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Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

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Love for Percy Jackson is sweeping readers everywhere -- and not just teens. Other authors love him as well, and they have something to say about him! DEMIGODS AND MONSTERS is a book of essays penned by other authors covering all things Percy Jackson.

Jenny Han gives godly parental report cards and asks if you could pick one parent out of the god realm, who would you choose? Rosemary Clement-Moore writes a lesson in recognizing monsters, for beginners, of course. Ellen Steiber attempts to answer why Dionysus isn't a poor choice for the director of Camp Half Blood. Nigel Rodgers writes a glossary of "Who's Who?" in Greek Mythology.

Cameron Dokey, Paul Collins, Carolyn MacCullough, Elizabeth M. Rees, Sarah Beth Hurst, Elizabeth E. Wein, Kathi Appelt, and Sophie Masson also write essays that are humorous, clever, odd, and just plain great.

Percy Jackson fans will love this book.

Reviewed by: Jennifer Rummel

We recently bought Demigods and Monsters. It had the author's spin on Greek Gods and monsters as well as other authors' opinions. I liked the essay on grading the parents and parent-gods. It also had a helpful glossary of gods, heroes, myths, and monsters. It is a must-read for followers of the Percy Jackson series. Both the adult and kid in this family thoroughly enjoyed it!

The Percy Jackson books are some of the best middle grade fiction I've ever read, and I think Rick Riordan is a god in his own right. He owns that market, and it is well deserved. When SmartPop offered to send me some of their catalog for review, I jumped at the chance to read other authors' thoughts on Percy and friends. Rick Riordan's introduction was very interesting and heartfelt. He created Percy, flaws and all, to validate his son's dyslexia and ADHD. His introduction was the best part of the book, and quite uplifting.

I enjoyed the life lessons some of the authors discussed. Topics included finding your identity while remaining unique and not conforming, as well as embracing and working with your differences and disabilities instead of letting them rule you. Some brought up the message that everyone is flawed, even heroes, and that sometimes disabilities can be advantageous. Good messages all around.

One essay titled Eeny Meeny Miney Mo(m) analyzed what it would be like to have the Greek Gods and Goddesses as parents. That was a pretty fun analysis. One author lectures the reader on how to spot a monster. And for those that need a refresher, the book also has a Glossary of Ancient Greek Myths.

Unlike The Girl Who was on Fire essays, which I found excellent, this set of essays did not win me over as much. I think it was because the essays were less on Percy and the books and more on Greek mythology. Don't get me wrong. I love Greek Mythology. A lot. But I wanted a more direct focus on Percy and gang, and not just comparisons and such. Not that the essays weren't great and interesting, but just not what I expected.

Overall it is pretty good. I don't agree with some of authors' conclusions. One of the articles has a glaring mistake in it. Namely Annabeth's mortal brothers were her step-bothers not her half-bothers. There are several other errors in the article. Even with this I would recommend the book.

I have to say. This book isn't the absolute best but its still very good. Riordan surprises me ALL the time! It helps me (and I hope other fans as well) understand the characters a little better.

I loved it. It tells you how to make Greek fire, reconize diffrent creatures, and a bunch of other stuff you can't find anywhere else. Great read!!!

well first of all those people that gave this book bad reviews are completely wrong. they say that its just authors talking about the book? well theyre right but they should read the title for it first. also this is a really good book if you want all the gods explained.

Son of a Greek god - no pressure in filling one's father's shoes right? "Demigods and Monsters: Your Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympian Series" is the complete and comprehensive fan guide for followers of the Olympian series. Touching on aspects of the Universe that series Author Rick Riordan has yet to touch on himself, and talking about the applications of these gods lives in the modern world as the books depicts. "Demigods and Monsters: Your Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympian Series" would be a great gift for his fans, and for community library literature collections.

it has everything so you can study up just in case you might be a demigod... or just for entertainment.. GREAT book!

This has to be one of the best series of books i have ever read and with this referance book i was able to see what the gods names mean and when i was done with all the books i knew more about greek mythology. Rick you are one of the best authors i have ever read a book from.