Mary Pope Osborne writes the Tales from the Odyssey Boxed Set based on Homer’s The Odyssey. The Odyssey is an epic sea adventure poem. Odysseus is a conquering hero in the Trojan War. It was his idea to build the Trojan horse. Now the Trojan War is finished. The tired Odysseus wants to return home. Unfortunately, he angers a Greek god, Poseidon. And, Greek gods have terrible tempers! Odysseus is doomed to a twenty-year sea voyage before reaching his homeland, wife and son.

Mary Pope Osborne retells Odysseus’ homeward adventures in the Boxed Set Tales from the Odyssey. She writes using her trademark early chapter book format. Tales from the Odyssey Boxed Set contains six books. The popular author introduces children to the characters whom Odysseus encounters on his voyage. The Tales from the Odyssey is a great way to familiarize young children with the sea adventure.

Tales from the Odyssey Boxed Set

1. The One-Eyed Giant

2. The Land of the Dead

3. Sirens and Sea Monsters

4. The Gray-Eyed Goddess

5. Return to Ithaca

6. The Final Battle

Feel free to use the printable complete Tales from the Odyssey list on this web page. Enjoy the kids' sea adventure books!





Mary Pope Osborne is the author of the popular Magic Tree House story books. Kids around the world love to join eight-year-old, Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie on their adventures. Jack and Annie have a magic tree house which is a time portal. The brother and sister point to a picture in a book and the tree house takes them there. Jack and Annie travel to the Ireland, New Orleans, Hawaii, the Moon and many other locales. The readers of the Magic Tree House books learn facts about the different places they visit with the young detectives. The beginning chapter books are for early elementary students.

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