PICTURE BOOKS
BH 1-204 Children's Songs of Ancient Greece
BH 2-33 The Two Crabs
BH 2-35 Belling the Cat
BH 2-50 The Donkey and the Lap Dog
BH 2-84 The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
BH 2-92 The Dancing Monkeys
BH 2-106 The Hare and the Tortoise
BH 2-108 The Lion and the Mouse
BH 3-196 The Wind and the Sun (poem)
BH 3-197 Dog in the Manger (poem)
BH 2-33 The Two Crabs
BH 2-35 Belling the Cat
BH 2-50 The Donkey and the Lap Dog
BH 2-84 The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
BH 2-92 The Dancing Monkeys
BH 2-106 The Hare and the Tortoise
BH 2-108 The Lion and the Mouse
BH 3-196 The Wind and the Sun (poem)
BH 3-197 Dog in the Manger (poem)
► Aesop's Fables
♦ $ Aesop's Fables illustrated by Charles Santore
♦ $ Aesop for Children ill. by Milo Winter
$ Atlantis, The Legend of a Lost City by Christina Balit
"A magnificently illustrated retelling of the story of Atlantis--one of the world's most haunting and fascinating myths."
$ Cupid and Psyche ill. by K.Y. Craft
One of the most beautiful love stories of all time is told in a way that is appropriate for your youngest listeners.
♦ $ King Midas and the Golden Touch ill. by K.Y. Craft
Gorgeous illustrations of this timeless story of true wealth
$ Pegasus Retold by Marianna Mayer
The growing bond of friendship between a man and his horse is this timeless tale of ancient Greece.
$ Persephone by Sally Pomme Clayton
On a warm spring day, beautiful Persephone is snatched by the god of the underworld. Her mother is so heartbroken, she curses the land so that nothing can grow.
♥ Stories from Greek History by Ethelwyn Lemon
Baldwin Project
♦ $ The Arrow and the Lamp: The Story of Psyche by Margaret Hodges
$ The Grasshopper and the Ants ill. by Jerry Pinkey
♦ $ The Lion and the Mouse ill. by Jerry Pinkney
$ The Tortoise and the Hare ill. by Jerry Pinkney
♦ $ Aesop's Fables illustrated by Charles Santore
♦ $ Aesop for Children ill. by Milo Winter
$ Atlantis, The Legend of a Lost City by Christina Balit
"A magnificently illustrated retelling of the story of Atlantis--one of the world's most haunting and fascinating myths."
$ Cupid and Psyche ill. by K.Y. Craft
One of the most beautiful love stories of all time is told in a way that is appropriate for your youngest listeners.
♦ $ King Midas and the Golden Touch ill. by K.Y. Craft
Gorgeous illustrations of this timeless story of true wealth
$ Pegasus Retold by Marianna Mayer
The growing bond of friendship between a man and his horse is this timeless tale of ancient Greece.
$ Persephone by Sally Pomme Clayton
On a warm spring day, beautiful Persephone is snatched by the god of the underworld. Her mother is so heartbroken, she curses the land so that nothing can grow.
♥ Stories from Greek History by Ethelwyn Lemon
Baldwin Project
♦ $ The Arrow and the Lamp: The Story of Psyche by Margaret Hodges
$ The Grasshopper and the Ants ill. by Jerry Pinkey
♦ $ The Lion and the Mouse ill. by Jerry Pinkney
$ The Tortoise and the Hare ill. by Jerry Pinkney
BEGINNING READERS
$ Greek Myths by Deborah Lock
Level 3
♥ In Myth-land by Helen Beckwith (1896)
Very simply story reader a beginning reader can read on his own, after you've helped pronounce some names.
$ The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
Step Into Reading Level 5
Level 3
♥ In Myth-land by Helen Beckwith (1896)
Very simply story reader a beginning reader can read on his own, after you've helped pronounce some names.
