TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riordan,Rick
AU  - Rocco,John
TI  - Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
SN  - 9781423183648 (hardback)
AV  - PS3568.I5866 P47 2014
U1  - 813/.54 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - Disney-Hyperion
KW  - Gods, Greek
KW  - Fiction
KW  - JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Greek & Roman
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
KW  - JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies
N2  - "A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week.  So begins Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and sarcastic asides--to the classics. He explains how the world was created, then gives readers his personal take on a who's who of ancients, from Apollo to Zeus. Percy does not hold back. "If you like horror shows, blood baths, lying, stealing, backstabbing, and cannibalism, then read on, because it definitely was a Golden Age for all that."   Dramatic full-color illustrations throughout by Caldecott Honoree John Rocco make this volume--a must for home, library, and classroom shelves--as stunning as it is entertaining"--; "Percy Jackson, a modern-day demigod, tells the origin stories of the gods of Olympus and provides an insider's point of view - with plenty of attitude - in this illustrated collection"--
ER  -