Customer Reviews

Tales From the Greek Legends (Naxos Junior Classics)

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I bought this audioook for our girls (aged 7 and 9) to listen to on long journeys. We enjoy listening to it also and it certainly does make the journeys more bareable. Our 7 year old particularly loves this audiobook, in her words "it's brilliant. I love Jason and the Argonauts best."

I feel it's better than simply watching a DVD all the time. At least they are using their imaginations to visualize the images and they are often inspired to sit and draw what they have imagined. I heartily recommend this audiobook. We also enjoyed The Groovy Greeks by Terry Deary from his Horrible Histories series. Although Deary has a much more comical and irreverant take on history, he's still very informative and educational.

I bought the Tales of the Greek Legends for my children when they were only 5 and 7. They are now 14 and 16 and they still love these stories. I highly recommend this version of the Greek Myths.

Wonderful stories. Good choice for anyone looking to introduce the Greek legends to children, and good for those who just love to hear a good, enthralling story.

My son and I both enjoyed this CD. The reader is very good, and the stories themselves were exciting enough to keep my 6 year old listening to the CD, rather than going back to playing his DS!

My son has listened repeatedly to this CD as part of his bedtime "routine." He loves the stories, and I love that he's becoming familiarized with Greek legends. I highly recommend this CD for anyone with grade school children who enjoy listening to stories.

We all enjoyed listening to the stories and was a learning experience as well as relaxing while traveling in the car. Adults and kids will both enjoy the interesting stories.

Anyone familiar with the ancient Greek myths will wonder "Why so skimpy on the details." The myths told here simply don't come to life. The music tries to push some life and excitement in the storytelling, but unfortunately it follows a Wagnerian playbook -not well suited to Greek mythology. All-in-all this is a bland retelling of some really great stories.