Max and Ruby in Pandora's Box (Picture Puffin)

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Summary: adorable
Review: A children's book that's easy to read and keeps my child interested. Great book.

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Summary: Great way to get kids interested in Greek myths
Review: My 2 boys, ages 5 and 2, really enjoy this book. It uses a universal sibling problem---one touching another's property---to set up a retelling of Pandora's Box. In this version, Pandora's Box contains bugs, which are then eaten by a big spider---a real child pleaser touch! My older son says he likes this book because "it's one book inside another book". He loves the idea of a story within a story, and gets excited that at the end "Max and Ruby are back again!"

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Summary: "Sneak a Peek at this version of Pandora's Box!"
Review: NO! THIS MEANS YOU!
What good is a sign posted on your bedroom door if your nosy 3-year-old brother can't read it? To keep Max away from her forbidden jewelry box, 7-year-old Ruby reads a light-hearted version of the Greek myth Pandora's Box.

The text is more detailed than a typical Max and Ruby board book written for toddlers. The advanced vocabulary includes words such as temptation, magnetic, propelled, forbidden, and terraceum (a word created for this book, I believe). But we've never met a Max and Ruby book we didn't like, and this one was no exception. If you're as curious as Pandora, sneak a peek at Well's other Greek myth Max and Ruby's Midas.