THE ORCHARD BOOK OF FIRST GREEK MYTHS

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FIRST GREEK MYTHS - the series

Illustrated by Jan Lewis

Ultimate First Book Guide choice 2002 

 The language is fresh and immediate. Great stuff! The Ultimate First Book Guide.

Remarkable retellings of these old stories using glorious, vivid language. National Book Association 

I highly recommend! Amazon Book Reviews

First Greek Myths is available as a gift book in English, Italian, Greek and Korean.

A series of ten books, each one retelling a myth in simplified language and with more illustrations is available in Greek, Brazilian Portuguese, Maltese and Korean. The Korean versions come with dual language cds.

A perfect age appropriate introduction to these classic stories…a useful impetus for creative writing - The School Reading List

Ten classic Greek Myths are retold in an easy and accessible style for young readers. Meet Arion, the poet who was saved from pirates by a kind dolphin. And Midas, the greedy king who made the silliest wish in the world. Read all about Pandora, who opened a wooden chest she should have left shut, and Theseus who killed the man-eating Minotaur. Also included are the stories of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Pegasus the Flying Horse, Medusa the Gorgon, Icarus the boy who flew too close to the sun, the wooden horse of Troy and Arachne, the original spider woman.