Books on Greek Mythology

[Alanamackree]

Can anyone recommend a good guide to Greek mythology for a 9 year old Percy Jackson fan?

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is great, my DD loved it at that age.

Marcia Williams books are a lot of fun and good introductions.
I loved Rouse's Gods, Heroes and Men. I got the Puffin Classics for ds but its rather ponderous and patronising and neither of us liked it.

Stephen Fry's retellings? Think it's called Mythos

Not this one, it’s crap!

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DS loves this one - think I got it when he was that age -

www.amazon.co.uk/Comic-Strip-Greatest-Greek-Myths/dp/1408804492?tag=mumsnetforum-21

also this game :)
www.amazon.co.uk/Gamewright-Zeus-Loose-Game-multicoloured/dp/B000GKD470/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&keywords=zeus+on+the+loose+game&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1544093683&sr=1-1-catcorr

all the bookd in that series were good

I have a ten year old with a similar fascination. I've just bought him Mythos and might get the Heroes one too - I scanned for swears as he's SUCH a prude, couldn't see anything obvious, but obviously the subject matter itself is a bit racy if presented for adults. But I thought Fry's prose style was engaging and fun.

We have the American D'Aulaire's one, which feels a bit dated in style, and an old Usborne one he's now far too old for. Did Roger Llancelyn Green do one on Greek myths? He must have. I remember enjoying his Egyptian mythology one at that age.

Stephen Fry’s books are swear-free and he tends to dance around the saucy bits quite delicately. There is the odd reference to castration though. The audio versions are absolutely wonderful.

9 is a bit of an awkward age because some the children’s versions will be too young and some of the adult books are rather dry. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007C4G0RO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1&tag=mumsnetforum-21 - this one might be ok if you don’t want to go for Frys version (Id get his Mythos and Heroes though..)

The Stephen Fry books are brilliant, really enjoyable.

It’s a very awkward age alright!
Thanks for all the recommendations.. and warnings I’ll check them out this evening.

all of my children have loved this one

I'm reading Stephen Fry at the moment because I need a refresher as going to Athens and I'm enjoying it.

Who Let the Gods Out is brilliant.

10 year old DS (y5) loves Aticus the Storyteller’s 100 Greek Myths

I read Leon Garfield’s The God Beneath the Sea at about that age, and it really resonated with me.