WILLIAMS, Dinah

There could never be enough mythology books, but this one is gorgeous, informative, accessible, and overall, fun. Shelve alongside D’Aulaires’s mythology books and pair with the countless fictional myth retellings.

Despite the promising premise and the introduction of many little-known tragic events, the flat narrative and the brevity in detail make this a secondary purchase.

Gr 4–6—Each book highlights 11 supposedly frightening places, with two to three paragraphs of information, a pullout box containing a related fact, and artwork consisting mostly of atmospheric photographs of the places and people involved...