This book was the right read at the right time, which can definitely affect how one responds. It is a light, fun take on the Greek pantheon. While the classics major in me took exception to some aspects of the book (such as how the author decided which gods would be children and which would be ...
In my opinion, this book was pretty interesting, had an original way of over coming a problem, but the rest of the story was pretty unoriginal. Just by reading the first few chapters can already tell you what will happen for he rest of the book. It had a cheesy story of like high school drama. No...
I really enjoyed this book, much more than the first (Athena the Brain) - probably because there was more time for the story and less backstory building (not that the first book had much of that, it was quite short - probably too short). This book was cute in that it teaches it's readers (target ...
In this book, Artemis falls in love with Orion and then she falls out of it when Orion doesn't appreciate what she has done for him. Artemis realized that Orion was just using her for his own popularity. At the end, Orion steals Artemis's arrows and aces the archery contest. Orion secretly slips ...
Athena the Wise is a few months after Athena starts at Mount Olympus Academy, she meets a new kid at school named Heracles. He needs help fitting in, and Athena helps him. Heracles also has to complete twelve labors. Athena thinks that she can help him, so they have to work together to complete t...
This book is about the goddesses Aphrodite and Isis. And how they are competing to see who is the true goddess of love. and this book is written by Joan Holub. This book is about how Aphrodite has a D in hero-ology. to raise her grade she comes up with a brilliant plan,an extra credit project for...
This book takes all the appeal factors of realistic fiction aimed at girls (new school, making friends, mean girls, etc.) and puts it in a setting that enables kids to learn a bit about ancient Greece. This would be great for kids who like Dear Dumb Diary or Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls and who...
A cute read for junior elementary students. I love Greek mythology and it was cute to see a different spin on the gods/goddesses. This is the first book in a series of 15, so Holub had to do a bit of background developing, presumably, for the later volumes. Since the book is geared for a younger ...
This is the 3rd book in the goddess girls series and the goddess of love is having boy troubles... she is tired of boys only paying attention to her because of her looks. But when she gives her best friend a makeover all the boys ignore her and pay attention to her friend. Especially Aphrodite's ...
"Medusa the Mean" by Joan Holub was a beautiful story because it was unsuspected . I couldn't put down this book because I wanted to know if Medusa will become Immortal or get out of MOA because she was stealing. Joan Holub is a great author for making this book to be unsuspected. For example, "Y...
Die Olympischen Spiele stehen vor der Tür, aber sie sind leider nur für Jungs. Artemis ist außer sich, sie ist der Meinung das Mädchen genauso gut sind wie die Jungs. Also versuchen sie und ihre Freundinnen alles um für Gleichheit unter den Geschlechtern zu sorgen. Doch können sie diese Schlacht ...
{My Thoughts} – Amazing! I really enjoyed reading this book. The story and the illustrations go together incredibly well. The story is simple yet exceptional. The illustrations are incredible.Little Red is a pencil that needs to write a story and to help her out the teacher gives her a basket wit...
The book "Goddess Girls - Pandora the Curious" by Joann Holub and Suzanne Williams was about a girl named Pandora who was curious and brave. She opened a box full of trouble bubbles. The bubbles scattered all over the school. Whenever a bubble hits someone, it says something. Nobody can hear it, ...
What a cute story! This was my second book that I read in the Goddess Girls series. It's a middle grade series that takes the classic myths and puts a modern spin to them. It's centered around the goddesses of Greek mythology as their tween selves-- all attending MOA, Mt. Olympus Academy. I reall...
Fun book! Even though this is a children's book I still like to read it because it's a nice twist on Greek mythology and the gods and goddesses!I think this particular book wasn't one of the ones I enjoyed... There a lot of ridiculous drama that I found was girlish but the ending of this novel wa...
This book was pretty good, not my favourite in the series, but not my least favourite either. I loved the concept of Pheme having to not-gossip for one whole day, and how Eros helped her deal with it. Phaeton was a good character and I liked his whole storyline and stuff. Pheme was good in this o...
I picked this book because i read most of the series and because Persephone has only one book. I finished it because i love to finish books.the summary of this book starts with how Persephone got voted the most dependable and she wants to be daring. When the most famous singer comes to MOA Persep...
A clever look at numbers, especially the unique powers of the number zero. Feeling pretty down about his place among the other numbers Zero finds it hard to embrace his greatest talent: the ability to extinguish the other numbers during multiplication.Zero runs away so as not to multiply his frie...
In the 12th Goddess Girl's book we finally get a whole book told from the point of view of someone outside MOA! Or almost a whole book, this book is told from alternating POVs of Cassandra and Athena. I liked seeing the book told from outside MOA although the main group of goddess girls (particul...
My son (age 6) reads way above grade level but seldom has the patience to read a chapter book on his own. My husband started this book with him, planning to read it together at night before bed. My son took it to school the next day and finished it on his own. He then came home that night, pi...
{My Thoughts} – Have I ever mentioned, just how much it is that I enjoy reading fairy-tale books/ retellings. This book is no exception to one of my newest likes in the fairy-tale world.{Cinderella Stays Late} is a book mainly about Cinderella, but it isn’t based on the traditional story. It is a...
Mighty Dads just might be one of my favorite picture books I have read with my girls in a long time. The story is playful and engaging, and the illustrations are exceptional. The author and illustrator pairing of Joan Holub and James Dean is absolutely brilliant. James Dean brings the magic of hi...
This is a great book for Groundhog's Day. It is very informative (I learned things I never knew before about weather!) but also fun and interactive. It tells a story of groundhogs going to school and learning how to predict the weather, and is told in a way that allows the reader to experience th...
Who was Jim Henson was a pretty good book. Jim Henson is the creator of the Muppets. The book talks about the muppets and he made Sesame Street. I liked the best was that he was very artistic and creative. I also liked that he made muppets movies and Seasame Street shows. I think this book was a ...
H. and S. W. CONTENTS 1 BOY TROUBLE 2 THE MAKEOVER 3 PARTY TIME 4 HIPPOMENES 5 GONE SHOPPING 6 GOSSIP 7 THE OLIVE GROVE 8 AN ARGUMENT 9 THE RACE 10 PERFECT MATCHES viii 11 RED ROSES 1 1 Boy Trouble APHRODITE SLID INTO HER SEAT IN MR. Cyclops's Hero-ology class just as the lyrebell sounded, signal...
H. and S. W. CONTENTS THE IMMORTAL MARKETPLACE HADES THE MISSING SANDALS THE SEARCH THE SECOND SANDAL POMEGRANATE SEEDS IN THE UNDERWORLD HOME AGAIN PRINCIPAL ZEUS'S OFFICE THE DANCE 1 The Immortal Marketplace ALYREBELL PINGED, SIGNALING THE END OF another Monday at Mount Olympus Academy. Perseph...
quipped Hades. “Good job!” Athena told Hestia. Hestia smiled and did a little happy dance. “I’m getting better at controlling the flame,” she said proudly. “While everyone’s trying to put out the fires, we might as well grab a ship,” said Zeus. Clearly, it had been Hestia’s intention when she’d s...