We’re getting to see many incredible sights on our Icelandic vacation, but one of the things I love most about being here is learning how folklore is such a big part of the culture. Almost every natural landmark has a story, like the Brimketill lava rock pool on the Reykjanes peninsula. Brimketill means “white-water cauldron,”… Continue reading Hello from Iceland
Tag: mythology & monsters
Books 2 & 1 to Halloween
Can You Find the Jersey Devil Can You Nab the Mothman These interactive books I wrote were released just this summer. And both focus on American cryptids. The legend of the Jersey Devil was born back in the 1700s when Mother Leeds cursed her 13th child, saying, “Let this one be the devil.” To this… Continue reading Books 2 & 1 to Halloween
Book 6 to Halloween . . .
Creepy Urban Legends This title touches on some scary modern tales, from the Slender Man to Hanako-San, a creepy Japanese ghost. Hanako-San haunts school bathrooms, and if there is an out-of-order stall (the third one to be exact) that will be where she dwells. Just don’t ask, “Are you there, Hanako-San?” You don’t want to… Continue reading Book 6 to Halloween . . .
Monster Heroes — Review
Four good-hearted monsters repeatedly save the day by concocting clever ways to foil the schemes of their evil families and schoolmates. Their challenges range from getting the residents of Hill House (“across from Shirley Jackson’s tomb”) to laugh rather than scream at a trio of ectoplasmic pranksters to saving the Plasma family after vampire neighbors… Continue reading Monster Heroes — Review
More Mythology
Last fall, I had two mythology choose-your-path books come. This spring, there are three more! Hades and the Underworld: The Underworld is the land of the dead and ruled by the powerful god Hades. It is not a place where the living are welcome, but that’s where you must go. You will need to cross… Continue reading More Mythology
Jason and Odysseus
Everyone who knows me knows that I’m a mythical nut, as in I dig mythology, seen Clash of the Titans (about 100 times), read Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson’s books, and plan to go to Greece one day to see all of the ancient ruins. So it will come as no surprise that I have two new books based on mythic… Continue reading Jason and Odysseus
Ancient Myths
My love of Greek and Roman myths probably started with the classics. And when I say classics, I don’t mean The Illiad or Metamorphosis. I’m referring to Clash of the Titans (1981) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963). These movies may have had cheesy claymation monsters, but they were my introduction to mythology. Watching them… Continue reading Ancient Myths
Reveiw — Everything Mythology
In Everything Mythology, Blake Hoena and Adrienne Mayor introduce readers to a colorful and fearful world that is not entirely foreign. This book is filled with stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, Monsters, revenge, love, hate, trickery and so much more. As readers and listeners journey into the world of Mythology they will quickly find characters… Continue reading Reveiw — Everything Mythology
Review — Everything Mythology & Dinosaurs
With more than 100 full-color illustrations these titles are visual treats, while providing a good deal of content. Each features four main sections with two-page chapters within those sections concentrating on specific topics. Within “Dinosaur Life,” for instance, readers will find spreads on the “Dino Nursery,” “Growing Up Dinosaur,” “Chomp or Be Chomped,” and “The… Continue reading Review — Everything Mythology & Dinosaurs
Review — Greek Mythology’s Adventures of Perseus
With the reader as the main character, Greek Mythology’s Adventures of Perseus by Blake Hoena follows the tradition of the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books so popular with middle grade readers in the 1980s and 1990s. Perseus belongs to a series called “Can You Survive?” that repurposes the concept of the reader making choices by… Continue reading Review — Greek Mythology’s Adventures of Perseus