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Title: Adventures of the Greek Heroes by Anne M. Wiseman, Mollie McLean, Witold T. Mars ISBN: 0-395-13714-4 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 July, 1972 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: my review
Comment: This was the first book I read as a 6-year-old after the basic learn-to-read primers. It sparked a love for Greek myths and other classics that has lasted to this day. There are some changes in the text, but it puts the plot in terms a child can understand without embarrassing a parent. Came back to buy the book for my own daughter.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect For Beginning Third Graders
Comment: A resource/reading teacher at the third grade level for almost three decades, I have used Adventures of the Greek Heroes to great effect at the beginning of the year. The book is on a beginning third grade level. The controlled vocabulary will annoy older readers, but suits young readers. A great introduction to the Greek myths, and surprisinly detailed in its accounts of the six or so heroes on which it is mainly focused: Prometheus, Hercules, Perseus, Theseus, Orpheus, Jason. It's about 170 pages and well-illustrated.
Adventures of the Greek Heroes is by no means comprehensive. For that you need D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths, which is on about a fifth grade level. A wonderful book that is indeed encyclopedic. It begins with the origins of the gods and proceeds roughly chronologically to the Trojan war.
Wiseman and McClean's Adventures of the Greek Heroes, nonetheless, is a very valuable introduction for younger readers, eight and nine year olds, particularly for boys, who, as we all know, are less inclined to read. This book motivates third grade boys like few others.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, but has the stories wrong.
Comment: I read this book when I was in middle school and really wanted to read a book about Greek mythology because that was my main interest back then. I read this book and enjoyed it, despite its childish narration(a bit more fit for six year olds). However, I was disappointed when I did further research and discovered that many of the myths were wrong in this book. For one thing, in this book, when man disregarded the gods, the gods took fire from mankind and Prometheus took the fire from the gods to return to men, but as punishment he was chained to a rock. Well, anyone who knows mythology well enough knows that Prometheus actually stole fire to introduce to mankind and was honored, but later punished because he made it so that the gods got the worst of the sacrifice. In addition, the book doesn't say that Hercules performed his labors for the king because of Hera's jealousy. Instead, it makes it seem like the gods sentanced Hercules to work for the king for no reason at all. I was also ticked off by the puny, unecessary dialogue and the fact that the Latin equivalents of the Greek gods were used instead of the real Greek names(such as Minerva instead of Athena). Now, for some postivie info, it does at least have some good illustrations and most of the stories actually were right. I must admit it did a fairly good job at telling the stories of Perseus, Orpheus, and Theseus. I would for sure not recommend this book if you're looking for an introduction to Greek mythology. Instead, I recommend checking out Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia(with plenty of articles on Greek myths) and "D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths". If you'd like to read this book, better to go for the library than to buy it.
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Title: Coming to God's Word - Catholic Edition by Thomas H. Groome, Sadlier Team ISBN: 0821543067 Publisher: William H Sadlier Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.28 |
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Title: Language Network Grade 7 by N, A ISBN: 0395967376 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $60.84 |
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Title: The Catholic Youth Bible: New Revised Standard Version: Catholic Edition by Brian Singer-Towns, Michael O'Neill McGrath ISBN: 0884894894 Publisher: St Marys Pr Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Book: Grade 7: Teaching, More Practice, Application by McDougal Littell ISBN: 0618153764 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.56 |
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Title: Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes, Bronze by N, A ISBN: 0130548030 Publisher: Prentice Hall School Group Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $82.35 |
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