It is a great story for young elementary school aged kids. This is the story of how young zeus, with a little help from six monsters, five greek gods, an enchanted shegoat, and his mother, became god of gods, master of lightning and thunder, and ruler over all. Oconnor unveils his new olympians graphicnovel series with this story of the daddy of greek gods. With actionpacked artwork and goofy humor, karas imagines zeus as a young boy and then an awkward teen, all before he reigned over mount olympus. Zeus s lovers zeus, the father of gods and men, had a number of consorts before and after his marriage to hera. Best mythology books for kids and teens common sense media. The storyline is quite readable and the illustrations are fabulous. Zeus is a fictional character, a god appearing in american comic books published by marvel. Common sense media editors help you choose best mythology books for kids and teens. Ebony blade eye of agamotto fantasticar mjolnir norn stones odinsword ultimate nullifier vibranium. Nypl book for reading and sharing, yalsa great graphic novel for teens. There young zeus happily spends his days playing, watched over by amaltheia, the shegoat. This is the story of how young zeus became god of gods, master of lightning and thunder, and ruler over all.
The first book focuses on zeus but it also focuses on the greek. It tells of how young zeus was saved from being swallowed by his titan father cronos, and secreted away to safety to the isle of crete by his mother reah. Leap into the world of zeus the hamster and his gang of gods as they solve. Brian karas says about his inspiration for this book, ive been interested. Its very suitable for young readers, but also adults can enjoy it a lot. In this momentous final book in the new york times bestselling percy jackson and the olympians. Zeus, in ancient greek religion, chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god who was identical with the roman god jupiter. The book is going to be hardbound with a sewn hard binding and printed on an offset press.
Get streaming access to all the content and all future releases. The first book in george oconnors olympians series answers these questions and more. Most immediately striking about this, aside from the exciting artwork, is the care oconnor takes to visualize the creation myth that begins with gaea creating and taking as a husband the sky, ouranos. This ultimate superhero story will appeal to anyone who enjoys greek.
King of the gods, introduces readers to the ruler of. Young zeus introduces the concepts of mythology with an adapted tale about zeus. Who knew that having relatives could be so complicated, even for a god. Directly support the creators and help them provide you with more content. Zeus, ruler of heaven and earth, started out as a lonely kid just wanting. Now its up to percy jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the lord of time. He was regarded as the sender of thunder and lightning, rain, and winds, and his traditional weapon was the thunderbolt. He has received classical music training, and was influenced earlyon by the work of jazz drummers buddy rich and gene krupa. Brian karas comes a witty tale about navigating family and finding ones voice based on greek mythology. Greek mythology meets cute talking animals in this first adventure in a hilarious new middle grade fiction series, starring zeus the mighty. Foxspirit teen brings korean myths to adventurous scifi.
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