(3) 4-6 Adapted by Laurie Calkhoven. Illustrated by Drew Willis. This adaptation of Freeman's adult book Oh My Gods! covers "Gods," "Goddesses," "Heroes," and "Lovers." Longer chapters--"Hercules," "Oedipus," and "Odysseus," for example--retell those myths in greater depth. Language is accessible (Aphrodite to Anchises: "Calm down"); story variants are mentioned. A useful "Directory of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals" is appended, but no sources are given. Glos.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Drew Willis. This handsome large-format twentieth-anniversary edition features a new introduction and conversational sidebars written by Paulsen that personalize some of the novel's material. Naturalistic sepia-tone drawings are lovely but would be better suited to illustrate a nature journal than a survival story. Readers may be put off by the book's large size, but teachers will especially appreciate the additional content.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute