Greek mythology for kids, with your child inside the myth

Which stories of Greek mythology for kids can you choose?

It is Greek mythology for kids with the names and scenes everyone knows, except that someone of yours is standing on deck. A few of the topics:

• "The Odyssey": the way home to Ithaca, a Cyclops fooled by a single word, the song of the Sirens and Penelope waiting.
• "The labours of Heracles": labours that need brains, not muscles.
• "Theseus and the labyrinth": Ariadne's thread, with a kinder ending.
• "Icarus and Daedalus": wings of feathers and wax, and the rule "not too high and not too low".
• "A day on Olympus": the child becomes the gods' helper and feeds Pegasus.
• There are also the Argonauts, Persephone, Pandora's box, the wooden horse of Troy and, for the holidays, the kalikantzaroi, the Christmas goblins of Greek folklore.

How does your child step into the myth?

The hero stays the hero: Odysseus holds the tiller, Daedalus builds the wings. Your child stands beside them, and your child's name is in the title. Say your daughter is called Eleni: her book is "Eleni on Odysseus's Ship". You can start it straight from the Odyssey for kids.

The name is spelt exactly as you typed it. Up to 6 people fit in one book: a brother or sister in the crew, Grandma, even the family dog, which always stays an animal and is never the main hero.

That is how Greek mythology for kids becomes a personalised book in which your child stands next to Penelope or Heracles, painted from the photos you uploaded.

What age is Greek mythology for kids right for?

You choose the myth together with your child's age group: 3–5, 6–9, or 10 and over. The age group decides which topics appear and how much text each page carries; we never ask for an exact age.

For 3–5 you will find the myths for children of that age: Icarus, Persephone, the day on Olympus and the kalikantzaroi. From 6–9 the long voyages open up as well: the Odyssey for kids, the labours of Heracles, Theseus, the Argonauts.

At every age, the Greek mythology for kids on Vivlary is told gently: Icarus comes down softly, and at the bottom of Pandora's box hope stays behind.

How is a personalised mythology book made?

You upload photos, type the names, choose the myth and the look, and see a free preview: the cover, the first three pages and two pages from the middle, with a watermark. The steps are in our guide on how to make a personalised book.

Every topic suggests a look. For the Odyssey it suggests the "Semi-realistic storybook" style and the "Aegean" palette, but all of it can be changed: there are 17 picture styles, 15 palettes and 6 typefaces, and the mythology book on screen changes with every tap.

Our team wrote and checked the frame of each myth. The text of your own book is written from it for your own people, with the help of artificial intelligence.

Greek mythology for kids as a gift

A personalised book with a myth suits a birthday, a name day or a summer before a trip to the islands. You read it online in your account, or order it as a printed hardcover, 21 × 29,7. What each format costs is on the prices page.

For a printed book of Greek mythology for kids at Christmas, with the kalikantzaroi for instance, allow time for printing and post.

Grown-ups have their own Odyssey too: for a couple there is the topic "Our own Odyssey", in a book for a couple. Like the myths for children, it is a personalised book made from your own photos.

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