[ISLMA-Share] The Heroes of Olympus

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I agree with what has been said about this series. I have read all of these
books and absolutely love them. If you don't have them already, you should
also look into the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, which comes
before Heroes of Olympus.

*Sofía Huitrón*
LRC Director, Grove Junior High School
847-472-3022 / huitron.sofia at ccsd59.org
LRC website <http://grove.ccsd59.org/about/learning-resource-center/> /
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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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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kristi L.S. Pierce
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