[ISLMA-Share] The Heroes of Olympus

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What they said! What's really fun is to have kids who have read any of the
series (Percy Jackson {Greek mythology} and the Kane Chronicles {Egyptian
mythology} are great too) come in and ask for books about mythology.

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I second this--they are great books! One other thing to mention, since the
> characters are teenagers in this series they do talk sometimes about their
> boyfriend/girlfriend relationships. Nothing bad, but they talk about liking
> each other and finding each other attractive and some of the books include
> some mild-ish PDA as well.
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:38 AM Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hello Carrie!
>>
>> Heroes of Olympus series is FABULOUS!!!  They are generally intended for
>> 5-8, but a kiddo who loves to read and is younger could tackle them.  The
>> sentence structure is not difficult, but some of the vocabulary can be, due
>> to the subject: mythology.  However, Riordan is a master at making
>> mythologies very accessible, and highly entertaining, to the masses.  There
>> is nothing too "much" in content, maybe a few mild curse words, and of
>> course the word "Hell" is mentioned, but that is the myth version, not the
>> "four-letter-word" version.  There is violence, but not just for violence
>> sake, and way less than most video games.  School Library Journal says it
>> is 5th grade to 9th grade.  Booklist goes down to 4th.
>>
>> I hope that helps!  If you haven't read them, I encourage you to do so.
>> They are very, very good!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Kristi
>>
>> P.S.-The audiobook versions are really good too!
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am a 1st-3rd grade librarian.
>>> My students are asking for The Heroes of Olympus books. I do plan on
>>> reading the series over the summer, but would love to hear some of your
>>> opinions and thoughts as if these books are appropriate for 3rd graders,
>>> please and thank you!
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Carrie Cross
>>> Library Media Specialist
>>> Elementary West
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>> Kristi L.S. Pierce
>> Certified Library Media Spec.
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