In the previous posting, put up yesterday, I listed a sample of recent children’s books involving Hercules. I am currently writing about these and will share what I have come up with soon.
I have also been thinking about the bigger picture of Hercules in children’s literature aided by the article by Lisa Maurice that I have mentioned previously and also by a list of works about Hercules that Lisa has just sent me. Here’s the list of books from Lisa from 1970 down to 2018 with one addition: Hercules and Bampots written in Scots from 2005.
1970
Ian Serraillier, Hercules the Strong
1972
Robert Newman, The Twelve
Labors of Hercules
1982
Claudia Zeff, Gill Harvey and Stephen
Cartwright, The Amazing Adventures of Hercules (Usborne Young Reading: Series
Two)
1984
Bernard Evslin, Hercules
I. M. Richardson, The
Adventures of Hercules
1996
Laura Geringer
and Peter Bollinger, Hercules the Strong Man (Myth Men: Guardians of the
Legend)
1997
Bob Blaisdell, The Story of
Hercules (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
Kathryn
Lasky and Mark Hess, Hercules: The Man, the Myth, the Hero
Jan Carr, Hercules: The Hero
James Riordan
and Christina Balit, The Twelve Labors Of Hercules
Georges Moroz, Hercules -
The Complete Myths of a Legend (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Marc Cerasini, Twelve Labors
of Hercules (Step into Reading, Step 3, paper)
1998
Georges Moroz, Hercules: The
Twelve Labors
John Whitman, Hercules:
Legendary Journeys (Mighty Chronicles)
Nancy Loewen, Hercules
(Greek and Roman Mythology Series)
1999
Robert
Burleigh and Raul Colon, Hercules
2001
Elizabeth Hookings, Sandra Iverson,
Bob Eschenbach, Tom Pipher, Hercules and Other Greek Legends
Della Rowland, Hercules and the golden apples
2003
Geraldine McCaughrean,
Hercules
2004
Gill Harvey and Stephen
Cartwright, The Amazing Adventures of Hercules (Usborne Young Reading: Series
Two)
James Ford and Peter
Rutherford, The Twelve Labors of Hercules (Ancient Myths)
2005
Frank
Tieri and Jimmy Palmiotti, Hercules: New Labors of Hercules (Marvel
Comics)
Geraldine McCaughrean and Cynthia
Bishop, Hercules (Heroes)
Chris Mould, and Diana Redmond,
Hercules: Superhero and workbook, 2005, 2012
Matthew Fitt, Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, illustrated by Bob Dewar,
Edinburgh: Itchy Coo, 57 pages.
2007
Jim Whiting, Hercules
(Profiles in Greek & Roman Mythology)
2008
Paul Storrie and Steve
Kurth, Hercules: The Twelve Labours (Graphic Universe)
Shannon Eric Denton and Andy
Kuhn, Hercules (Short Tales Greek Myths)
2009
Bob Layton, Hercules: Prince
of Power (Marvel Premiere Classic)
Bob Layton, Hercules: Full
Circle
Janet Hardy-Gould, Hercules,
2010
Bob Layton and Ron Lim, Hercules:
Twilight of a God (Hercules (Marvel))
Kate
McMullan and Denis Zilber, Get to Work, Hercules! (Myth-O-Mania Book
7)
2011
Sarah Coghill, The Twelve
Labors of Hercules
Alex Frith and Linda Cavallini, Hercules The World's Strongest Man
2012
Francesca
Simon and Tony Ross, Helping Hercules
2013
Paul D.
Storrie and Steve Kurth, Hercules: The Twelve Labors [A Greek Myth]
(Graphic Myths and Legends)
Fred Van
Lente and Alexey Aparin, Hercules (Myths and Legends)
Brandon Terrell, Greek
Mythology's Twelve Labors of Hercules: A Choose Your Path Book (Can You
Survive?)
Ryan Madison, Hercules: The
First 6 tasks
Tony Bradman, Hercules the
Hero (White Wolves: Myths and Legends)
Gary Margrove, Hercules Son
of God: Deceit of the Gods (Part 5) (Legacy of the Gods Book 4)
2014
Michaela Morgan, (Illustrated by Glen
McBeth), Hercules the hero: a myth from ancient Greece
2015
John Bankston, Hercules (Kids’
Guide to Mythology)
Martin
Powell and Alfonso Ruiz, The Adventures of Hercules (Graphic Revolve:
Common Core Editions)
Greg Pak and Fred
van Lente, Incredible Hercules: Love and War
Estudio Haus, The 12 Labors
of Hercules (Ancient Myths)
2016
Anika
Fajardo and Nadine Takvorian, Hercules and His 12 Labors: An
Interactive
Mythological Adventure (You
Choose: Ancient Greek Myths)
Connie Morgan and Herb
Leonhard, Hercules on the Bayou
Paul Nation Hercules (Level6 Book 5)
older 11-13
Simon Spence and Colm Lawton,
Herakles: Book 5- Early Myths: Kids Books on Greek Myth (Volume 5) 4-10 yr olds
2017
Stella Tarakson, Nick Roberts, Here Comes Hercules! (Hopeless Heroes)
6-10 year olds
Gerald Vinestock, Crib and the Labours of Hercules
Winston Forde and Jermaine Carew, The Golden Gloves of Heracles & Hercules's Gauntlet 9-18 yr olds
Michael and David Sorrow, Heroic Hercules and the Baby Dragon (Learning in
Motion Adventures Book 1) younger
Elena Paige, Hercules Finds His Courage: Volume 1 Taki and Toula Time
Travelers) ages 6-8.
2018
Lee Smyth, Hercules: Gods Versus Titans (WARRIORS! Book 3) Middle school
and teenage boys.
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore and Andrew Tunney, Hercules (EDGE: I HERO: Legends) 6-8 year olds (choose-your-own-destiny adventure).
Connor Hoover, Camp Hercules 7-12
The list is full of relevance to the activities – to
give context, to provide a starting point, to provide follow-up reading. When I
first drafted activities for children, I considered whether it was necessary to
introduce Hercules first. Rather, Hercules could come gradually into the
activities.
I can still see pros and cons to either approach and the children’s literature could complement either approach – in some books, Hercules is the focus from the start. In others, like Camp Hercules or Crib and the labours of Hercules, the starting point is a child – the main character – who finds themselves unexpectedly inhabiting a world which comprises Hercules and other mythological characters.
How all this bears on the activities I’ll discuss
in the next posting, currently in draft form.
More soon...
1 comment:
Ah yes, I had forgotten the Bbampots which I discovered a bit later and is wonderful! :-)
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