FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Oberman, Sheldon

Island of the Minotaur: Greek Myths of Ancient Crete

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Blair Drawson. Using many well-known Greek myths, Oberman makes some conjectures about Atlantis and tells us about the connections between the Minoans and the Greeks. The text is sophisticated and better suited to mature readers. The stylized paintings have touches of humor and horror, but the gods and the humans lack the dignity expressed in the telling. Glos.

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