Greek Myths For Children

Ares, god of war, is leading the other dying gods into battle. Which is just fine with Athena. She's ready to wage a war of her own, and she's never liked him anyway. If Athena is lucky, the winning gods will have their immortality restored. If not, at least she'll have killed the bloody lot of them, and she and Hermes can die in peace. Cassandra Weaver is a weapon of fate. The girl who kills gods. But all she wants is for the god she loved and lost to return to life. If she can't have that, then the other gods will burn, starting with his murderer, Aphrodite.

Experience the marvel and splendor of ancient Greek fables with this audiobook, including the stories of Pandora's box, Jason's search for the Golden Fleece, Orpheus' attempt to rescue Eurydice from the underworld, and Icarus' ill-fated flight. The myths of Hercules, Prometheus, and "The Golden Touch" are also included.

Callie Martinez-Silva didn't mean to turn her best friend into a pop star. But when a simple pep talk leads to miraculous results, Callie learns she's the newest muse of epic poetry, one of the nine Muses of Greek mythology tasked with protecting humanity's fate in secret. Whisked away to Muse Headquarters, she joins three recruits her age, who call themselves the Muse Squad. Together, the junior muses are tasked with using their magic to inspire and empower - not an easy feat when you're 11 and still figuring out the goddess within.

Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with her (sometimes) thieving and (always) ailing father. But when he fails to meet her one morning, sending her instead a mysterious ticket of half-paffage, Clo finds herself journeying across the sea to reunite with him. The ticket, however, leaves her on a sunless island inhabited only by creaking fishermen, a rumpled old woman, a piggish cat, and a moon-cheeked boy named Cary.

Everyone is searching for Mason. Zeus sent Hermes, and the Oracles have used their magic, with no success. A sparkle of hope arises when Eris, the goddess of Chaos, sends an invitation to her wedding engagement party. She’s holding Mason hostage, and Skylar and her friends only need permission to enter Eris’ world to rescue him. At the party, Eris gives them one condition: In exchange for Mason, they must travel to the Land of Reverse and bring back the bottle of gold water King Midas used to wash himself free of his gift.

The Odyssey and The Iliad are retold in a glorious saga of courage and magical adventure. Authored in a manner that will delight both young and old, this is a great way to learn the immortal epics of Homer.

Endora Lee Andrews died when she was born. By assigning her soul to Hades, the god of Tartarus, Endora was able to return to earth for a second life as a Pawn of the gods. But when she met a guy who made the same deal, Endora and Kaydon decided to fight against the Fates together to own their destinies. Now they must unravel the web of secrets and decipher a riddle from another realm.

Thirteen-year-old Talon is in trouble...again. He didn’t mean to burn down the school library. It just happened. Things like that always happen to Talon. His life is a mixture of the weird and bizarre. No one else he knows can shoot fire from their hands or cause an earthquake...but he can. Every night the same dream haunts Talon: the destruction of an underwater city. He hasn’t a clue what it means but he feels like fate is trying to warn him.

Thirteen-year-old Colin knew nothing of the magic world until he was bitten by a mischievous pixie. He meets thirteen-year-old Alleya on a secret website devoted to magical creatures. Before he knows it, Colin finds himself thrust into a whole new world. Alleya has been hidden away from the rest of Atlantis because she's half-mermaid, half-Atlantian. Her father tries to ease her boredom by getting her a computer and finally allowing her to go to school. She accidentally lets slip a dark secret - the gates to Atlantis are being shut and it's destroying magic.

Love at first sight isn’t a myth. For seventh graders Olivia and Eden, it’s fate. Olivia is a capital-P Poet, and Eden thinks she wants to be a musician one day, but for now she’s just the new girl. And then Eden shows up to Poetry Club and everything changes. Eden isn’t out, and she has rules for dating Olivia: Don’t call. Don’t tell her friends. And don’t let anyone know they’re together.

Kamp Halfbloed is zich al een jaar aan het voorbereiden op de strijd tegen de Titanen, terwijl ze weten dat de kans op een overwinning erg klein is. Het leger van Kronos is sterker dan ooit en met elke god en Halfbloed die hij voor zijn leger rekruteert wordt het alleen maar sterker. Terwijl de Olympiërs vechten tegen het monster Typhon begint Kronos met zijn opmars naar New York, waar de berg Olympus onbeschermd is achtergelaten. Percy en zijn leger van jonge halfgoden moeten alles op alles zetten om hem tegen te houden.

