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I assigned this book to my children's literature class when my previous book of myths fell out of print. On Amazon, Judd's "Classic Myths" looked like a good replacement. It isn't. Reprinted from a 1901 textbook, it's replete with problems. While there are many Greek and Roman myths in this volume, some of them are mislabeled. For instance, the story, "How the Horses of the Sun Ran Away," is labeled Greek, but the gods in the story, such as Jupiter and Diana, are Roman. In Greek, they are Zeus and Artemis.

Many of these myths are so watered down that the stories are mere echoes of what they were. For instance, in the story "Diana, Queen of the Moon" (again labeled Greek when it's using Roman names), the better known version of the story has Diana turn a Theban prince into a stag for spying on her while she's bathing. In this book's version, a female narrator has dialogue with modern-day kids about stories she knows, including one about Diana. She tells of a hapless hunter who sees a woman run into a cave. He goes to look and is turned into a stag. Such changes are irritating when one knows the better versions.

So much about this book, too, is mediocre on a book design level. Paragraphs do not have indentations but are blocks with extra space after each paragraph. Because right justification is used without hyphenation, some lines have big chunks of extra space between words. Highly disappointing are the illustrations that look merely scanned and enlarged so that pixilation is apparent. Many illustrations are simply crude looking.

Some of my students when they were younger loved myths and they know them well, so they can't understand why this book exists. I wonder, too.


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Classic Myths Illustrated edition by Mary Judd Children eBooks Reviews

I don't really know what a young reader might get from this book, except a fast way to pass out, or be very confused. The first story was ok, but not the most interesting story of mythology I've read. The second story doesn't know what it wants to be. The title says it's about Woden but the first four paragraphs say it's about how Wednesday got its name. It then talks about Woden for three paragraphs, and from there pretty much goes on to tell the story of how this one time Thor lost his hammer. After that the mom tells some lame excuse as to how Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday got their names, which had nothing to do with the story about Thor. This story was a hot mess, not to mention the days of the week were names after Roman gods not Norse.

This book has lots of story issues. Mary Catherine Judd dose not know how to stay on topic. An example of this, besides the whole second story, is the end of the third story when the teacher explains that Saturday is named after Saturn. This has nothing to do with the story Judd is trying to tell. Judd also adds too much. In some of the stories she has intros with kids asking questions. These are not needed. These story are fine on their own. The kids asking question seem to hinder the stories she is trying to tell rather then make the myths better. I understand she it trying to be more relatable, but it does not work.

The illustrations are horrid. They all look like they have been trough a copy machine one to many times. I think this might be the publishers fault since this is a reprint of an out of print book.

Over all this book is not a good example of mythology for children. I don't even know why someone would reprint this book.
This is a great storybook for kids with classic archetypes they'll see for years. Plus, it gives them an understanding of the characters in ancient myths not only from Greece and Rome, but also from the Norse/Scandinavia.

As such stories have been polished for generations, the telling has been made very easy. The quaint manner of earlier 20th century framing has become welcome with my additional years.

Older kids might think it "corny," but younger kids who are becoming acquainted with the world and are curious might enjoy these tales very much.
I assigned this book to my children's literature class when my previous book of myths fell out of print. On , Judd's "Classic Myths" looked like a good replacement. It isn't. Reprinted from a 1901 textbook, it's replete with problems. While there are many Greek and Roman myths in this volume, some of them are mislabeled. For instance, the story, "How the Horses of the Sun Ran Away," is labeled Greek, but the gods in the story, such as Jupiter and Diana, are Roman. In Greek, they are Zeus and Artemis.

Many of these myths are so watered down that the stories are mere echoes of what they were. For instance, in the story "Diana, Queen of the Moon" (again labeled Greek when it's using Roman names), the better known version of the story has Diana turn a Theban prince into a stag for spying on her while she's bathing. In this book's version, a female narrator has dialogue with modern-day kids about stories she knows, including one about Diana. She tells of a hapless hunter who sees a woman run into a cave. He goes to look and is turned into a stag. Such changes are irritating when one knows the better versions.

So much about this book, too, is mediocre on a book design level. Paragraphs do not have indentations but are blocks with extra space after each paragraph. Because right justification is used without hyphenation, some lines have big chunks of extra space between words. Highly disappointing are the illustrations that look merely scanned and enlarged so that pixilation is apparent. Many illustrations are simply crude looking.

Some of my students when they were younger loved myths and they know them well, so they can't understand why this book exists. I wonder, too.