Pan, the Greek god of the wild, is definitely one of the funniest and most child-friendly denizens of Mount Olympus. Everywhere he goes, there’s pandemonium (a concept that takes its name from him). The action bursts off the page in this hilarious graphic novel that completely captures the spirit of Pan. Episodic short chapters cover his birth, his childhood, how he invented panic, his love affair with the moon, his battle with Typhon, the invention of pan pipes and his marriage to Echo, the great music contest, King Midas’s ears, and the Battle of Marathon. A final chapter, “Me, Dead?” posits that Pan is still around today in the “bee-buzzing, bird-singing spring mornings” when he can’t help leaping and shouting. (Ages 7–12)

Mischievous from the moment he emerges howling and screeching from his mother's womb, Pan, god of the wild, creates pandemonium wherever he goes. Noise and confusion follow him as he steals arrows from Artemis, conceives panic, tricks the moon into falling in love with him, and saves the world from the monster, Typhon. With panache and a wicked pair of horns, Pan spreads chaos and laughter on the way to becoming Mount Olympus's most lovable pest.

From Mordicai Gerstein, Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, comes an irresistible picture book about Greek mythology's wildest, wackiest god. Gerstein's high-spirited paintings and rollicking sense of humor create an accessible introduction to an unforgettably vivacious hero.