D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths

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Summary: An Excellent Gift for Any Young Reader
Review: When I was around eleven years old, I checked this book out of the library so many times the other patrons never had a chance! From that time forward, the stories I read in this book have been at the core of my psyche.

Once, decades later, I was at the library with my niece. She said there was a special book she had seen on an earlier visit and wanted to check out. She disappeared into the stacks and emerged with this book...

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Summary: I love this book.
Review: My parents bought me this book when I was a young child. I read the stories repeatedly and remember drawing many pictures incorporating the gods and heroes from the book. I told the myths to my cousins, and every time I would see them thereafter they begged me to tell them more stories. Now as a 27 year old academic who reads rather dry research-based literature on mythology that would bore most people to tears, I still love this book and it remains on my bookshelf, worn and with its cover falling off. I would recommend this book to anyone, regardless of age.

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Summary: This is the Basics.
Review: These stories hold my 6-year-old spellbound, as well as the rest of the family! Consider getting the audio version, though, read by Paul Neuman, Kathleen Turner, Matthew Broderick and Sidney Poitier. Talk about great listening! Their readings are fantastic. And you don't have to worry about properly pronouncing all those Greek names!