Brick Greek Myths: The Stories of Heracles, Athena, Pandora, Poseidon, and Other Ancient Heroes of Mount Olympus

I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in greek mythology and people who find mythologies interesting. Great book.

Wow. We are so impressed! This is a great book! The kids are leaning all kinds of things they never would with these block books. Particularly the Shakespeare and the myths. They are being read to them because their ages range from 3 to 11 but they all love them.

Got this as a gift for an 11 year old and he has already started building some of the sets he sees in the book

WOW! My son is now so asking to read more ancient myths and fairy tales. Such creativity in the individual scenes.

Greek myths are tricky to depict in a fixed-frame visual format due to their multiple characters, intersecting storylines and extravagant backgrounds (Hades, Olympus.) Narrators/illustrators Amanda Brock, Monica Sweeney, and Becky Thomas do a credible job of writing concise yet interesting text boxes that accompany each frame. The problem with this work is that the pictorial narrative doesn’t pop. There’s a sameness to the detailed panels that give the 33 stories a ‘been there, done that’ feel.The repetitive visual tone may be due to the muted color palette of bricks used in the majority of the scenes – the trio uses lots of reds and browns, tans and greys, green and blacks, suggesting a limited LEGO collection of bricks, figures, and miscellany. Other production problems include panels where you can see the figures casting shadows (page 149, for example) suggesting that insufficient light was used to illuminate the scene for the greatest clarity and visual effect. Scene-after-scene features a top-down view. While allowing for a panoramic visual, the perspective got boring over time. Faulty printing also mars this enterprising work. There are vibrantly illustrated frames (the Daedalus and Icarus chapter, for instance), but most frames - especially the smaller ones – are dark and opaque suggesting a problem with the printer’s handling of the plates and ink on press. Finally, my copy split along the spine and pages even before I finished reading the entire book (see pix.)This is an ambitious work that shows lots of heart and focus. It’s also a mediocre one given the numerous artistic, production, and printing challenges. A boldly executed but pricey enterprise.

Makes learning about Greek mythology fun!

My sons are very into Greek Mythology (thanks to Percy Jackson) and legos, so they are obsessed with this book to the point that a couple months later it has all but fallen apart from love. They read the myths, learn new facts, and then rush off to recreate their own monsters and creatures. I wish the book were sturdier, but I don't think it's the fault of the book given the countless hours of use and love it has received from my 7 and 8 year old boys.

Binding is terrible. Cover completely came off with in 20 mins of opening. Looking at other reviews this seems to be a common problem.Story and pictures are great. Super disappointing the book quality is lacking.

Es un libro bastante caro y malo, imágenes pequeñas y el texto muy pobre!!! Quiero devolverlo

This was the most successful Christmas present I bought for my 8-year old by some margin. He is not normally all that keen on independent reading, but he devoured this book, and it helped him connected with his mythology-obsessed older brother (11), who was reading a more grown-up mythological lexicon at the same time. It kept them busy for two days -- and then another two days re-enacting many of the myths with their own lego figures in the style of this book, creating picture stories with a camera and writing captions under each image. We now have the complete Odyssey and Aneid, albeit with a few typos... Thank you!

A gorgeous book! Bought this for my husband for Christmas and he loves it! The pictures are well taken photographs of lego models/scenes, well presented alongside a wide selection of greek myths. This is an ideal gift for any lover of Lego (or similar), and any lover of greek mythology. What a lovely idea! The books refers to others in the series also available, which will be worth a look!