Meet the living, fire-breathing mythical creatures of Greek legend, from an award-winning picture book creator. Meet the hundred-eyed Argus and the one-eyed Cyclops; the nine-headed Hydra and the three-headed watchdog, Cerberus; Medusa the Gorgon and Minotaur, half-man, half-bull; the Sirens, half-woman, half-vulture and the Sphinx, half-woman, half winged-lion. Meet Centaurs, Harpies, the Scylla and Echidna. Meet the mythological monsters of ancient Greece in this fabulous, fantastical, quirky and informative picture book by Sara Fanelli.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2006 by Walker Books Ltd .

Sara Fanelli was born and grew up in Florence, Italy but she now lives in London. She trained at The Royal College of Art (?) and is the author-illustrator of several notable books Wolf, Dear Diary. , this is her first publication for Jonathan Cape.