A condensed collection of Greek Myths, written in short form and easy to understand for the smaller readers.

Informational chapter book that provides an overview of greek mythology, including famous stories. Has many non-fiction text features (contents, glossary, index, photographs, illustrations, labels, captions, word pronunciation clues).

Interesting subject matter that is well-executed. Would be good for students who may be reading at a lower level but have knowledge of non-fiction text features. ( )

This myth explains how humans were first created. Zeus ordered Prometheus to mold people out of clay for Zeus to breathe life into. Prometheus became fond of the people he created and asked Zeus if they could have fire. When Zeus said no because he feared they would become as powerful as gods, Prometheus stole fire from the rising sun anyway.
Zeus did find out and punished Prometheus by chaining him to a rock where an eagle would rip out his liver every day; since Prometheus was immortal his liver would grow back. Zeus also wanted to punish the people Prometheus had loved enough to disobey and had his son Hephaestus create a girl to be named Pandora, who received beauty from Aphrodite, music from Apollo, deceit from Hermes, and a jar she was never to open. She was sent to Epimetheus as a present and even though his brother warned him he married Pandora anyway. Pandora’s curiosity got the better of her in the end and she opened the jar unleashing sickness, sin, and death into the world. Only hope remained in the jar.

Review: This informational text is a great beginning chapter book for young children. I has real facts about mythology and is very interesting to learn about.

Summary: This book is about greek mythology. It tells the stories in a few pages each the stories of Pandora's jar, Labors of Heracles, The Fall of Icarus and many other greek myths. These stories are a basic intro and summaries of greek mythology.

Argument: I really enjoyed reading this story. I am really interested in greek mythology and I think most children are too. There are many stories piled into this chapter book. There are scary, funny and classic stories. There were illustrations of every greek god and goddess with captions.
I think this story is to teach children about mythology and the history behind it. ( )