Description
Book SynopsisThis book takes a light-hearted look at the characters and creatures from the the Greek mythological stories. From daring heroes to scheming gods and goddesses and terrible monsters such as cyclops, there are exciting adventures, betrayals and incredible stories to read. The book is structured as a ''Who''s Who'' of the culture''s myths and legends and has a gossipy, informal tone, allowing the characters'' personalities to come through.
The chapters begin with a spread featuring factfiles of two characters. Each of these has an ''In His Own Words'' section, where the character himself (or herself) gives fast facts such as parents, powers, crowning achievements, and ''Not to be confused with...''. This is followed by a myth re-relling, presented in a magazine-style, featuring the two characters. In total there are six spreads of fact files (12 characters total) and six different re-tellings.
It is part of the Stars of Mythology series, which explores great myths
Trade Review
The presentation of this book is bound to capture children's interest - it's been very well thought out ... From daring heroes to scheming gods and goddesses and terrible monsters such as cyclops, there are exciting adventures, betrayals and incredible stories to read. * Parents In Touch *
Each character in each pairing is introduced with a brief fact file and profile picture plus short statements about such aspects of themselvesas their hobbies, achievements and likes or dislikes, all expressed in the hip language of today's youth culture. This book could provide ideas for some fascinatingly creative school projects. * The School Librarian *
Table of Contents
- 1: Greek mythology
- 1: Zeus and Europa
- 1: Swept away
- 1: Perseus and Medusa
- 1: Diary of a hero
- 1: Theseus and Ariadne
- 1: Royally dumped
- 1: Hades and Persephone
- 1: Phew, what a famine!
- 1: Athena and Arachne
- 1: War of the weavers
- 1: Daedalus and Icarus
- 1: Air crash horror
- 1: Glossary
- 1: Further reading
- 1: Index
