For example, in the story of the overthrow of Uranus, mention is made of the fateful sickle, and of Cronos's attack upon his father, but the exact nature of the attack is unspecified. I know this is like everyone's favorite childhood mythology book (including mine, I think), but I don't like it. Unfortunately, another goodreads reviewer has pointed out the oddness of none of the horses pulling chariots having harnesses, which I would never have noticed, but henceforth this will bother me whenever I see the cover. When I was a kid, I used to take this book out of the library over and over and I would read it when I was at a friend's house and they had a copy. Edgar illustrated Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia by Nora Burglon, who was a 1932 Newbery Medal runner-up for that work.

Editing Medea to not kill her babes was also an interesting choice, when dads are killing the kids left and right. This collection of Greek myths is just as good the second time around ten years later and in audio book format. It does that thing where rapes are glossed over as "marriages", which is horrible to read if you know what actually happens in the myths. Greek mythology can be a very complex subject, but this book does a fabulous job of making the myths accessible and enjoyable.I occasionally wonder if I would be the person I am now if I hadn't discovered this book at such a young age. He garnered enough commissions illustrating books to send for Ingri and they moved into a cold-water walk-up flat in Brooklyn in 1929.

Awarded the 1940 Caldecott Medal for their picture-book biography of Abraham Lincoln, the d'Aulaires published other children's biographies, as well as some notable works on Greek and Norse mythology. He illustrated many books in Germany from 1922 to 1926 and painted frescoes in Norway from 1926 to 1927. Highly recommended not only for children, but for anyone who loves well-drawn and well-narrated folklore. I remember first reading this in third grade after having read The Lightning Thief and becoming fascinated by Greek mythology. Its immediate popularity prompted NYRB to reissue d'Aulaire's Trolls in 2006, which likewise was a meticulous reprint of the 1972 original pressing.Before I gift this to some young relatives of mine, I intend to prepare a pronunciation guide in LaTeX (or LyX) and tape it into the endpapers.