![]() ![]() Osborne begins Tales from the Odyssey with a prologue that introduces the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, helping the reader to understand their power over humans. What Osborne does best with her Tales from the Odyssey is to give a narrative structure to Homer's classic story that contemporary young readers will recognize. For length and depth of text, I think Osborne's books fall somewhere between Gillian Cross and Neil Packer's version of The Odyssey, which is more like a very long picture book, and Gareth Hinds's faithful graphic novel adaptation of The Odyssey. Since then, they have been combined into two volumes and serve as a wonderful introduction to this classic story for independent readers. Her Tales from the Odyssey books were originally published in 2003 as six chapter books, the size and length of her Magic Tree House seres. Osborne is the author of Favorite Greek Myths, the best collection out there after the D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, as well as American Tall Tales and a collection of Norse Myths. Mary Pope Osborne is best known for her Magic Tree House series of chapter books, but she also the author of a handful of excellent books on mythology and folklore, a genre of children's books that is sadly underrepresented. ![]()
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