mythology kick

It was the convergence of two things - Sunny discovered the Percy Jackson series, based on Greek mythology, right around the same time we got to Ancient Greece in our history book. And since I like to combine history and literature ... here we go ...

I don't know what got her started on the actual mythology - I think I just got a couple of books from the library and she took off with it. Since December, she's read over 40 different books about mythology, starting with Greek but also branching out to Roman, Egyptian, and Norse. Posy and Birdie have also started reading the mythology books that come in and out of the house.

A favorite for our girls is the Rick Riordan book, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods - it's a funny retelling of the original myths, as a narrative from Percy Jackson. I had no idea about Kronos and Rhea being the parents of Zeus and some of the other Olympian gods until Percy filled me in! I need to just buy this book because we keep checking it out from the library.

There's a new set of graphic novels for a number of the Greek gods by George O'Connor. There are seven and the most recent one was just released last year (2015), so there may be more on the way. He has a great website, olympiansrule.com that includes questions for readers about the stories, and even some readers theater scripts and paper face masks.

READING LIST

in no particular order, all in the Connecticut interlibrary loan system

- Percy Jackson's Greek Gods. By Rick Riordan
- D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. By Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Published in 1962 so I don't know if it's still in print to purchase new, but we've found a couple of copies at the library.
- Olympians series: Zeus King of Gods, Athena Gray-eyed Goddess, Ares Bringer of War, Hera The Goddess and Her Glory, Hades Lord of the Dead, Poseidon Earth Shaker, Aphrodite Goddess of Love. By George O'Connor.
- Monsters of Mythology series: The Sirens, The Minotaur, The Cyclopes, The Sphinx. By Bernard Evslin
- Mythlopedia series: Oh My Gods, She's All That, All in the Family, What a Beast. By Megan E. Bryant
- The Hero and the Minotaur: The Fantastic Adventures of Theseus. By Robert Byrd
- The Mythology Handbook: A Course in Ancient Greek Myths. By Lady Hestia Evans
- Greek Myths. By Olivia Coolidge
- Pegasus, the Flying Horse. By Jane Yolen
- The Mighty 12: Superheroes of Greek Myth. By Charles R. Smith Jr
- The Adventures of Odysseus. By Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden
- The Arrow and the Lamp: The Story of Psyche. By Margaret Hodges
- The Race of the Golden Apples. By Claire Martin
- The Odyssey. By Geraldine McCaughrean
- The Iliad. By Nick McCarty
- Mr. Semolina-Semolinus: A Greek Folktale. By Anthony L. Manna
- Mythological Creatures: A Classical Bestiary. By Lynn Curlee
- Adventures with the Gods. By Catharine F. Sellew
- Tales of Pan. By Mordecai Gerstein
- Ancient Greek Myths and Legends. By Philip Ardagh
- Eyewitness Books: Mythology. By Neil Philip

- Egyptian Myths and Legends. By Fiona MacDonald
- Golden Tales From the Arabian Nights. By Margaret Soifer and Irwin Shapiro
- Forty Fortunes, A Tale of Iran. By Aaron Shepard
- The Legend of the Persian Carpet. By Tomie dePaola

- Roman Myths. By Geraldine McCaughrean

- The Adventures of Thor, the Thunder God. By Lise Lunge-Larsen
- Treasury of Norse Mythology: Stories of Intrigue, Trickery, Love, and Revenge. By Donna Jo Napoli
- Adventures with the Giants. By Catharine F. Sellew
- Adventures with the Heroes. By Catharine F. Sellew
- Thunder of the Gods. By Dorothy Hosford

- Elves and Fairies. By John Hamilton
- Mythical Creatures: Mermaids. By Charlotte Guillain