Read Amazing Greek Myths Of Wonder And Blunders (2010)

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Author

Michael Townsend

Genre

History & Biography

Rating

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ISBN

0803733089 (ISBN13: 9780803733084)

Language

English

Publisher

Dial

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Amazing Greek Myths Of Wonder And Blunders (2010) - Plot & Excerpts

All done in comic form, this book goes over some of the stories in Greek mythology. Fans of Percy Jackson will be interested in reading about the original Perseus, or finding out about why children of Athena might be afraid of spiders. There are also other stories like King Midas's golden touch and Pandora's box. All of them are done in a silly style (the author/illustrator also does the Kit Feeny series), with a running joke about stupid sheep making an appearance in almost all of the stories. Somehow, my earlier education never seemed to include much about the Greek gods. Later, in college, there seemed to be an expectation that the who's who of Mount Olympus was common knowledge and didn't need to be covered in depth. So...I have been reduced to learning everything I know from my kids' stash of Percy Jackson books and great graphic novels like this one. Though there are many to choose from out there, this one is my favorite.