D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

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The illustrations might not be fine art prints, but they are lovely when you're small and don't diminish as one ages. I -- Io: I liked her punishment from Hera, being turned into a cow, but I don't think it is fair for just having been with Zeus. Greek mythology can be a very complex subject, but this book does a fabulous job of making the myths accessible and enjoyable.

E -- Echo: Pan was in love with her, but she was in love with a different boy, and she was cursed so that she could only repeat what others say.It was the best introduction I could ever have asked for and is still the one I trust to be both simple and accurate. The couple immigrated to the United States from Europe and worked on books that focused on history such as Abraham Lincoln, which won the 1940 Caldecott Medal.

In 2005, New York Review Books reissued Norse Gods and Giants under the name d'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths. He was engrossed by the first section, and the text when read aloud flowed better than I'd expected it to.It has inspired a lifelong fascination with mythology and the ancient world and probably played a large part in my obsessive need to learn everything about everything--not that that's possibly, but it's fun to try.