This is a nice collection of Greek myths and the illustrations are beautiful. I'd love to have a copy of this in my classroom someday. Plus, it has my name in it. ;)
An odd book - totally beautiful, gorgeous illustrations paired with totally dull and uninspired text and an utterly unconvincing storyline. Disappointing.
One of the things you look forward to when you think about spending the next 18 years with a blank slate of a human is watching him or her respond to the great art of the world. Then you actually pick up a translation of Homer's Odysseus, and you remember why you still haven't made it all the way th...