San Antonio author Rick Riordan has been making the news in the last few days with The Last Olympian which was released yesterday May 5. To give you a wrap-up of two articles:
Today's (May 6) San Antonio Express News S.A. Life section has devoted its cover story to Riordan and his books. They give a nice assortment of book, web site, video game and movie recommendations from Riordan concerning Greek mythology.
The May 2009 issue of Book Links has an article Talking with Rick Riordan written by Jeanette Larson. The article focuses on the Percy Jackson series, but also has some Q&As on the 39 Clues cross-media series. If you would like a copy of the article, please call Diane Jones at 800/468-4501 and she'll fax it to you. (According to the copyright statement, we are allowed to make copies for educational purposes.)
Rick Riordan's site is http://www.rickriordan.com/.
The 39 Clues site is http://www.the39clues.com/.
Riordan recommends this site for mythology background information http://www.theoi.com/ however, it is not completely kid friendly.
Also, if you're interested in the audio editions, Listening Library carries the Percy Jackson series.
I checked Amazon and The Last Olympian has a solid 5-star rating today http://www.amazon.com/Last-Olympian-Percy-Jackson-Olympians/dp/1423101472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241626385&sr=8-1.
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