Greek Myths

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Marcia Williams began to develop her distinctive comic-book style at an early age: "When I was about ten and wrote home to my family from boarding school," she says, "I never wrote normal letters. The illustrations and dialogue within the illustrations was funny and definitely made it more interesting to me. I suppose it is a case-by-case scenario, but I know I have a little cousin who would have nightmares if she read about a giant bird eating somebody's liver everyday. On the same page, Perseus is shown looking on younger versions of himself and remarks “Did I really look like that? The comic strip style appeals to us because it has lots of detailed pictures as well as short pieces of writing to tell the story.

Her unique style has produced such vivid works and action-packed books as GOD AND HIS CREATIONS: TALES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. Seeing as how she has written many books in her days, I would expect her to have a little creativity. The violence is there though only shown with a drip of blood here and there and obviously dead bodies; this may be an issue with some parents.The tale begins on page 24 with King Acrisius packing his wife and child in a chest and setting them adrift on the sea. Every year King Minos would tell King Agues to send 7 boys and 7 girls to Crete to be killed by the Minotaur.

The only thing adults should keep in mind when introducing this book to children is there is violence in some of the myths. I felt that I had seen all the same things before, I wish she would have done something that was more eye catching. This former nursery school teacher blends her storytelling skills and humorous illustrations with well-known figures and stories from literature. Watch in awe as the heroes and monsters leap to life: Perseus the Gorgon-slayer, the dreaded Minotaur, mighty Heracles, ill-fated Icarus and the awe-inspiring goddess Athene.But i did love the fact that she cut down the stories into little pieces to help younger kids comprehend them. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from.

The Greek myths are among the greatest, most exciting stories ever told and feature some of the world's best loved heroes and heroines. This dramatic, lovingly-illustrated comic-strip version of the Greek myths fuses incredible tales of heroism and tragedy with humorous, detailed artwork that will always stick in your mind.This makes it hard to go off of the reviews since the other review gushed about the comic-book style of these myths. The book is laid out like comic book with artistic illustrations in comic strip form with nine small boxes on a page. This will really help children work on their reading skills and better understand what they are reading.