De oorlog tussen de Olympiërs en de kwaadaardige Titan Kronos bereikt een hoogtepunt. Kamp Halfbloed is in rep en roer als blijkt dat Kronos leger die veilige, tot dan toe ondoordringbare haven bedreigt. Om te voorkomen dat het kamp volledig onder de voet wordt gelopen door de wrede hordes, moeten Percy en zijn halfgoddelijke vrienden een gevaarlijke queeste ondernemen. Ze komen terecht in het Labyrint, een ondoordringbaar, ondergronds web waar elke bocht een onaangename verrassing kan opleveren en elke voetstap je laatste kan zijn.

Jason is born the son of King Aeson. His destiny is to rule Iolcus, the land that his father's brother, King Pelias, has taken from him. When Jason comes of age, he returns to Iolcus. But the king is not yet willing to give up his throne. So he cunningly persuades Jason to accept a dare to bring back the famous Golden Fleece of Colchis. Jason accepts the challenge, unaware that he is being conned into a dangerous and perhaps fatal journey far, far from the land he loves.

Nico Cloud desperately wants to be an explorer, but her parents think adventures aren't for girls. Fate intervenes when Nico chases a kitten on board a ship...and then the ship sails out to sea! Nico is an accidental stowaway. Lucky for her, the ship belongs to a famous scientist who is on a quest for new discoveries. But clouds are brewing overhead, and cunning pirates are determined to wreck the crew's mission. Can Nico steer the ship to victory and prove her parents wrong?

An unprecedented 10th muse has been awakened somewhere in Queens, putting Callie in the perfect position to help find her. And she’ll have help - thanks to a runaway mold problem in London, Muse Headquarters is moving to the New York Hall of Science. But balancing missions and family-mandated arts camp proves difficult for Callie, especially once mysterious messages from spiders (yikes!) begin to weave a tale of ancient injustice involving Callie’s campmate Ari.

Callidora is an Atlantian noblewoman and member of an elite guard whose purpose is to keep Atlantis pure...until her life is turned upside down by the birth of a son. Phoibos, bullied and taunted by other kids, is sure of one thing: something is wrong with Atlantis. Impure Atlantian-Human hybrids are ruining his city, and he'll stop at nothing to rectify that. Callidora is the only one who knows the truth of who her only son really is, and how dangerous he can be. Can anyone stop Phoibos before his need for purification brings Atlantis to the very brink of destruction?

Two and a half millennia after it was created, Homer's Odyssey remains one of humanity's most memorable adventure stories. In this re-creation of Homer's classic as a young adult novel, we see the aftermath of the Trojan War through the eyes of Alexi, a fifteen-year-old Trojan boy. Orphaned by the war and enslaved by Odysseus himself, Alexi has a very different view of the conquering heroes of legend.

Percy Jackson is inmiddels veertien en een beetje wijzer. Wanneer zowel zijn vriendin Annabeth als de godin Artemis verdwijnt, wordt er een zoektocht op touw gezet. Haast is geboden: het orakel heeft voorzien dat de godin in ieder geval vóór de winterzonnewende terug moet zijn, want haar invloed zal doorslaggevend zijn in de oorlog tegen de Titanen. Percy gaat op pad met zijn beste vriend Grover en een bont gezelschap. Hij wordt geplaagd door onheilspellende dromen. Het orakel heeft namelijk nog meer voorspeld: één van hen zal het niet overleven.

Pietro ha quattordici anni, una vita tranquilla e un lavoro che gli piace: cura i maiali del signore di Ateste, il paese dove è nato e dove sa che resterà per sempre. Ma un giorno un cavaliere porta una notizia: arrivano gli Unni! Siamo nel 452 dopo Cristo e le armate di Attila il Grande percorrono le pianure alla volta di Mediolanum, Ravenna, Roma, decise a conquistare ciò che resta dell'impero. È così che nella vita di Pietro cambia tutto: deve arruolarsi e partire per respingere l'invasore.

Bevor die Sterne und Monde nach ihm benannt wurden, in einer Zeit der Helden und Legenden, als Sterbliche und Unsterbliche gemeinsam auf der Erde lebten, lebte Ganymed. Einst war er ein Prinz von Troja, König unter den Menschen, Krieger der Krieger, verehrt von den Göttern. Auserwählt von den griechischen Göttern, begabt mit Unsterblichkeit. Ganymed ist ein Mann von seltener Schönheit und Charme; Vor seiner Zeit aus dem sterblichen Leben genommen, kehrt er auf die Erde im heutigen Kalifornien zurück und muss sich entscheiden, ob er die wahre Liebe findet oder unsterblich bleibt.