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K-3
Illustrated by
Victor Juhasz.
From "A is for Ancient Greece" to "Z is for Zeus," poems for each letter of the alphabet focus on Greek myths. Sidebars on most pages round out the broadly sketched verses ("Escaping Circe and the Sirens' song, / the one-eyed giant, the cannibal throng, / Odysseus sailed the restless sea, / home to Ithaca and Penelope"). Cartoonish drawings (some unfinished-looking) display the action. Glos.