Rick Riordan and The Serpent’s Shadow
SPONSORED BY: Disney/Hyperion, and School Library Journal EVENT DATE: Tuesday, May 1, 2012– 1:00 PM ET – Approximately 60 minutes This archive is no longer available. CHAOS IS RISING PREPARE TO RAISE...
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Pick of the Day: The Savage Fortress
CHADDA, Sarwat. The Savage Fortress. 292p. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-545-38516-9; ebook $16.99. ISBN 978-0-545-46996-8. LC 2011046291 Gr 8 Up–On vacation in India with...
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Olympian Family Matters | SLJ Reviews ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’ Film
Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) engages in a fiery battle. Photo by Murray Close/20th Century Fox Film Corp. It’s been more than three years since Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,...
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Rowell, Daywalt Among 2013 Goodreads Choice Awards Winners
Attention end-of-the-year Best Books list watchers: The 2013 Goodreads Choice Awards winners have been announced, with Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park, also an SLJ Best Book of 2013, taking first...
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‘The Lost Hero’ Project: TAB Group Brings Riordan’s Book to Life
Terri Clark, teen patron services specialist at the Smoky Hill Library, part of the Arapahoe Library District (ALD) in Colorado, and her Teen Advisory Board (TAB) have created their fourth annual book...
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Hot New Titles by Angleberger, Stiefvater, and Yancey | SLJ Sneak Peek
Can’t wait to see what hot, new books are reviewed in our upcoming November issue? The SLJ review editors selected a few standout titles for this month’s “Sneak Peek.” Subscribe to SLJ today to get all...
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Beloved Tales in New Skins: Sherlock Holmes, “Beauty and the Beast,” and More...
See our complete list of November 2014 SLJ Stars. Grades 5-8 For all the latest reviews in this subject area and more, check out our Book Verdict site! Book Verdict is fully accessible to all users,...
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The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan | SLJ Review
RIORDAN, Rick. The Sword of Summer. 512p. (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: Bk. 1). Disney-Hyperion. Oct. 2015. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781423160915. Gr 5 Up-Fans of Percy Jackson and “Kane Chronicles”...
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A Flurry of Fresh Children’s and YA Titles Presented at the AAP Book Buzz
The first thing librarians in attendance learned at the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Children and Teen Book Buzz on October 14: given the chance, start every morning with Andrea Davis...
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Citing “Bathroom Bill,” Riordan Passes on Texas Honor
Rick Riordan, creator of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” and other series, has taken a stand against the proposed Texas “bathroom bill.” In protest, Riordan, who was born in San Antonio, has turned...
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Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson Takes the Stage in New York City
Percy Jackson is following the likes of Elephant and Piggie, Junie B. Jones, and the Very Hungry Caterpillar to the New York City stage. The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical begins...
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Riordan Praised for Removing “Spirit Animal” Reference from Novel
Children’s author Rick Riordan is getting kudos for his response to a request to remove a passage from his novel The Sword of Summer (Disney-Hyperion, 2015) that some readers felt improperly...
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