Just out: Goddess Girls #10: Pheme the Gossip, and Heroes in Training #3: Hades and the Helm of Darkness

To enter a giveaway in which

2 winners will both receive Joan's and my 2 new April 2013 releases

Goddess Girls #10: Pheme the Gossip ages (ages 8-12)

Heroes in Training #3: Hades and the Helm of Darkness (ages 7-10)

hop on over to Joan's blog

Get to know Goddess Girl Pheme…the original “gossip girl”!
As the goddess girl of rumor and gossip, Pheme prides herself on being “in the know” and having the most up-to-date info on anyone and everyone at Mount Olympus Academy. To make sure that people really get her VIP messages, her words tend to linger in cloud letters above her head—just in case people don’t catch what she says!
But not everyone is thrilled with Pheme’s insider knowledge on everything MOA—including the Goddess Girls. Can Pheme ever be trusted? Or will this “gossip girl” find herself on the other end of the rumors?

 

Join in on Zeus and his fellow Olympians newest quest...to the hottest place below Earth!

The Underworld usually isn’t really meant to be a fun place—but tell that to Hades! He loves the dark and the stinky smell of sulfur. However, there is one thing that Hades is not a fan of: dogs. And when Zeus and his fellow Olympians encounter Cerberus—a snarling, three-headed dog—Hades must conquer his fears and tame the hound so everyone can continue into the Underworld and deposit their Titan prisoner, Oceanus, back where he belongs!
But with magical water that causes forgetfulness, hot beds of lava, and another epic battle with two more Titans standing in their way, will Zeus and his heroes make it out of the Underworld with everyone intact?
 

Obama Buys Goddess Girls

President Obama bought Goddess Girls books as Christmas gifts on Small Business Saturday!
Video is a bit hard to hear, but the woman with blond hair in the purple top is showing the books to him and talking about them.
I think he says ‘love the series’. What a great cover quote would that be!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135796n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cbsnews%2Ffeed+%28CBSNews.com%29

Mythology Blog Hop: Goddess Girls & Heroes in Training!

Thanks for stopping by my giveaway in the blog hop!
I'm giving away autographed copies of two books:
Heroes in Training#1:
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (ages 6-9)
Goddess Girls super special:
The Girl Games (ages 8-12)

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 The Goddess Girls series,
by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams 
puts a modern spin on classic Greek myths. 

Follow the ins and outs of divine social life

where the most privileged godboys and goddessgirls 

in the Greek pantheon hone their mythical skills. 

Aladdin paperbacks

  To enter for a chance to win,

please post a mention on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest,
or your blog with photo shown above.
Something like:
I heart the Goddess Girls books by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams!
Don't forget to post a comment here with an email addy in case you win. Winners will also be posted in comments section on or about November 5.

“…a clever take on Greek deities…” ~ Booklist

"Readers familiar with Greek myths should get a kick out of this plucky restaging."  ~Publisher's Weekly

 “…an enchanting mythological world with middle-school woes compounded by life as a deity…” ~ School Library Journal

Athena the Brain Finding out she’s a goddess and being sent to Mount Olympus brings Athena new friends, a weird dad, and the meanest girl in mythology—Medusa!

Persephone the Phony Hiding her feelings works fine for Persephone until she meets a guy she can be herself with—Hades, the bad-boy of the Underworld.

Aphrodite the Beauty Sure Aphrodite is beautiful, but it’s not always easy being the goddessgirl of love.

Artemis the Brave She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave.
Athena the Wise Zeus says Heracles has to do twelve tasks or he'll get kicked out of MOA! Although she's not sure it's wise, Athena agrees to help out.

Aphrodite the Diva Isis claims she's the goddess of love? Ha! But to keep the title all to herself, Aphrodite has to find the perfect match for Pygmalion, the most annoying boy ever.

Artemis the Loyal  It’s time for the annual Olympic Games, and Artemis and her friends are not happy. It’s boys only.  Not fair! 

