“Fresh off their win over the Titans, the Gods are riding high— but those always-pesky Mortals think they just might be able to bring them crashing to earth.”  

Mount Olympus Basketball imagines a truly epic basketball game between the Olympian gods and a team of mortal heroes, riotously narrated by a duo of “toga clad announcers.” A halftime review of ancient Greek culture adds some nice educational context. Mythology fans will love catching the many in-jokes, references, and cameos. My personal favorite was Hercules’ cowardly cousin Eurystheus in the role of an easily intimidated referee, but Prometheus serving an “eternal team suspension” was a close second. Written to be both hilarious and educational, this book will appeal to young sports fans and mythology lovers alike. – Krishni Burn

* 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).