All in the Family: A Look-It-Up Guide to the In-Laws, Outlaws, and Offspring of Mythology (Mythlopedia)

Otfinoski, Steven

ISBN 10: 1606310259 ISBN 13: 9781606310250

Publisher: Franklin Watts, 2009

Synopsis

A thoroughly new series where the superstars of Greek myth meet the modern age--complete with profiles, headshots, and family trees; fascinating sidebars; and irreverent surprises, this series is for readers who love action, deception, romance, power struggles, and more!

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Otfinoski has written more than 150 books for young readers. Three of his nonfiction books have been chosen Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library. Steve is also a playwright and has his own theater company that brings one-person plays about American history to schools. Steve lives in Connecticut with his wife, who is a teacher. They have two children, two dogs, and a cat. When he's not writing he enjoys swimming, tennis, reading, and singing in his church choir.

From Booklist:

Greek and Roman mythology is normally one of the easier sells for children, full of proto-superheroes, nightmarish monsters, and petty gods, but to help lure those unswayed by classicism’s allure, the Mythlopedia series spices things up with sassy artwork, a pastel color scheme, and an OMG sensibility. All in the Family! provides profiles of the wide pantheon of complicatedly related non-Olympian heroes and mortals, from Achilles (“I quit! I never wanted to fight in that stupid Trojan War anyway”) to Theseus (“Killing that bull-headed freakshow was no big deal. I was all, take that! And that!”). Aside from the heaps of information coming from all angles on just about every page, each book also contains a decent family tree, a rudimentary star chart, and lists of further reading. Will these books make a true mythology lover’s skin crawl? Absolutely. But for kids unconvinced that anything so old and gray could have any bearing on their lives, these books provide a feisty if somewhat pandering guide to the many cultural references lingering from antiquity. Grades 4-7. --Ian Chipman

About this edition

• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1606310259
• ISBN 13: 9781606310250
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 128