British myths and legends

[MinnieMountain]

DS (6) really enjoys the Greek myths in Atticus the Storyteller.

What would be good versions of Irish, Scottish and English myths for me to read to him?

We already have the Mabinogion.

try the stories from Scotland

Not a book but song of the sea is a wonderful film of Irish folk lore. What about ancient Egypt? Is he old enough for the terrible history books yet

Oooh! My favourite topic! I loved these two from the age of about 6: Oxford Mythes and Legends: Scottish Folktales and Legends by Barbara Ker Wilson (the whole series is good, but this one particularly) and Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne.

Kevin Crossley-Holland has a number of British and Irish traditional tales/mythology books.

A recent one is called Between Worlds.

We've got Song of the Sea. It's a beautiful film.

Thank you lekker I had been thinking of the Oxford Mythes and Legends, so will try those.

Ah, we love Atticus! I'd second Kevin Crossley-Holland's books of myths. Worth trying Norse myths too - Neil Gaiman's Odd and the Frost Giants is great.

Maybe for when hes a little older, A Stranger Came Ashore. It's about the Selkie folk

Dammit, they all look good.

Is there such a thing as too many books for a child?

Nope, definitely not!

We have a lovely one- illustrated Scottish folk and fairy tales by Theresa Breslin, illustrated by Kate Leiper. There's another in same series with a green cover too.
A Bag of Moonshine by Alan Garner is good too.
Marcia Williams has done myths, legends, folk tales from all over the world which my children enjoyed immensely at your son's age. They're cartoon strip style, but very well done with lots of visual humour in them. The Shakespeare tales and Canterbury tales in particular are witty and rude - perfect for KS2 aged boys!

We also have an usborne book of Greek tales which ds loved.

We have 2 of the Theresa Breslin books too, beautiful to look at and my son loves the stories. Also the Marcia Williams books, done in comic book style so very accessible for children. There's Greek myths, Roman myths, Egyptian myths and Iliad and odyssey.

Just realised you mentioned Marcia Williams too, haba, looks like we have the same taste!

they're great books!

@MinnieMountain when he's a bit older, I'd recommend The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, and the Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan. Probably age 9 and up for each series.

Thank you for validating my book buying schmalex. He's got more than me already because I tend to give my fiction away once I've read it once.