Medusa the Mean Medusa wants to be more like her two sisters and the other kids at Mount Olympus Academy -- immortal. Is that too much to ask? 
The Girl Games (Goddess Girls Super Special) Listen in on what all four goddess girls are thinking as Mount Olympus Academy hosts visitors from many lands--including an adorable kitten!The first-ever standalone superspecial in the Goddess Girls series! Pandora the Curious (Dec. 4, 2012)
Pheme the Gossip (Apr. 3, 2013)
Persephone the Daring (Aug. 7, 2013)

Thank you so much for stopping by!
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10 Goddess Girls giveaways from Simon & Schuster!

Ten cool Goddess Girls giveaways from Simon and Schuster.

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Introducing HEROES IN TRAINING

It’s launch time for Heroes in Training, a brand-new Greek mythology-based series for ages 6 – 10 by Goddess Girls authors Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams.  

We're celebrating the release of the first book in our second series together: Heroes in Training #1: Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom with interviews, guest blogger reviews, and book giveaways beginning August 7. We hope you’ll drop by to help celebrate, join the fun, meet some of our favorite bloggers, plus maybe win a book along the way!

About the series:

After pulling a magical thunderbolt from a stone, ten-year-old Zeus goes on the adventure of a lifetime in this thrilling start to a brand-new series! The terrible Titans--merciless giants who enjoy snacking on humans--have dominated the earth and put the world into chaos. But their rule is about to be put to the test as a group of young Olympians discover their powers and prepare to righteously rule the universe....
    

by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams (Aladdin paperbacks) Ages 6 – up.

“Readers will gobble this down and look for more, make no mythtake.”

                                              –Kirkus Reviews  May 15, 2012

Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Aug. 7, 2012) ISBN: 978-1442454170

Life on the Greek Island of Crete is megaboring for ten-year-old Zeus. Except for the stormy days when sizzling lightning blots chase him around. He’s been zapped dozens of times! He’d like to escape those pesky electric shocks. And he also longs for adventure.
Zeus gets his wish--and more than he bargained for--when he’s kidnapped by three half-giants—henchmen of the evil King Cronus. After braving a terrifying ship ride, constant threats of becoming snack food, and some oversized, boy-pecking birds, Zeus finds himself in a showdown with an entire army of half-giants. He grabs the first thing he sees to defend himself from a nearby stone—which turns out to be a thunderbolt with a mind of its own! With the help of the annoying Bolt and a talking stone amulet, young Zeus sets off on the adventure of a lifetime: a journey to find his destiny as King of the Gods.

Coming next! Poseidon and the Sea of Fury (Heroes in Training Book #2 Dec. 4, 2012) ISBN: 978-1442452657

The merciless Cronus and his Titan buddies are in hot pursuit of Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon, who plan to travel across the treacherous boiling sea in order to save a fellow Olympian. They have a boat, but they also have a problem: Poseidon can’t swim and is terrified of the water (well, really of the creatures that lurk in its depths). The group faces danger after danger as they battle singing sirens, a fishy and ferocious Titan named Oceanus, and people-eating monsters sent by Cronus himself. Can Poseidon overcome his fears and help his fellow heroes escape Cronus and his cronies?

Two more Heroes in Training books will follow!

Heroes in Training Blog Tour Line-up:

(Note that most giveaways will run for at least two weeks. We’ll add exact links to take you to the posts once those posts are up on each blogger’s site.)

Monday, August 6: TheWrite Path (Review and book and bookmark giveaway)

Tuesday, August 7:  Children’s BookReviews (Book giveaway)

Thursday, August 9: Cynsations  (Guest blog and book giveaway) Learn how the series came about, how we found our series “hook,” and tips for writers on drafting a series proposal.

Friday, August 10: I Am a Reader, Not a Writer (Book and bookmark giveaway)

Tuesday, August 14: In the Hammock (Review; Book and bookmark giveaway)
Wednesday, August 15: Mundie Kids Book Reviews (Review, Book and bookmark giveaway)
Thursday, August 16: A Girl, Books and Other Things (Book and bookmark giveaway, Character this 'n that)

Date TBD: Zoe's Book Reviews (Character this 'n that)
Wednesday August 29 - Sept. 30 Smack Dab in the Middle (giveaway--leave comment on this post to enter. Include a contact email. USA only.)

We look forward to seeing you!   --Suzanne and Joan