Basher History: Mythology: Oh My! Gods and Goddesses (Basher History) by Simon Basher

Basher History: Mythology: Oh My! Gods and Goddesses (Basher History) Reviews

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  Melissa Barbier

  While this book does not include creation myths, it does go into detail in the many gods and goddesses of a variety of cultures. The book is organized into groups of: Ancient Greeks, Norse Legends, Egyptian Deities, Roman Deities, and an index and glossary. It even has colors on the sides of the pages so that a reader could flip through to see the different sections easily without having to look for a specific page number. It is written in a very accessible fashion such as this excerpt about Zeus, "Call me Big Daddy! I am the mover and the shaker on Mount Olympus - gatherer of storm clouds, hurler of thunderbolts, maker of rain. King of the gods, I also happen to be father to more than a few." Another of the gods is described as "supercool," and one of the battles as "superbad." Each god or goddess gets one page of an explanation and a few bullet points of facts about the god or goddess. Sometimes the bullet fact tells you how to pronounce the name like "Poseidon sounds like Joe Biden." This would be great to use with older grades maybe 4th through high school. The only thing it is missing is some family trees to show the relationships between some of the gods and goddesses. Maybe students could make their own as an assignment along with this book.
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  Diz

  I felt that this didn't work as well as the Basher series books on science and other technical topics. The reason is that they typical Basher book technique is to give inanimate things and concepts a personality, but gods and goddesses already have strong personalities, so that technique doesn't work as well. Additionally, with only one short page for each character, I felt that there was so much left out. Mythology is full of interesting stories and they are hardly covered here. Having said all that, the kids still enjoyed this book pretty well, and they didn't have any complaints about them, so perhaps the target audience, which may not have much knowledge of mythology, are satisfied with this.
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  Halli

  This book is a great introduction to mythology. The topic is presented in a fun way, with first person accounts from the gods and goddesses. Catchy, modern language makes it feel more accessible, and the cartoon illustrations are adorable! I really liked that Norse and Egyptian mythology were included with the Greek/Roman, because I was not as familiar with them.
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  Christopher.C

  this book was a book
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  Kyrie

  Cute children's book giving the basics of Greek, Norse, and Egyptian gods and goddesses (with a nod to the Romans, as well).
  
  The deities look a little cutesy in the drawings, but it is a children's book and probably better they look cute than blood-curdling.
  
  The intro to each one offers a rhyme as a pronunciation guide. It's clever, and yet sometimes I found it more confusing than if I'd just made my own attempt. I did like the brief biography and the fun facts at the end of each blurb.
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  Natalie

  I'm up and down with Basher books, but I truly enjoyed this one. Probably because mythology is so fun and the image style was perfectly matched with the content. I liked how simple and easy it was to read. One page of fun info told first person, and one cute picture to match.
  
  I liked how it talked about Norse, Egyptian, and Greek mythology but didn't try to mix it all together or compare and contrast. It was much easier to read and come to my own conclusions.
  
  Excited to see if the fifth graders like it!
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  Ron Turner

  Cute kids book that serves as a guide to the gods and goddesses of Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythology. I liked the illustrations. I think it's a nice way to get kids interested in reading. I remember reading Bulfinch's Mythology when I was young. From there I became interested in fantasy, horror, sci-fi, history, politics, geography. A good book CAN make a great difference.
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  Pollyor

  Witty text and Basher's illustrations make it fun to learn about the major gods and goddesses of ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, and Norse mythology . Personally I think some previous knowledge of the characters would be best before reading through this book.
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  Kim

  A one page per person/god/goddess with an emoji type picture. Includes, Greek, Egyptian and Norse.
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  Jeremy Dunham

  I enjoyed reading this book with my daughter. She really likes it and it have her some good background knowledge on Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythology.
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  Kris

  Fun, approachable intro to Greek (and Roman), Egyptian, and Norse gods and goddesses. Basic, but enjoyable.
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  Xander

  good
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  Rachel

  It was okay. Had a page for each god, goddess, demi-god, or mythical thing the book was about. It included Greek, Norse, and Egyptian deities and has a page explaining how the Greek and Roman gods were basically the same with a listing of the Greek gods and their Roman equivalents. Each page was written in first person as if the god or goddess or whatever was explaining his or herself. It didn't have much detail, but was pretty informative for a children's book.
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  Mirandia Berthold

  My son and I picked up this book at his school's book fair as we have been reading the Percy Jackson books and he wanted to know more about the Greek Gods and Goddesses. I thought this book would be fun and informative. It very much was. We read it together and learned about lots of people form the stories which we are reading and even several new faces. The Illustrations and information are doe very well and I was pleased.
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  Lisa

  i thought that it could be better i enjoyed the ones about the greek gods and it even had the name of the roman god/goddess
  the norse gods were really bloody and kind of violent
  while the egyption ones were just boring. i thought that the pictures were cute though.
  
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  Shelli

  This is a cute book about many of the various gods and goddesses of Greek, Roman, Norse and Egyptian mythologies. Depending on what you already know about these deities the information ranges from instructive and humorous to confusing; best used in addition with other resources.
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  Hudson

  I love this series! Basher gives you the right amount of detail and he makes all the gods seem like little dolls. He makes it seem like that god is talking to you, instead of Basher, who is writing the book.
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  Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson

  This is an awesome little reference book. It's a really small book, and gives you clear pronunciation and references to other literature.
  The illustrations are really campy, but this was worth the by.
  As an aspiring author, this has been super helpful.
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  Samra

  very late elementary approp. great illustrations and not too kiddie-fied.
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  Whittney Hooks

  SO cute!!!
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  Crafty

  Zeus, Thor, and Ra, Horus, Pan, and Mars, this book of mythology tells it all. It was very interesting, and I happened to learn a few things from this exciting and entertaining tale.
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  Paul Eden

  I think this book was really good because it was informational and it was made in a fun way which was fun to read.
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  Maria Caplin

  Searching for short text to introduce mythology.
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  Shelley

  Cute. Page on each person...Greek, Norse, Egyptian, etc.