$ The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
Step Into Reading Level 5
IMAGINATIVE
FC S4-1 The Greeks
FC S4-9 Jupiter/His Mighty Company
FC S4-12 The Golden Age
FC S4-16 Prometheus
FC S4-27 The Flood
FC S4-33 Story of Io
FC S4-39 Lord of the Silver Bow
FC S4-55 Admetus and Alcestis
FC S4-65 Cadmus and Europa
FC S4-77 Quest of Medusa's Head
FC S4-101 Wonderful Weaver
FC S4-106 Horse and the Oliver
FC S4-117 Pegasus, Flying Horse
FC S4-123 Zeus, King of Gods
FC S4-127 Poseideon, God of Sea
FC S4-130 How Minerva Built City
FC S4-139 Hades, King of Dead
FC S4-142 Hera, Queen of Gods
FC S4-142 Echo and Narcissus
FC S4-149 Apollo, God of Light
FC S4-153 Apollo, God of Light
FC S4-153 Athena, Goddess Wisdom
FC S4-156 How Vulcan Made Best of Things
FC S4-163 How Orion Found Sight
FC S4-170 Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty
FC S4-173 Wonders Venus Wrought
FC S4-180 Hermes, Messenger
FC S4-184 When Proserpine Lost
FC S4-192 Hestia, Goddess/Hearth
FC S4-195 Pan, God of Shepherds
FC S4-198 Phaeton's Chariot
FC S4-207 Psyche
FC S4-218 Heracles
FC S4-224 Bee Man of Arcadia
FC S4-233 Orpheus and Eurydice
FC S4-237 Golden Fleece
FC S4-245 Baucis and Philemon
FC S4-254 Wood-Folk
FC S4-259 Judgment of Midas
FC S4-263 Prometheus
FC S4-269 The Deluge
FC S4-274 Orpheus and Eurydice
FC S4-279 Icarus and Daedulies
FC S4-282 Phaeton
FC S4-288 Niobe
FC S4-292 Admetus and Shepherd
FC S4-296 Alcestis
FC S10-1 Memory and Her Beautiful Daughter
FC S4-9 Jupiter/His Mighty Company
FC S4-12 The Golden Age
FC S4-16 Prometheus
FC S4-27 The Flood
FC S4-33 Story of Io
FC S4-39 Lord of the Silver Bow
FC S4-55 Admetus and Alcestis
FC S4-65 Cadmus and Europa
FC S4-77 Quest of Medusa's Head
FC S4-101 Wonderful Weaver
FC S4-106 Horse and the Oliver
FC S4-117 Pegasus, Flying Horse
FC S4-123 Zeus, King of Gods
FC S4-127 Poseideon, God of Sea
FC S4-130 How Minerva Built City
FC S4-139 Hades, King of Dead
FC S4-142 Hera, Queen of Gods
FC S4-142 Echo and Narcissus
FC S4-149 Apollo, God of Light
FC S4-153 Apollo, God of Light
FC S4-153 Athena, Goddess Wisdom
FC S4-156 How Vulcan Made Best of Things
FC S4-163 How Orion Found Sight
FC S4-170 Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty
FC S4-173 Wonders Venus Wrought
FC S4-180 Hermes, Messenger
FC S4-184 When Proserpine Lost
FC S4-192 Hestia, Goddess/Hearth
FC S4-195 Pan, God of Shepherds
FC S4-198 Phaeton's Chariot
FC S4-207 Psyche
FC S4-218 Heracles
FC S4-224 Bee Man of Arcadia
FC S4-233 Orpheus and Eurydice
FC S4-237 Golden Fleece
FC S4-245 Baucis and Philemon
FC S4-254 Wood-Folk
FC S4-259 Judgment of Midas
FC S4-263 Prometheus
FC S4-269 The Deluge
FC S4-274 Orpheus and Eurydice
FC S4-279 Icarus and Daedulies
FC S4-282 Phaeton
FC S4-288 Niobe
FC S4-292 Admetus and Shepherd
FC S4-296 Alcestis
FC S10-1 Memory and Her Beautiful Daughter
BH 7-90 Phaeton
BH 7-210 The Golden Touch
BH 7-210 The Golden Touch
JC 2-3 Aesop's Fables compiled by Joseph Jacobs
JC 7-83 Pandora, the First Woman
JC 7-86 The Golden Touch of King Midas
JC 7-101 The Flight of Icarus
JC 7-105 Pyramus and Thisbe
JC 7-107 Orpheus and Eurydice
JC 7-111 Pygmalion and Galatea
JC 7-114 The Miraculous Pitcher
JC 7-132 The Chimaera
JC 7-153 Phaeton
JC 7-83 Pandora, the First Woman
JC 7-86 The Golden Touch of King Midas
JC 7-101 The Flight of Icarus
JC 7-105 Pyramus and Thisbe
JC 7-107 Orpheus and Eurydice
JC 7-111 Pygmalion and Galatea
JC 7-114 The Miraculous Pitcher
JC 7-132 The Chimaera
JC 7-153 Phaeton
♦ $ D'Aulaire's Greek Myths
All the great gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece are lovingly illustrated and their stories skillfully told in a way to delight children. A favorite.
