Book Information

Book ID Asin: 162914522X
Book Title: Brick Greek Myths: The Stories of Heracles, Athena, Pandora, Poseidon, and Other Ancient Heroes of Mount Olympus
Book Author: Amanda Brack,Monica Sweeney,Becky Thomas
Book Format and Price:
Book Format Name: Kindle
Book Format Price: $13.99
Book Format Name: Paperback
Book Format Price: $15.84
Book Price: $15.84
Book Category: Books, Teen & Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy and unknown
Book Rating: 129 ratings

Book Product Detail

• Best Sellers Rank: #788,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #174 in Antique & Collectible Toys (Books)
  • #322 in Toy Making
  • #7,203 in Folklore (Books)

• Customer Reviews:
  4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 129 ratings

Book Review

Name: sam
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: .0 out of 5 stars astonishing
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 29, 2022
Review: Wow. We are so impressed! This is a great book! The kids are leaning all kinds of things they never would with these block books. Particularly the Shakespeare and the myths. They are being read to them because their ages range from 3 to 11 but they all love them.

Name: Melanie "Vaxxed & Masked" Gilbert
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: .0 out of 5 stars Mortal
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 19, 2018
Review: Greek myths are tricky to depict in a fixed-frame visual format due to their multiple characters, intersecting storylines and extravagant backgrounds (Hades, Olympus.) Narrators/illustrators Amanda Brock, Monica Sweeney, and Becky Thomas do a credible job of writing concise yet interesting text boxes that accompany each frame. The problem with this work is that the pictorial narrative doesn’t pop. There’s a sameness to the detailed panels that give the 33 stories a ‘been there, done that’ feel.

The repetitive visual tone may be due to the muted color palette of bricks used in the majority of the scenes – the trio uses lots of reds and browns, tans and greys, green and blacks, suggesting a limited LEGO collection of bricks, figures, and miscellany. Other production problems include panels where you can see the figures casting shadows (page 149, for example) suggesting that insufficient light was used to illuminate the scene for the greatest clarity and visual effect. Scene-after-scene features a top-down view. While allowing for a panoramic visual, the perspective got boring over time. Faulty printing also mars this enterprising work. There are vibrantly illustrated frames (the Daedalus and Icarus chapter, for instance), but most frames - especially the smaller ones – are dark and opaque suggesting a problem with the printer’s handling of the plates and ink on press. Finally, my copy split along the spine and pages even before I finished reading the entire book (see pix.)

This is an ambitious work that shows lots of heart and focus. It’s also a mediocre one given the numerous artistic, production, and printing challenges. A boldly executed but pricey enterprise.

Name: Natasha
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: .0 out of 5 stars This one is MAGICAL - highly recommend for any Percy Jackson and Lego fans. Great gift for kids who love mythology and legos!
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 7, 2018
Review: My sons are very into Greek Mythology (thanks to Percy Jackson) and legos, so they are obsessed with this book to the point that a couple months later it has all but fallen apart from love. They read the myths, learn new facts, and then rush off to recreate their own monsters and creatures. I wish the book were sturdier, but I don't think it's the fault of the book given the countless hours of use and love it has received from my 7 and 8 year old boys.

Name: That Helpful Dad
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: .0 out of 5 stars Parents Note - This is PG13 book for sure!
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2016
Review: IMPORTANT TIP FOR PARENTS - this is NOT recommended for smaller kids - there is GRAPHIC VIOLENCE depicted in this book (in so far as you can do that with Legos).

Understand what this book is/isn't.
1) This book IS a book that shows the stories of some classic Greek myths using Lego's and to that end it does a really fine job. As an adult who is a fan of both Legos and Greek Myths I have enjoyed reading it
2) This book is NOT intended for little kids (in my opinion). If you are familiar with Greek myths you'll know that many of the stories involve negative consequences like death and other 'adult' themes. This book does slightly water down these adult themes but not enough to make it appropriate for little kids. Its without a doubt a PG 13 book.
3) This book IS a book that shows full color pics and great Lego builds
4) This book is NOT a book for easy readers - the Greek names alone are a challenge and they will quickly frustrate early readers.

Personally I DO like the book and am happy with it overall but I believe the maker should provide an "FYI to Parents" so they'll know in advance. Also, while the book is beautiful in terms of the pics and it's large size the quality of the binding is poor - our binding came apart after the first read and the pages are already falling out - which is a shame.

Name: amanda johnson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: .0 out of 5 stars For kids
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2020
Review: Cool book
Kids enjoyed it

Name: JG
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: .0 out of 5 stars LOVE it! Great way to engage kids in these stories!
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 4, 2015
Review: Brick books does it again! We purchased this while studying Greek mythology in our homeschool after loving the Brick Bible books. These were equally fantastic, and my 6 year old has read them endlessly for days. He certainly knows many great stories from Greek mythology now!

Name: Minnie Rangel
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: .0 out of 5 stars Got this as a gift for an 11 year old ...
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 7, 2015
Review: Got this as a gift for an 11 year old and he has already started building some of the sets he sees in the book

Name: PJ
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: .0 out of 5 stars Great book other than the horrible binding- it makes it completely not worth it!
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 24, 2021
Review: Absolutely awful binding- we got one- the binding tore the first day- we got a teplacement- same thing!
I guess we're not supposed to be able to open the book.

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