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Hera resurfaces after 2,200 years

Great article in the news about on-going excavations in Greece. This statue of Hera (which unfortunately got beheaded at some point) was found in the ruins of Dion at the…

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Camp Half-Blood, Session Three

I just got word from Topher at BookPeople that both sessions of Camp Half-Blood in Austin have sold out! The good news? Demand has been so high that they are…

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Titan’s Curse Costume Party

Recently I’ve gotten a lot of emails from fans who say they’re planning to dress up as Greek gods or Camp Half-Blood characters and head down to their local bookstores…

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Demigod of the Week

Thanks to Zoe for her book talk on The Lightning Thief! Becky happened across this on YouTube. I appreciate the endorsement, Zoe! Check out Zoe’s report here.

Video from Scholastic

I was happy to discover the video I recently filmed for Scholastic Book Fairs available on line. For this introduction to the Sea of Monsters, I got to go to…

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Heading Home from Dallas

Here I am at an ungodly early hour in the DFW airport, heading back home from a good week visiting schools in the Dallas area. Last night in Sherman, Texas,…

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Mentoring Teachers to Stay in School

An interesting article in today’s news: I knew teacher retention rates were bad, but 50% of new teachers quitting after five years on the job is an extraordinary problem. The…

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Haley’s Latest Read

My son Haley just finished The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. His review is below. The Watsons go to Birmingham is a real great book. It…

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Top-Rated Olympians on the Web

The Yahoo Buzz Log takes a look at the Olympian gods. Which ones get the most search requests on the Internet? You may be surprised who’s at the top. Check…

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More Greek God Weirdness

We just found this posted from Associated Press — another story about an attempt by a tiny fringe group of Greeks to revive the worship of the Greek gods. For…

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