Amazing Immortals: A Guide to Gods and Goddesses Around the World -- Dinah Williams - Hardcover

A culturally diverse, fact-filled, and gorgeously illustrated introduction to over 80 gods and goddesses from around the world--a perfect introduction to mythology for young readers.

With heroic deeds, family drama, pulse-pounding battles, and shape-shifting magic, mythology fascinates us all. But even the biggest enthusiasts find it hard to keep track of who's who!

Packed with facts and full-color, lush illustrations, Dinah Williams's Amazing Immortals is a fascinating introduction to these larger-than-life gods and goddesses, highlighting their big personalities, famous adventures, formidable powers, family trees, animal companions, and appearances in pop culture. Organized by theme--from gods of creation to gods of death and the underworld; from gods of water to gods of fire; from gods of love to gods of war--this diverse encyclopedia features both familiar and underrepresented deities.

Filled with betrayal, intrigue, romance, and impossible feats, their captivating stories entertain us, explain our world, and help answer some of life's biggest questions.

Includes gods and goddesses from 30 pantheons:
Akan * Annang *Aztec * Babylonian * Bushongo * Canaanite * Celtic * Chinese * Efik * Egyptian * Finnish * Greek * Hawai'ian * Hindu * Hittite * Hopi * Ibibio * Incan * Inuit * Korean * Lithuanian * Māori * Mayan * Navajo * Norse * Pueblo * Roman * Shinto * Sumerian * Yoruba

Author: Dinah Dunn Williams
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781419761904
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 02/01/2024 pg. 108
Booklist 03/15/2024 pg. 60

About the Author
Dinah Dunn, under her married name Williams, has written more than a dozen historical books for kids, including Scholastic's Terrible But True: Awful Events in American History, True Haunting Deadly Disasters, and Spooky Cemeteries, which won the 2009 Children's Choice Book of the Year Award.