In my opinion, this is a very interesting and very unusual concept, which is really intriguing and fresh. Many writers have rewritten the Greek Myths, changing styles, endings and more, but this author/illustrator team decided to take many of the Classic Greek Myths we know and love, and many that aren't so well known and change just one thing. Genders. Today, these myths continue to shape our ideas about justice, tragedy and what makes a hero’s journey.

William, my 12 year old son, and I share a love of mythology and history. We have built over the years a collection of books filled with a wide range of retellings of the stories of Greek mythology. The authors reveal in the foreword that the ‘gender-swapped’ component of this collection is achieved via an algorithm that literally swaps feminine and masculine pronouns featured in already existing works that they fed into a computer: he for she, her for him; as well as queendom for kingdom etc However, there are some ways I feel that the story could improve. I felt that a few of the names were confusing, such as Danae, which was changed to Danaus, and Danaus, which was changed to Danae. Also, the change of dryads to satyrs was confusing, as they are already both established groups of characters in the myths. On the other hand, the name bank at the end of the book was incredibly useful, but hard to find if you didn’t realise it was there.... Read Full Review

The use of an algorithm to do this became glaringly obvious as the stories went on and felt, frankly, quite lazy. Now if it had been done by hand with choices made by the author perhaps the writing would’ve read a lot more authentic. As it stands it’s just ok. And a little awkward in places. Beginning life as a woman Hatshepsut ruled as regent upon the death of her husband Thutmose II, the throne passed to her son, Thutmose III. Too young to rule alone, Hatshepsut was regent for her son for three years, until for reasons unknown, she became Pharaoh. I loved this book. It made me see these Greek myths in a whole new light just from the simple act of switching the gender roles. www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/07/it-was-exciting-to-create-these-beastly-huge-grotesque-women-the-authors-gender-swapping-the-greek-myths

Seems a bit of a weird take to me. Were there that many people thinking that Zeus turning into a swan and raping a woman was some kind of salutary life example for the listener? That swapping the sexes will suddenly make people realise that this is wrong after all? Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - The art, both in the book and on the cover are eye-catching, which adds another dimension to the stories. The result is a collection of stories where the woman isn't sitting around waiting to be rescued, or waiting for years for her beloved to return, or pliably taking whatever fate is dished out for her by the men around her.I really enjoyed this book, and I found the concept of gender swapping very interesting. It was refreshing to see the women warriors out fighting and the men told to sit inside. Even the language used to describe the genders was different to that typically used in mythology, for example women being described as brave and great. The illustrations were beautiful and interesting and I loved the colour scheme. They really brought the myths to life. The stories were intriguing, easy to read and exciting. My favourites were Odyssea and the Cyclopess because it is very clever, and Pandorus and his Casket. They were funny and light-hearted, so perfect for younger readers as well as older ones. I feel very well informed about Greek mythology and would definitely recommend it to a friend! Grace B, 14 Jonathan had just become a father to a daughter and was starting to think about the world she would grow up in. As a ‘digital inventor’, he wondered if he could invent something that would allow people to see the world in a different light and expose the power imbalances ingrained in our society. He set about creating a computer algorithm that swapped all the gender of any text - turning ‘he’ to ‘she’, ‘Mother’ to ‘Father’ and ‘Hero’ to ‘Heroine’. People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales – to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital change. Interesting article from the Guardian on a new book. It seems the writer and illustrator have previously gender swapped fairy tales. I think it is fair to use gender (although I've not read the books) because they keep the stereotypes and it highlights how, frankly, psychopathic behaviour is just accepted in male characters. Today gender identity remains one of the most hard-fought battlegrounds of queer identity. Many notable figures, including she who must not be named, have taken a stand against anything other than the traditionally accepted ‘male’ and ‘female’ gender identities.