Legendary Heroes: Epic Characters from Across the Ages

by D.K. Publishing

192 pages, Hardcover

Published July 10, 2025

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Kaitlyn Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whoever is the editor of the audiobook--you need to take another pass! I was keeping track of audio mistakes (repeated words and phrases, at first I thought I was just crazy but then after like 3 or so I realized it was the book and not me!) but stopped because there were....a lot. But the worst mistake I kept track of was when the narrator messed up a name pronunciation, took a beat, then started over, saying it correctly the second try. It was at 43%. I've never heard an audiobook with so many mistakes! Maybe it was just the Libby App version, but it was very distracting. That being said, the book itself was really fun, and I didn't let the wonky audio affect my star rating. I loved it because it gave just enough info to pique my interest in tons of different heroes. I'm working on a writing project where I need some lesser-known but cool heroes from all history and time periods. I got a lot of ideas and inspiration. It was a very thorough and fun read.

[Daniel Pittore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very similar to the mermaids book we just read. Really fun! Wish there was more. Yes, it’s for kids but I can still want more. Art was excellent! I think good diversity? But who am I to say?