One-Hundred-and-One Read-Aloud Myths & Legends: Ten-Minute Readings from the World's Best-Loved Literature

by Robin Fitzsimmons, Robin C. Fitzsimmons, Joan C. Veniero

The newest volume in the popular Read-Aloud series, this engaging collection features the most exciting myths and legends to read to children in under ten minutes - a great way to introduce the wonderful world of literature to young ones before they can read. The narratives are faithful adaptations of the oral and written stories passed down through the centuries. Intriguing tales of classic Greek and Roman adventures, full of controlling gods and mystical beasts, are sure to excite and enthrall both readers and listeners. Myths and legends from Native American culture, Scandinavia, the British Isles, Japan, Africa and other areas give children a multicultural view of ancient traditions. This book offers the perfect bed-time - or any other time - activity for parents, grandparents, siblings or babysitters.

Genres: Mythology, Childrens, Short Stories, Nonfiction

336 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1999

Reviews

[Mary Fletcher]

This sparked my 8-year-old's love of Norse mythology. We switched over to Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology audiobook though. Neil Gaiman's book presents the myths in an order that is much easier to follow as a newcomer. We might pop back into this book of 101 myths later to dabble in myths from other cultures.

[Liesl · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took a little more than a year, but I finally finished reading this to my son. We put it aside between types of myths to read other books, with multiple breaks during the lengthy final Other Myths section. Some of the material became repetitive, and my son was bummed out by the deaths of multiple figures throughout, but overall it was fun to read myths from many different cultures, especially ones that I was not already familiar with.

[Tigerlily · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this book extremely dissatisfying. The stories were not well told and many of them were confusing. I would NOT read this to children, the stories are appropriate, (sometimes forced to be so as in many of the Greek myths) but they just aren't good.

[NaTaya Hastings · Rating 3 out of 5]

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