I read bits and pieces of this book as a kid, but never read it all the way through. I think reading it either way works. Reading the book all the way through really helped me understand the different characters in the stories, particularly the minor gods and the heroes because chronologically you c...
This book is a wonderful introduction to Greek mythology! Every well known character in Greek mythology, along with lots of not so well known ones, is identified and described in an easily understandable way. Along with the character explanations, the book includes the amazing myths that the chara...
There is some nice humor in this book about trolls. The D'Aulaires draw somewhat from Norse myth, though there are no stories of Norse gods. It is funny because you can just see Biblo going what, as you read it. by Theoder Kittlesen. The man in the top hat and white beard walking is Ibsen.
I read this to my son. We loved looking at the beautiful illustrations. The stories were nicely written and perfect for reading aloud. Loved the pronunciation guide in the back; I'm notoriously bad at pronouncing things right and this helped me not butcher the names too bad.
Have you been one of those who have been tormented with endless characters of Greek mythologies, all those weird guys with weird names? Or are you the one who keep messing up Orpheus, Oedipus and odyssey? Or always in a dilemma as to who copulated with who and what came out of whom? Which creature k...
Looking at other reviews, it seems like this might be one instance where I missed out by listening to the audio version rather than reading the book. On the other hand . . . Paul Newman, Kathleen Turner, and Sidney Poitier are fabulous readers (Matthew Broderick is decidedly not, but oh well). And t...
I remember reading this in 5th grade during our Greek Mythology unit, and then splitting up in groups and acting out the different myths. I played Aphrodite in the story of her "birth."
Ignorance really is bliss. Sometimes I wish I'd never wandered into the bizarre world of D'Aulaire's biographies. I grew up loving, no worshiping!, D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. And then I finally got around to reading D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls and D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths and they were f...
I really didn't think any collection could measure up to my beloved Greek myths, but I think I may have found a new love in these stories. Strange, brutal, but above all comical - truly laugh out loud hysterical! I tend to think of Vikings as a somber people shaped by constant warfare and harsh envi...
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