Jason and the Golden Fleece is the second book in the Early Myths collection, a series of children's picture books on Greek myth. Each book covers a character from mythology and brings the tale to life through illustrations and story-telling, with inspiration from ancient art and literature. The books are aimed at 4 to 10 year olds, are beautifully designed and easy to read. The myth of Jason tells one of the oldest stories from Greek mythology. Jason tries to win back the throne, stolen from his father, but is challenged to a dangerous adventure to prove his skills. He gathers the greatest of the heroes, constructs a ship called the Argo and sails to the edges of the known world to attempt to win the fabled Fleece. Along the way he takes on the winged Harpies, fire-breathing bulls and a dangerous serpent. Can he win the heart of the local princess and reclaim the throne for his family back in Greece? For teachers and parents, we have a notes section at the back, describing how our illustrations have been inspired by ancient Greek vase-painting, sculptures, and early literature. The kids don’t need to know this aspect to enjoy the tale, but the grown-ups can learn about how we have taken time and care to construct our book, using the early historical sources, rather than simply repeat a generic version of the myth. Awards for our Early Myths collection: - Perseus: bronze medal winner at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2014 - Odysseus: honourable mention at the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards 2015 - Odysseus: finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2015 - Atalanta: silver medal at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2016 - Atalanta: honourable mention at Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2016 - Atalanta: finalist at the Readers' Favorite Awards 2016 - Herakles: 1st prize for illustrations and 6+ picture book at the Dragonfly Books Awards 2017 - Herakles: gold award at the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards 2017 - Herakles: silver medalist in the Wishing Shelf Children’s Books Awards 2017 - Theseus: best illustrations at Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2018 - Theseus: honourable Mention in Picture Books (5 and younger category) at the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2018 - Theseus: silver medalist at the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2018 "These are wonderful books, and children do and will love them." The Classics Library "wonderful...the artwork is very important" Children's Books Ireland "...a simple to read children's book...Children will enjoy the bright pictures""Myths are very enjoyable for kids as they love reading about heroes and monsters...this would be a good book to buy." Readers' Favorite "[this] book series...teaches young people about the Greek myths. I think other parents will appreciate the educational information in this story and kids will love the adventure..." Readers' Favorite "Jason and the Golden Fleece" is my second book in the Early Myths series and is a story close to my heart.  My doctorate at university covered the earliest myths around this story, and so it was a joy to bring this book to children, using the oldest strands and bringing years of research down to a simple and easy-to-read tale for young minds.Readers may also have heard of many of the characters, but wondered where they came from... the Harpies, Medea, the Clashing Rocks, the Golden Fleece all come from the oldest version of the Jason story and our wonderful illustrations bring these to life. Check out our books, including our paperbacks, eBooks and audiobooks, onearlymyths.com From the award-winning Early Myths collection, Jason and the Golden Fleece is the second book in the series. Jason is the leader of the Argonauts, a band of men who sail to the edges of the world to win the precious Golden Fleece, taking on serpents and Harpies. Dr. Simon Spence has taught in schools and universities in the UK and Ireland. He has also retold myths to students and business people around the world.In 2013, Simon launched the Early Myths series, which brings the oldest myths stories to a new audience. Early Myths is a children's books series with beautiful illustrations inspired by some of the oldest Classical vase-paintings and sculptures. The aim is to bring some of the oldest myth characters to a young audience, to excite and inspire young minds with the oldest Greek tales. The author current lives and works in Dublin, Ireland.