About this title: A large format reprint of an introduction to the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece includes all of the D'Aulaires' original, detailed illustrations.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Doubleday Yearling, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780440406945ISBN:0440406943
Description: Fully Illustrated By Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Like New. Truly like new softcover, no marks, glossy, bright, clean, square, tight, endpaper corner clipped, very reliable shipper(shelf#27) read more
Description: Good. Doubleday Press Reprint Hardcover Edition. Some wear/tears/taping to Dust Jacket, text clean with strong binding. Ships Fast! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 1962
ISBN-13:9780385015837ISBN:0385015836
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Lightly used copy, minor shelf wear, small tear on DJ and scuffing. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1962
ISBN-13:9780385157872ISBN:0385157878
Description: COLLECTIBLE-VERY GOOD. Trade Paperback Near Fine/No Jacket 4to. From the collection of noted astrologer and author, Linda Goodman. read more
Edition: 9th printing
Binding: Wraps/whit/blk
Publisher: Doubleday, NY
Date Published: (1962)
ISBN-13:9780385157872ISBN:0385157878
Description: Color illustrations. Paperback. Illustrated stiff cardboard cover. Minor edgewear. VG+ Quarto, 192 pp., Classic children's book, all about Greek mythology. Suitable for adults to read to a child, and for themselves. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell Publishing, New York, NY
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780440406945ISBN:0440406943
Description: D'aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. Very Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 11"-13" Tall. 192 pp, glossy orange-yel-green SC wraps w/color illustrated front panel. A Dell Yearling Special book. The stories of the immortals of Olympus told w/color illustrations & in words. Story of Zeus and his family along with minor gods and the mortal descendants of Zeus. prev owner's name on verso of the front cover. read more
"Everyone, no matter what his or her age, should read this indispensable retelling of the Greek Myths, a foundation stone of the Western tradition.
I feel immensely fortunate that I was exposed to this title by my parents at a very young age.
It does, however, have two drawbacks, one I can forgive and one I almost cannot. First, the myths are a little bit bowdlerized. But since this is a book for children (albeit one which doesn't hesitate to stretch the vocabularies of younger ones), I can excuse that.
The bigger problem is that there is no pronunciation guide. Pronunciation of Greek names, since they in some cases came into English through the digestive tracts of Latin and Old French before landing in England in 1066, and in some cases are more modern borrowings, is wholly unpredictable by, well, any English speaker, let alone children. It is perhaps a shame that the popular culture doesn't make allusions to Hephaestus, Mnemosyne, Terpsichore, Dionysus, and Aeneas as an everyday matter, but the fact is it doesn't, and it's a shame to leave little kids at sea (like Perseus?).
Before I gift this to some young relatives of mine, I intend to prepare a pronunciation guide in LaTeX (or LyX) and tape it into the endpapers."
"This is a lightweight book that goes through the characterisation of Greek gods and their life stories. I lost interest but continued to read this book because much of our language is in reference to and influenced by some of these gods. It's a little dry and the character development leaves much to be desired.
If anyone has any suggestions for a Greek Myth book that would bring the characters to life, please let me know."
"I have such vivid memories of this book. It really lit my imagination and transported me to another world. My best friend Stephanie and I took turns checking this out of the school library for so many weeks straight that the Librarian (my Grandmother) had to put her foot down and insist we give someone else a chance."
"This is a lightweight book that goes through the characterisation of Greek gods and their life stories. I lost interest but continued to read this book because much of our language is in reference to and influenced by some of these gods. It's a little dry and the character development leaves much to be desired.
If anyone has any suggestions for a Greek Myth book that would bring the characters to life, please let me know."
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