Percy Jackson and the Olympiansby Rick Riordan (For adult readers, you might want to check out Stephen Fry’s Classical Greek Myth books.) Here are my top children’s Greek Mythology book recommendations to get your kids hooked on Greek myths and build their background knowledge. But it also helped them see echoes of the most famous stories in other literature. Their background knowledge helped them to comprehend Homer’s epic poem (which is tricky) and to understand its cultural impact. Both my kids are glad they had a foundation from childhood to help them with high school classes where they read about Ancient Greece, Helen of Troy, the Trojan War, the Odyssey, and the Iliad. Many classical myths from around the world representing different cultures all have common tropes, which often repeat themselves in literature today. And I consider myths part of the canon of common stories, which incidentally, is becoming less common… Myths also give readers foundational literary context for future stories and books they’ll be reading.

Watch how much vocabulary they’ll learn doing this! Plus, an interest in the Greek Patheon encourages growing readers to read both nonfiction and fiction books, which build skills and background knowledge. The Greek mythology children’s books on this list often motivate kids to challenge themselves to read more difficult texts than they normally would. Are you ready to get my top recommendations? Kids love Greek mythology– and what’s not to love? They’re action-packed, drama-filled, funny, and adventurous stories, albeit occasionally inappropriate stories of gods and monsters from the religion of ancient Greek civilization.īut how can you know what are the best Greek mythology books for kids? That’s where I can help! I’ve read and reviewed nonfiction books about Greek myths as well as fiction books.

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