 | Orpheus and Eurydice by Sybil Grafin Schonfeldt
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $6.27 Gorgeous Pre-Raphaelite inspired art and a reasonably faithful retelling of the story.
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 | D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.86 This is the old sentimental favorite that we all grew up with, and it still gives decent value for money.
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 | Why Spiders Spin: A Story of Arachne (Gods of Olympus) by Jamie Simons
Buy used from: $1.46 |
| Why Dolphins Call: A Story of Dionysus (The Gods of Olympus) by Jamie Simons
Buy used from: $0.01 |
| The Fables of Aesop by David Levine
Buy used from: $0.19 I like this edition of Aesop because it does NOT have the moral of the story bits that were added by the Victorians; it just presents the stories directly, without commentary.
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 | Heracles by Menelaos Stephanides
Buy used from: $1.91 |
| The Myth Persephone : Demeter Artemis Vol. 4 by Stephanides Brothers
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| The golden throne: Hephestus, Ares (Stephanides Brothers' Greek Mythology) by Menelaos StephanideÌs
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 | The Iliad, The Trojan War (Stephanides Brothers' Greek Mythology, Vol 6) by Menelaos Stephanides
Buy used from: $1.56 |
| Pallas Athena: Athena, Poseidon, Hestia (Stephanides Brothers' Greek mythology) by Menelaos Stephanides
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| Heracles (Stephanides Brothers' Greek mythology. Series C, Heroes) by Menelaos StephanideÌs
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 | The Odyssey (Stephanides Brothers' Greek Mythology, Vol 7) by Menelaos Stephanides
Buy used from: $0.49 |
| Apollo and His Lyre: Apollo, Hermes (Stephanides Brothers' Greek mythology) by Menelaos Stephanides
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 | Oedipus, The Tragedies (Stephanides Brothers' Greek Mythology, Vol 8) by Menelaos Stephanides
Buy used from: $17.30 |
| The Arrow and the Lamp: The Story of Psyche by Margaret Hodges
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | King Midas and the Golden Touch by Charlotte Craft
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.04 |
 | Cupid and Psyche by M. Charlotte Craft
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $6.78 |
 | Pegasus by Marianna Mayer
Buy new: $14.03 / Used from: $4.72 |
 | Favorite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $2.54 |
 | The Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey #1: One-Eyed Giant by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | The Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey #2: Land of the Dead by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.97 |
 | Sirens And Sea Monsters (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Tales from the Odyssey) by Mary Pope Osborne
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 | The Tales from the Odyssey #4: Gray-Eyed Goddess by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.32 |
 | Odyssey #5: Return to Ithaca: Tales from the Odyssey: Return to Ithaca - Book #5: Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy used from: $132.36 |
 | Odyssey #6: The Final Battle: Tales from the Odyssey: The Final Battle - Book #6: Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy used from: $10.00 |
| Goatherd and the Shepherdess: A Tale from Ancient Greece by Lenny Hort
Buy used from: $0.01 The story of Daphnis and Chloe. I like this one in particular because it depicts everyday piety - offerings and libations - as a matter of course.
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| The Race of the Golden Apples by Claire Martin
Buy used from: $0.01 The only oddity with this book is the decision to use the Roman names Diana and Venus. Great illustrations.
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 | Atalanta's Race: A Greek Myth
Buy used from: $0.41 This edition tells the *whole* story, including what happens when Atalanta and her husband neglect their duty to the Gods.
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 | There's a Monster in the Alphabet by James Rumford
Buy used from: $8.82 Reproduces what is apparently a traditional teaching tool for the Greek alphabet, using the story of Cadmus and Thebes; the illustrations are in red-figure vase style. Some of the derivations seemed suspect to me, but I did a little research and it seems its on target.
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 | Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War: An Epic Tale From Ancient Iraq (Aesop Prize (Awards)) by Kathy Henderson
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $0.75 This is (I believe) the oldest complete story in the world, even older than Gilgamesh (some scholars think Lugalbanda may have been the father of Gilgamesh, although I dont know if this is clear). Nicely retold and illustrated.
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 | Gilgamesh the King (Gilgamesh Trilogy, The) by Ludmila Zeman
Buy used from: $9.95 Ms. Zeman did extensive research into ancient Babylonian art; when she sent a draft of the first volume to the British Museum to have it checked for accuracy, they ordered 1,000 copies to sell in their gift shop!
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 | The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy) by Ludmila Zeman
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $6.08 |
 | The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (The Gilgamesh Trilogy) by Ludmila Zeman
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $4.95 |
 | Frederick by Leo Lionni
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.30 A sweet, simple, old-fashioned childrens classic - and a fine example of what being a Bard is all about.
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| The Green Man by Gail E. Haley
Buy used from: $6.85 n interesting medieval-tinged tale of the Green Man, by the Caldecott award-winning author of A Story, A Story. If you can get it, I recommend the hardcover edition because of the fantastic end-papers.
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 | The Green Man by Bel Mooney
Buy used from: $49.99 Another Green Man story; this modern-day tale is from the UK. I like the way it depicts the slow dawning of nature awareness and the level of subtle detail in the illustrations.
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 | When The Root Children Wake Up by Audrey Wood
Buy used from: $6.90 A fun nature-awareness story for the very young that begs to be read aloud.
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 | Grandad's Prayers of the Earth by Douglas Wood
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $0.01 I cant tell you how much I love this book; it will break your heart and then put it right back together again, with Gaea inside.
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| GRANDFATHER TWILIGHT by Barbara Berger
Buy used from: $0.01 'Nuff said.
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