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A gift from Zeus
sixteen favorite myths
By Steig, Jeanne & Steig, William
- ISBN
- 978-0-06028-406-0
- Publisher
- New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2001
Gr 9-Up Although in many ways this volume is as enthralling as the Steigs' A Handful of Beans (HarperCollins, 1998), in these unexpurgated myths, as in their pagan sources, lurk suicides and other distressing deaths, lust, rape, incest, and human-animal couplings of various sorts. That said, sophisticated readers will be charmed by the lively retellings, blending vernacular ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
