The Ancient Greek Mythical Creatures ABC Book
A paperback of 8"x8", nicely sized for little hands. The ABC book has 29 full-colour illustrated pages, and a list of the original Ancient artworks on which each image is based, or by which they are inspired.
Each letter of the (English!) alphabet is shown in Upper and Lower case on the page, along with an Ancient Greek mythical creature that either starts with the (transliterated!) letter or has a preceding adjective that does. All the adjectives chosen link in some way with the story of the Creature pictured.
Each illustrated Creature is coloured in soft but bright watercolour tones that balance with the colour of the letters. Hopefully you'll find it as much of a joy to look at as I and my 2 year old daughter do!
The ABC book has illustrations based on a wealth of Ancient Greek, Greco-Roman and Early Roman artwork. These are predominantly from pottery, with some inspired by mosaics, and some original pieces in the style of existing artwork. The final page of the book details the original artworks that inspired each page.
An 8x8inch paperback book