This post is part of the Families Create: Make and Play Challenge, cohosted by Code Name: Mama and Living Peacefully with Children. December's topic is favorite books. As fans of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series, my children love Greek mythology. Outside they have an entire set up sticks from... Continue Reading →
Debut author Aimee Carter's new book and beginning of a new series, The Goddess Test (Harlequin Teen), goes on sale next week. The book pulled me in at the beginning, having been the teenage girl taking care of a mother dying of cancer. The concept of Greek mythology in modern day life is appealing and... Continue Reading →
I have wanted to make some I Spy bags for my children for quite a while. However, I don't have enough little things around my house already, discounting LEGOs, which we have in plentiful amounts, and purchasing single items is cost-prohibitive. After a failed attempt to get a swap going with others in order to take... Continue Reading →
Percy Jackson fans will not be disappointed with Rick Riordan's The Lost Hero. The first series creatively wove a modern young adult fiction tale with Greek mythology. My children waited with excitement for each book to be released. Riordan topped himself with this first book of the second series. Rather than merely continuing with the... Continue Reading →
My children were thrilled when we discovered Rick Riordan's series about Percy Jackson, in which he successfully blends modern day life with Greek mythology.. They waited impatiently for each new book to come out. I had fun reading the series with my children and brushing up on my Greek mythology at the same time. There... Continue Reading →
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