♦ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Greece by Virginia Haviland
♥ Gods and Heroes, or, the Kingdom of Jupiter by Robert Francillon (1894)
Told like a master storyteller. I really like this version as a readaloud.
Myths of Old Greece by Mara Pratt (1896)
Easy reader for a child to read to himself. ♥ Stories of Long Ago in a New Dress by Grace Kupfer (1897)
“In this little book I have gathered together some of the most pleasing of the myths, and have told them in simple fairy-tale style.”
♥ Stories of Old Greece by Emma Firth (1894)
“These myths are meant to do for the little beginners what the study of literature does for older children. They are but beginnings for beginners.”
♥ Wonder Stories by Caroline Sherwin Bailey (1920)
'The best myths for boys and girls."
► Weiss, Jim Animal Tales from Aesop's Fables
► Weiss, Jim Greek Myths
► Weiss, Jim She and He: Adventures in Mythology
All the great gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece are lovingly illustrated and their stories skillfully told in a way to delight children. A favorite.
♦ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Greece by Virginia Haviland
♥ Gods and Heroes, or, the Kingdom of Jupiter by Robert Francillon (1894)
Told like a master storyteller. I really like this version as a readaloud.
Myths of Old Greece by Mara Pratt (1896)
Easy reader for a child to read to himself. ♥ Stories of Long Ago in a New Dress by Grace Kupfer (1897)
“In this little book I have gathered together some of the most pleasing of the myths, and have told them in simple fairy-tale style.”
♥ Stories of Old Greece by Emma Firth (1894)
“These myths are meant to do for the little beginners what the study of literature does for older children. They are but beginnings for beginners.”
♥ Wonder Stories by Caroline Sherwin Bailey (1920)
'The best myths for boys and girls."
► Weiss, Jim Animal Tales from Aesop's Fables
► Weiss, Jim Greek Myths
► Weiss, Jim She and He: Adventures in Mythology
LEGENDARY/EPIC HEROES
FC S5-1 The Iliad
FC S5-37 Ulysses, Story of Patience
FC S5-37 Ulysses, Story of Patience
BH 9-140 The Adventures of Perseus
BH 9-151 The Labors of Hercules
BH 10-217 The Homecoming of Odysseus
BH 9-151 The Labors of Hercules
BH 10-217 The Homecoming of Odysseus
JC Perseus Slays the Gorgon
JC 7-188 Odysseus at the Palace of King Alcinous
JC 7-188 Odysseus at the Palace of King Alcinous
♥ Stories of Greek Gods, Heroes and Men by Caroline Harding (1897)
Created for Third and Fourth Grades.
♥ Stories from the Iliad by Jeanie Lang
Baldwin Project
♥ Stories from the Odyssey by Jeanie Lang
Baldwin Project
► Weiss, Jim Heroes in Mythology-Theseus, Prometheus
Created for Third and Fourth Grades.
♥ Stories from the Iliad by Jeanie Lang
Baldwin Project
♥ Stories from the Odyssey by Jeanie Lang
Baldwin Project
► Weiss, Jim Heroes in Mythology-Theseus, Prometheus
CULTURAL
FC OC4 Athenian, Macedonian, Spartan
♥ Our Little Athenian Cousin by Julia Darrow Cowles
♥ Our Little Macedonian Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles
♥ Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles
♥ Three Greek Children, A Story of Home in Old Time by Alfred Church (1900)
Strong appeal to young children as it shows them what home life was like in the days of Ancient Greece.
