We read this one out loud to our kid, and that is definitely the way to go -- makes the most of the fun narrative voice, plus it lets you piggyback onWe read this one out loud to our kid, and that is definitely the way to go -- makes the most of the fun narrative voice, plus it lets you piggyback on the kid's reaction. This one worked well for a reasonably literate first grader -- he knows enough about Greek mythology to *sometimes* guess what's happening, but not so much that he knows every single thing that's going to happen. The action moves quickly enough to keep him involved, and the writing is easy for him to follow.
Basically, I'm enjoying this one much more for the insights it's giving the kid. ("In our stories, heroes mostly win, but in Greek stories, they mostly die or get turned into things. Did Ancient Greeks like different stories than us?") And it's a fun one to read out loud that keeps us, as parents, entertained, too. Reading this to myself would be a whole different experience, but for the audience it's written for, it's great. ...more
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