Hold On to the String!: Story of Minotaur

This warm and funny picture book introduces children to the Minotaur, the bull-headed creature at the heart of the Labyrinth in Greek mythology - and turns the most famous monster in the old stories into somebody a four-year-old will want to rescue!In short, rhythmic sentences made for reading aloud, Orson Vale, creator of The Little Myths Library, tells the story of Ariadne, a princess of seven who is not scared of noises, of Theseus, a boy who arrives with a shiny sword, and of a very big ball of red string that leads all three of them home.Every book in The Little Myths Library tells a single Greek myth the way a child should meet it for the first time - simply, kindly and with a laugh - in glowing watercolour illustrations, with an "About the Real Minotaur" page at the end that retells the original legend in plain words for curious readers and their grown-ups. Written in Greece, where these stories were first told.With its gentle lesson about listening before judging, being brave in the dark and holding on to the people who hold on to you, Hold On to the String! is a must-have first Greek myth for every child's bookshelf and a perfect gift for birthdays, first days of school, and anyone who has ever been lost.The first wave of The Little Myths Library: Cerberus - Pandora - Medusa - the Minotaur - Zeus - Athena - Hades - the Trojan Horse - the Cyclops - Persephone.