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Title: A Gift from Zeus: Sixteen Favorite Myths by Jeanne Steig, William Steig ISBN: 0-06-028406-4 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: June, 2001 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.89 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very cool!
Comment: I loved this book! The stories are told with a wry humor and a singsong prose that begs to be read aloud- but like the originals these myths are full of homicide, suicide, rape, incest, and other things most of us would be hesitant to include in a bedtime story. Those things are not dwelt on, but they are not expurgated, either. Unless the kids you read to are unusually mature and literate, this book is not for them. It is for you adults to enjoy, and it's plenty enjoyable!
Rating: 1
Summary: Written by your stogie smokin' leering Uncle ...
Comment: I applaud the idea of bringing myths to young people. I deplore this choice.
There are dozens of myths that would be more understandable and certainly more interesting than Electra lusting over her father. The Steigs probably feel they put one over on us; they told some mildly dirty stories and got attention from people who feel children need to be introduced to the classics. As another reviewer observed, the obvious omission of Hercules gives a clue as to their priorties.
Bleah.
If you want your kids to learn the myths, go get D'Aulaires.
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't date an Olympian...
Comment: unless you want to be dead or inanimate. This book is delightfully wry in its retellings, and William Steig's illustrations strike the perfect (irreverent) note. It's not really a kids' book, mostly because few kids will appreciate the dry humor, but I think there are plenty of 10 and ups who will understand what is going on (and if they don't, no big deal). True, I won't be able to get away with reading it to my (K-6)school library classes, but there are plenty of kids in the 10 plus age range for whom it's appropriate. If they can read it and they want to read it, let them! Of greater importance: don't miss it yourself!
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Title: D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire ISBN: 0385015836 Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 19 September, 1962 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: A Handful of Beans : Six Fairy Tales Retold by Jeanne Steig with Illustrations by Wiliam Steig by Jeanne Steig, William Steig ISBN: 0062051628 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: Greek Gods and Heroes by Robert Graves ISBN: 0440932211 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 October, 1965 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Lord of the Flies by William Gerald Golding ISBN: 0399501487 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: July, 1959 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Blacklist: A V.I. Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0399150854 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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