The Children's Homer

This is the perfect ORAL reading for young children. The language is beautiful and very similar to the word pictures Homer displayed for his audience. I recommend that adults that missed out on The Iliad and The Odyssey as students begin their TRUE education by reading this version. The list of char......more

I read this child's revision of The Iliad and The Odyssey to my three children ages 7-10. We all liked this introduction to Greek literature. I was encouraged to purchase lectures on both stories from The Teaching Company. The lectures have opened my mind to help prepare me for when I do read the ful......more

I really enjoyed reading Padraic Colum's The Children's Homer, a retelling--originally published in 1918--of the Iliad and the Odyssey. You should know from the start that it is a prose retelling. The story opens by introducing readers to Telemachus, the now grown son of Odysseus. When Telemachus wa......more

An excellent retelling for children. The incomparable Simon Vance narrated. Even narrators, it seems, use pen names. In the credits he said "narrated by Robert Whitfield," when I knew the voice was Simon Vance's. Wikipedia confirmed it! I also enjoyed Willy Pogany's simple, uncluttered pen-and-ink il......more

It was sooo good!!!! I loved the War of Troy and I have heard about the Trojan horse and everything and the war but making all the connections was so like “Ohhh so that’s what that means!” And it was just so so good, I recommend this book to anyone!......more