‘Fascinating and richly illustrated. A FINALIST and highly recommended.’ The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist in both the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards and the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Reluctant to fight at the Trojan War, Odysseus is whisked away from his home, where he becomes one of the great warriors and leaders. But after he helps the Greeks to victory, he begins an amazing journey across seas and lands- facing monsters, giants, goddesses and magic, and still with the dream of arriving back to his wife and son. Find out about who he meets along the way, and how this hero makes his dangerous journey, back to his palace. "...young readers will really love this story...the illustrations and format are gorgeous!" Readers' Favorite "These are wonderful books, and children do and will love them." The Classics Library "[this] book series...teaches young people about the Greek myths. I think other parents will appreciate the educational information in this story and kids will love the adventure..." Readers' Favorite Odysseus is our multi-award winning third book, and is probably one of the best known Greek myth tales. At its heart, it's a tale of family and one man's desire to get home to his wife and son. Along the way he battles with monsters and magic, but ultimately he succeeds and is reunited with his loved ones.The tale presented a great challenge with many of the best creatures from myths, such as the Cyclops, Sirens, Circe and the double-challenge of the whirlpool and monster, Scylla & Charybdis!This results in some of the best of our images to date, with bright colourful illustrations to bring the tales to life for kids. Check out our books, including our paperbacks, eBooks and audiobooks, on earlymyths.com. From the award-winning Early Myths collection, Odysseus is the third book in the series. Odysseus is a Greek hero who sails to take part in the Trojan War but encounters monsters, nymphs, gods and heroes on his travels homeward. My name is Simon Spence and I'm the author of Early Myths Books, a collection of children's stories covering the greatest of the Greek Myths! I started writing for children back in 2014 when my first daughter was 4 years old and wanted to read about Perseus and Jason & the Argonauts. I found it hard to find an inspiring myth book for her age group and so I decided to dive right in and start my own series! My two girls have now grown up but are still involved in the creation and writing of these books.   Many of the Greek myth books are aimed at teenagers and I wanted to use my knowledge to create stories which bring them to life for a younger group. My books are aimed at 4 to 10 year olds, with bright and exciting pictures, and fun stories of the heroes and gods.   We've won a ton of book awards for story, design and illustration. Then in 2018, we were honoured to have the foreword for our fifth book, "Persephone", written by actor, director, comedian and writer, Stephen Fry. Stephen is an amazing author and has written some of the best books for adults on the Greek Myths.   These books are the perfect way to introduce children to the world of Greek mythology- and for the adults to brush up on their knowledge and enjoy these stories with their loved ones! The myths can be fun and crazy, full of heroes and monsters, and they will always excite children and help to explain the wonders of the world.   Pick a book and dive right in- you don't have to start with book 1 as they're all stand-alone tales. So grab whichever tickles your fancy. We have paperbacks, audiobooks and eBooks available, which means that there's a version for everyone. Enjoy them by listening or by reading, and explore timeless adventure stories.