Say Cheese, Medusa! (Myth-O-Mania, Book 3)

Another book from the great series by Kate McMullen. They are all very funny, witty and educational. We only wish they would be reprinted !

This is the third in a series?! I thought this was the only one! Well never mind. I loved this book, and although I normally don't like medusa, but i love greek mythology, so i tried it and loved it. Hades is actually the good guy in this one, and tries to help save medusa from being killed by the jelous... someone. Sorry i'm not a spoiler. all in all this was an awesome book.

In the third installment to the series Hades writes about the popular myth of Medusa. As you know Medusaused to be a gorgon(A bug eyed winged monster with snakes for hair. But she wasn't born that way. She was born a beautiful moon goddess with silky black hair. A nasty goddess(Athena)made her and her sisters that way. Soon a young man named Purseus is after her head.Can Medusa save herself? This book may not have as much action as the first book but is just as good.

Kate McMullan has created an excellent twist on traditional myth telling. I bought these books for my older two children (ages 9 & 7) and found them not only funny, but extremely eye opening and appropriate for adults as well. They should really be read in tandem with Bullfinch's anthologies in any mythology class, as it offers a view from the "other" side, which is rarely, if ever, explored. In this "episode" a beautiful and very kind, minor moon goddess is transformed into the legendary "turn men into stone" gorgon by a very jealous and self important , major goddess. It is a story of how understanding and being compassionate to others can overcome even the seemingly worse circumstances and reveal the true beauty beneath.