Even reluctant readers (let alone closet classicists) will be drawn to pore over these entrancing pages. There is a scene where Perseus meets the nymphs and they give him a helmet to make him invisible, but Perseus doesn't put in on right and they can see his foot. This book would be good to read to a class and also use children to act the story out as a role play and also to read along acting as the characters so they could read the speech bubbles.

Wonderful art and a great way to introduce children to the myths, exciting reading for older reluctant readers and a fun way for adult classicists to see the tales told in a new light.There is more room for details in the background and the emphasis is placed on characters, feelings and events because of this. But i did love the fact that she cut down the stories into little pieces to help younger kids comprehend them. Or Zeus takes revenge on Prometheus, and extinguishes every spark of fire on earth, causing the hungry populace to eat nothing but salad.

Then again, I was a weird child, who was fascinated with disasters and chaos, like Chernobyl, the Titanic, World War II, and tornadoes.Even with a large storybook, the pictures are small and could be better enjoyed at a close proximity. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.

The book includes 8 common Greek myths (though one was new to me, or at least far back in my memory banks) and sets them up in comic strip fashion rather than more common comic book/graphic novel format.

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.