieked, but tried to stand up bravely and face their fate; and the six young women stood together with firm-set teeth and clenched fists, ready to fight to the last.

William, my 12 year old son, and I share a love of mythology and history. We have built over the years a collection of books filled with a wide range of retellings of the stories of Greek mythology.Thank you Faber Books for introducing us to this brilliant book and inviting us to be part of the tour. When I was reading kid’s versions of the Greek myths I was bizarrely naive. Or perhaps just ordinary levels of naive for a child that age. I had to make my own inferences and deductions about sexism and misogyny from my reading material - and I think I did a pretty good job all things considered, but it drove me a bit nuts that nobody ever talked about it. Imagine a world where seductive male sirens lure brave heroines to their death, where Icara and her mother fly too close to the sun, and where beautiful men are forced to wed underworld queens… This is me. Jennie. I am a 44 year old, home educating mummy, passionate about picture books, children's literature and learning through play.