Author Rick Riordan’s wildly popular Percy Jackson and the Olympians series has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide over the last 10 years and has been on the New York Times best-seller list for 357 weeks, as of May 3. And it’s not just because it pleases the Greek gods whose stories are the basis of […]
Now available for young readers to devour: stories of magic powers, hidden treasures, good battling evil, kids joining forces to save the world—and for good measure, a couple of Jeep-sized hot dogs. Boredom, be gone!
It would be nice if we lived in a world where all of our heroes got along and agreed on everything. But now, more than ever, that is not the case—just look at the upcoming superhero movie slate: Superman is fighting Batman; Captain America is taking on Iron Man! Has the world gone mad?? The one thing we can count […]
Ready for a new book crush? Meet Magnus Chase: “I’m sixteen years old, and this is the story of how my life went downhill after I got myself killed.” So begins The Sword of Summer, the first book in Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, what’s sure to be an amazing new series from […]
Influential teachers in books, TV shows, and movies tend to sit on their desks or in backward-facing chairs, roll up their shirtsleeves to mid-forearm, and have unorthodox, pop-culturally relevant ways of reaching their students, bringing formerly lagging kids to the head of the class in montage format while Coolio raps in the background. But not […]