This is an engrossing graphic novel for elementary and middle school kids, set in an all-female world on the fictional island of Themiscyra. It tells part of the origin story of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman, but I read it with enjoyment before I realized that. No spoilers for the story, which kept me turning pages. Diana, the protagonist, is eleven years old, and the authors portray her inner life with sensitivity. The graphic style is Disney-esque, and indeed the illustrator has worked on several Disney films, including Frozen and Moana. The colors (by Lark Pien) are bright and eye-pleasing. This is not a book for teaching kids about Greek myth and the ancient world, since it riffs freely and imaginatively on ancient stories, characters, and settings rather than faithfully recounting traditional tales. But it’s fun and highly appealing. – Diane Arnson Svarlien

* For further information on the Our Mythical Childhood Survey, please refer to the website of the project “Our Mythical Childhood” [link: http://omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/], led by Prof. Katarzyna Marciniak at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales,” University of Warsaw, Poland, with the participation of Bar Ilan University, University of New England, University of Roehampton, University of Yaoundé 1, and other affiliated scholars, within the funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant agreement No 681202).