Orchard Greek Myths

If you've not read Greek myths before or have always found them a bit hard work, this is a great starting point. I came across this book in our school library and used it with my class of thirty 10 year olds. They and my support staff loved these versions of the traditional myths. Very accessible for all ages and beautifullly illustrated. I loved it so much I bought a copy for myself to keep.

A brilliant book with fantastic versions of popular Greek myths. Used to teach my year 4 literacy. A lot of people have said they use Roman God names. Like Pluto. Pluto (Greek: Πλούτων, Ploutōn) was the ruler of the underworld in classical mythology. The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto represents a more positive concept of the god who presides over the afterlife. Feel real sorry for the author because people clearly have no idea what they're talking about. Anyway. Great book!

We have given this to lots of children now and our own daughters (5 and 7) have loved listening to these for the last 2 years. I am a classics teacher and find these stories are accurate translations thay include lots of details from the original texts yet are also engaging enough for chulsren to enjoy and have enough illustrations to balance out the text. It is a beautiful, engaging and well thought out vook

A great book with some new stories that I have not taught. The illustrations are child friendly and the vocabulary engages the audience. It was worth the money and provides a useful resource for future teaching.

Nice, child friendly versions of some of the greek myths with illustrations.

This really is a beautifully illustrated book of Greek Myths. The stories are of a suitable length for solo reading for competent readers (my year 3 daughter managed well with them), or for reading to your child as a bedtime story. There's a good selection of stories and they are well told. My children's primary school actually used this book within their curriculum to teach the children about Greek Myths, hence supporting that it is a good choice amongst the many books available on the subject.

Fantastic book, well written and my daughter loves the myths and it keeps her interested even though she is only 6 years old. The illustrations could be better but that is a matter of personal preference.

The book is not bad, it explains stories to kids leaving out sexual context and excessive violence , however some stories are backwards and Greek names are used in the same stories as roman. I don't understand why the writer didn't stick to Greek names, after all it is Greek mythology, not Roman! Some stories are a bit backwards in events... but maybe im just too particular and kids don't really know any better.

I love the book, had it years ago, perfect for working with older language-impaired children, they love the stories. Only problem is I don't know if I can use it much as it reeks of naphthalene (moth balls), and no amount of leaving it in the sun and fresh air seems to have made the smell disappear.

I was thinking about short stories for my students and this nice book was the key for some of my lessons. Thank you very much

great book for children to start learning the classic stories of ancient Greece.