♥ Our Little Macedonian Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles
♥ Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles
♥ Three Greek Children, A Story of Home in Old Time by Alfred Church (1900)
Strong appeal to young children as it shows them what home life was like in the days of Ancient Greece.
FICTION
JC 4-301 Christophilos and the Pascal Lamb from Tales of Christophilos by Joice M. Nankivell
The people in Pyrgos call their tiny village in Greece, 'the world.' When they say, 'the world knows,' they mean everybody in the village knows. When they say 'the sun has teeth', they mean that the sun is strong enough to bite after the winter. Christophilos, his mother, and his grandmother, whom he calls Yaryar, like almost everyone in Pyrgos, are very poor. There are many tales of Christophilos. Some people say they are only legends. But the people who live in 'the world' know they are true
The people in Pyrgos call their tiny village in Greece, 'the world.' When they say, 'the world knows,' they mean everybody in the village knows. When they say 'the sun has teeth', they mean that the sun is strong enough to bite after the winter. Christophilos, his mother, and his grandmother, whom he calls Yaryar, like almost everyone in Pyrgos, are very poor. There are many tales of Christophilos. Some people say they are only legends. But the people who live in 'the world' know they are true
♦ Tales of Christophilos by Joice Nankivell
CLASSIC LITERATURE
BH 6-38 A Midsummer Night's Dream
► Weiss, Jim Shakespeare for Children Midsummer's Night Dream (Ancient Athens)
♥ Stories from Plato and Other Classic Writers by Mary Burt (1894)
Hesiod, Home, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, and Pliny
An easy reader, suitable for 6-12 year olds.
► ♥ The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred Church
♥ Stories from Plato and Other Classic Writers by Mary Burt (1894)
Hesiod, Home, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, and Pliny
An easy reader, suitable for 6-12 year olds.
► ♥ The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred Church
HISTORICAL
♥ Aunt Charlotte’s Stories of Greek History for the Little Ones by Charlotte Yonge (1876)
“In this little book the attempt has been to trace Greek history so as to be intelligible to young children: I have begun with a few of the Greek myths, which are absolutely necessary to the understanding of both history and art.”
♥ The Story of the Greek people, an elementary history of Greece by Eva March Tappan (1908)
Many illustrations to add interest to this readaloud text. The intent is to help children feel the spirit of the times rather than just tell of events.
► Weiss, Jim Courage and a Clear Mind
“In this little book the attempt has been to trace Greek history so as to be intelligible to young children: I have begun with a few of the Greek myths, which are absolutely necessary to the understanding of both history and art.”
♥ The Story of the Greek people, an elementary history of Greece by Eva March Tappan (1908)
Many illustrations to add interest to this readaloud text. The intent is to help children feel the spirit of the times rather than just tell of events.
► Weiss, Jim Courage and a Clear Mind
HISTORICAL FICTION
FC S11-63 Greek Slave Who Won Olive Crown
$ Children of the Fox by Jill Walsh
Three stories of courage and adventure in the 5th Century Grecian world.
Three stories of courage and adventure in the 5th Century Grecian world.
BIOGRAPHIES
FC S6-167 Diogenes the Wise Man
FC S6-184 Aesop
FC S11-63 Greek Slave Who Won Olive Crown
FC S11-216 Damon and Pythias
FC S11-304 A Modern Bayard
FC G3-3 Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks
FC S6-184 Aesop
FC S11-63 Greek Slave Who Won Olive Crown
FC S11-216 Damon and Pythias
FC S11-304 A Modern Bayard
FC G3-3 Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks
♥ $ Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren
Brief biographical sketches of the great Greeks presented in a chronological order.
♦ $ The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
Story of an inquisitive Greek boy, Eratosthenes.
► Weiss, Jim Galileo and the Stargazers-Archimedes
► Weiss, Jim Treasury of Wisdom- Diogenes, Alexander
Brief biographical sketches of the great Greeks presented in a chronological order.
♦ $ The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
Story of an inquisitive Greek boy, Eratosthenes.
► Weiss, Jim Galileo and the Stargazers-Archimedes
► Weiss, Jim Treasury of Wisdom- Diogenes, Alexander