Odin's Family
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0531095312 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With its dynamic illustrations and more descriptive text, Mary Pope Osborne's Favorite Norse Myths (, 1996) may have wider appeal. Philip includes an afterword and a helpful "Who's Who" of the Norse gods and goddesses with some pronunciation guidance. Her palette, filled with colors such as black, dark red, yellow ochre, and Chagall blue, looks as if she's borrowed it from Gothic stained-glass windows. . The 15 myths here, based upon the 13th-century Icelandic Prose Edda, will be familiar to readers of Norse mythology, and include "The Creation," "The Walls of Asgard," "Thor's Hammer," and "Th
GREAt book for Norse mythology Heatherly42 This book lays out the stories in a logical chronology and displays the characters in a very relate-able. I love the illustrations! I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in getting to know Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya and all the others.. A Nice (if violent) Collection of Norse Tales for Tweeners and Teen'ers - a review of "Odin's Family" The Invisible Pam I enjoyed this book, but I have to say that my initial impression was not good. The problem (my problem) was that the first two chapters contained the Viking creation stories and they were told in a very stylized manner (undoubtedly like originally told) so that they simply didn't entertain me much. Beginning with the third chapter/story however, the style changed - became less formalized -- and I ended up enjoying the book a great deal.Initially I borrowed it from the library in order to see if it would be appropriate for my young children as a read-aloud. The answer: NO. No Way. As I should have concluded from my own reading in Vikin. AW WI said Great bedtime stories.. Wonderful childrens book teaching ancient lessons that predate the bible. A must!
Stories about the adventures of Odin, father of the gods, and his children bring out both the comic and tragic elements of the Viking myths and feature the thunder god, Thor, and the frost giant, Loki.