Reviews

Myths and Legends of the World by Lonely Planet Kids

coty_aj's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

It’s a book of different mythologies. It was a fun read. 

bloomingrose92's review against another edition

4.5

Beautiful rework of old stories with rich language that made it new. One of the best myths books I have ever read.

dormilonaluna's review against another edition

5.0

I read this book one story at a time to my third grade students, and they loved the myths. Most of them had been exposed to Greco-Roman myths, and we had covered a little bit of Norse mythology, so they loved that this book covered myths from all seven continents, including a lot they hadn’t heard before. The illustrations are also beautiful, and helped to illuminate the narratives.

ros_lanta's review against another edition

4.0

This is a beautiful book, the illustrations are absolutely stunning. There's a decent selection of myths and legends with some from every continent. 

The stories were interesting and many of them were new to me. I do suspect that many of them have been sterilised a bit to make them less dark or characters more likeable, certainly that was true of one of the stories I recognised. It is written for children so it's understandable, though I do believe kids can handle more than they're sometimes given credit for. 

The writing was competent rather than great, but I enjoyed reading it, and the illustrations alone are easily worth the price of the book. 

libreva's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

5.0