When I was a child I obsessively read Bulfinch's Mythology, and it sparked my interest in the field (and made a huge difference to how I use and perceive language). I don't know whether it's a children's book, but neither did I ever particularly care ;).
D'Aulaire's gets a thumbs-up from the children's book nut as well as from the classicist. I think that makes it a winner. (He also wrote a similar book about Norse mythology, which I thought was even cooler. Mostly because *everyone* knew about those silly Greek gods, but my knowledge of Yggdrasil the World Tree made me unique in my 4th-grade classroom.)
You know, I read a lot of what you talk about in translation - I'm always impressed by real classicists, for that reason among others I've always admired your journal.
I'm a friend of redheadedmuse, and I had a research question she suggested you might be able to answer--- I have a few years of Greek, no Latin, so I'm so sure I can rightfully lay claim to the title Classicist, but I am continuing to study on my own and goddammit I will get to Sanskrit sometime this decade, I swear't. The question is this: my real calling is the writing of strange novels, and I'm doing draft material / research for number four (no, one through three aren't sitting on the shelf of your local bookstore, I write the things, I didn't say I was successful at selling them...) which involves a Classics student. You're in a Masters program in Classics, right
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Sam, children's book nut
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So - how about it. Where's my interview?
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