My Storybook Favorites

While browsing through past students' storybooks, there were a few that caught my eye. The first of which was "Olympus University." I like how the author portrayed Greek myths as romantic exaggerations of typical college stories, approaching the Trojan War as the Red River Rivalry and the constellations as stealing other schools mascots. I thought the idea of Hercules being a fraternity pledge and having to perform his 12 labors was pretty clever. And, though it took me a minute, referring to Olympus University as OU was funny. You can read this storybook found here.

The next storybook I found worthwhile was "Elf Tales." The author of this storybook must have had a revelation while watching the movie "Elf," in which Papa Elf proclaims elves love telling stories because this project is a collection of stories told from elves across popular culture. The author creatively takes modern stories known by most of his or her readers but adds his or her own different perspective to the story placing a unique spin to the story. I also like the idea that elves from across pop-culture used to hang out with each other.

Picture from "Elf Tales" which you can check out here.

Sticking to the theme, the last storybook I thought was interesting was "Real Housewives of Greek Mythology." It, too, took stories that most readers might find familiar, Greek mythology, and presented it as a popular television series. Taking the dramatic and complex relationships of the main cast of Greek goddesses and viewing them through the lens of a reality TV show puts a modern spin on the stories and perhaps allows them to be more able to relate. In a sense, these same Greek myths were in fact the Greeks' version of reality TV. You, too, can be entertained by reading this clever storybook by clicking this.