Please Share, Aphrodite! (Mini Myths)

by Joan Holub, Leslie Patricelli (Illustrator)

Overview

Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena are competing for Paris’s candy apple. When Aphrodite offers Paris a toy horse, she wins the prize! But her bragging results in the hurt feelings of others. When Aphrodite stops boasting, though, and offers to share her snack instead, the three friends happily play together. Leslie Patricelli’s illustrations bring a lively visual narrative to Joan Holub’s expertly focused text. Includes a summary of the original myth of Aphrodite and the Golden Apple.

Also available in the Mini Myths series: Don't Get Lost, Odysseus and Good Job, Athena!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419716782
Publisher:	Abrams Appleseed
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Series:	Mini Myths Series
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	896,821
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Joan Holub is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than 130 children’s books, including the popular series Goddess Girls. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.


Leslie Patricelli has published more than 25 books for children, including Yummy Yucky and other titles in the bestselling Bald Baby board-book series. She lives in Ketchum, Idaho.

Editorial Reviews

2015-07-15
This entry in the Mini Myths series is meant to encourage sharing through the Greek myth of Aphrodite. A rosy-cheeked boy wearing a superhero cape holds up an apple "Who wants to trade for my apple?" he asks. "Me!" "I will!" and "I do!" three eager little girls respond. One offers to trade her crown, another her puzzle, and the last one her toy. As the toy is accepted in trade for the apple, the winner gleefully exclaims, "I won! I won! I won!" Maybe. The girls left out of the swap proceed to play, excluding the winner, until she offers to share her apple. Now everyone is happy. Where to start with the problems with this book? Perhaps with the mismatch between content and format. This is a board book, and therefore one intended for an audience roughly 6 months to 2 years old. It is hard to imagine these words coming out of the mouths of kids in this age group, never mind understanding concepts such as trading, competing, and shaming. If it is intended for an older audience, say 3- to 5-year-olds, why the board-book format? While this older group would quite easily relate to the story and its message, the gossamer-thin connection to the Greek myth is a stretch. Companion title Be Careful, Icarus! shares the same problems. A gimmicky use of the Greek myths that falls flat. (Board book. 3-5)

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