The Dolphin's Message

Gr 4–7—In each volume, Atticus the storyteller explains that he travels with his donkey to eight Greek cities that are the sites of his stories; his journey is charted on a map. The simple, descriptive, and engaging narratives include snappy dialogue and are combined with full-color cartoon illustrations to bring the gods to life. Dolphin's Message presents the stories of Orion, Tantalus, Amphitrite and Poseidon, Athene, Theseus and Procrustes, King Sisyphus, Phaeton, and Dionysius. Monster introduces Daphne, Theseus and the Minotaur, Philemon and Baucis, Endymion and Selene, Arachne, King Midas, Queen Niobe, and Eos and Tithonus. The stories were originally published in Great Britain in a single volume, Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths (Orion, 2002), but these shorter chapter-book volumes may be less intimidating to young audiences who clamor for more books about the Greek gods.—Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI