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Author Joan Holub graduated from college in Texas with a fine arts degree. She illustrated her first published children's book in 1992 and began illustrating full time, shortly thereafter. She sold her first two manuscripts in 1996 and has since become a full time author. She has written and/or mostrar mais illustrated over 130 children's books, including the Goddess Girls and Heroes in Training Series. Her title Mighty Dads, illustrated by James Dean, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Joan Holub

The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School (2002) 1,070 exemplares
My First Book of Sign Language (1996) 1,069 exemplares
Who Was Marco Polo? (2007) 827 exemplares
Who Was Babe Ruth? (2012) 745 exemplares
Athena the Brain (2010) 735 exemplares
Little Red Writing (2013) 714 exemplares
What Was the Gold Rush? (2013) 643 exemplares
What Was the First Thanksgiving? (2013) 636 exemplares
Who Was Johnny Appleseed? (2005) 559 exemplares
Aphrodite the Beauty (2010) 465 exemplares
What Is the Statue of Liberty? (2014) 459 exemplares
Shampoodle (2009) 459 exemplares
Persephone the Phony (2010) 457 exemplares
Apple Countdown (2009) 414 exemplares
Groundhog Weather School (2009) 404 exemplares
Artemis the Brave (2010) 398 exemplares
Pumpkin Countdown (2012) 366 exemplares
What Were the Salem Witch Trials? (1964) 356 exemplares
Athena the Wise (2011) 324 exemplares
Smart About the Fifty States (2003) 299 exemplares
Why Do Dogs Bark? (2001) 262 exemplares
Who Was Jim Henson? (2010) 257 exemplares
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (2012) 251 exemplares
Artemis the Loyal (2011) 240 exemplares
Aphrodite the Diva (2011) 236 exemplares
Where Is Walt Disney World? (2018) 236 exemplares
Mighty Dads (2014) 235 exemplares
Medusa the Mean (2012) 232 exemplares
Cinderella Stays Late (2014) 225 exemplares
Why Do Cats Meow? (2001) 219 exemplares
Picnic!: A Day in the Park (2008) 216 exemplares
Red Riding Hood Gets Lost (2014) 209 exemplares
More Snacks!: A Thanksgiving Play (2006) — Autor — 204 exemplares
The Garden that We Grew (2001) 201 exemplares
The Pizza That We Made (2001) 164 exemplares
Pajama Party (1998) 163 exemplares
The Girl Games (2012) 160 exemplares
Ballet Stars (2012) 146 exemplares
Pandora the Curious (2012) 138 exemplares
Pheme the Gossip (2013) 135 exemplares
Persephone the Daring (2013) 117 exemplares
Vampoodle (Step into Reading) (2017) 116 exemplares
Cassandra the Lucky (2013) 114 exemplares
Poseidon and the Sea of Fury (2012) 113 exemplares
Tool School (2017) 98 exemplares
What Was Woodstock? (2016) 97 exemplares
Scat, Cats! (2001) 87 exemplares
Hades and the Helm of Darkness (2013) 81 exemplares
The Man Who Named the Clouds (2006) 81 exemplares
Athena the Proud (2014) 77 exemplares
Itty Bitty Kitty (2015) 74 exemplares
Dig, Scoop, Ka-boom! (2013) 72 exemplares
Aphrodite the Fair (2014) 64 exemplares
Medusa the Rich (2015) 64 exemplares
The Knights Before Christmas (2015) 60 exemplares
Iris the Colorful (2014) 59 exemplares
Hestia the Invisible (2015) 57 exemplares
Freya and the Magic Jewel (2018) 52 exemplares
Calliope the Muse (2016) 52 exemplares
Abby Cadabra, Super Speller (2000) 52 exemplares
Echo the Copycat (2016) 50 exemplares
Space Dogs on Planet K-9 (1998) 50 exemplares
Riddle-Iculous Math (2003) 48 exemplares
Amphitrite the Bubbly (2015) 47 exemplares
Nyx the Mysterious (2017) 40 exemplares
I Am the Shark (2021) 40 exemplares
Pallas the Pal (2016) 39 exemplares
Lost And Found In Jumpstart Town (2000) 39 exemplares
Pen Pals (1997) 39 exemplares
Elizabeth and the Royal Pony (2007) 38 exemplares
Knuckleheads (2008) 34 exemplares
Cleopatra and the King's Enemies (2007) 34 exemplares
Mini Myths: Be Patient, Pandora! (2014) 33 exemplares
A Kiss For You! (1800) 32 exemplares
Medea the Enchantress (2017) 32 exemplares
Who Was Charles Schulz? (2022) 31 exemplares
Jack and the Jellybeanstalk (1857) 30 exemplares
Isabel Saves the Prince (2007) 28 exemplares
Sif and the Dwarfs' Treasures (2018) 27 exemplares
Hello Knights! (A Hello Book) (2018) 25 exemplares
Wagons Ho! (2011) — Autor — 25 exemplares
Lydia and the Island Kingdom (2007) 25 exemplares
Danielle's Dollhouse Wish (2003) 25 exemplares
Mighty Moms (2021) 24 exemplares
Mini Myths: Play Nice, Hercules! (2014) 23 exemplares
Eos the Lighthearted (2018) 21 exemplares
Cinderdog and the Wicked Stepcat (2001) 20 exemplares
Mini Myths: Make a Wish, Midas! (1600) 20 exemplares
Clotho the Fate (2019) 20 exemplares
Bed, Bats, & Beyond (2008) 20 exemplares
Mini Myths: Good Job, Athena! (2016) 19 exemplares
Skade and the Enchanted Snow (2020) 19 exemplares
Charlotte's Choice (2004) 19 exemplares
Seed School: Growing Up Amazing (2018) 18 exemplares
Idun and the Apples of Youth (2019) 18 exemplares
Hello Robots! (A Hello Book) (2019) 17 exemplares
Runaway Signs (2020) 16 exemplares
Twinkle, Star of the Week (2010) 16 exemplares
Mini Myths: Be Careful, Icarus! (2015) 16 exemplares
Persephone the Grateful (2020) 12 exemplares
Hello Ninjas! (A Hello Book) (2018) 11 exemplares
Hello Dinosaurs! (2019) 11 exemplares
What Does Cow Say? (2011) 10 exemplares
Every Bunny Dance Now (2022) 9 exemplares
Hecate the Witch (2021) 9 exemplares
Turkeys Never Gobble (2002) 8 exemplares
What Can Our New Baby Do? (2004) 8 exemplares
The Halloween Queen (2004) 7 exemplares
Marvelous Moms (2006) 6 exemplares
Artemis the Hero (2022) 6 exemplares
Happy Easter Eggs (2005) 4 exemplares
Artemis the Brave 2 exemplares
Heros in Training 1 exemplar
Glorious Grandmas (2006) 1 exemplar
Fun with Paper 1 exemplar
Goddess Girls Books #5-8 (2013) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution (1987) — Ilustrador — 1,962 exemplares
The 100th Day of School (1995) — Ilustrador — 1,678 exemplares
Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet (2015) — Ilustrador, algumas edições353 exemplares
No Fair (Hello Reader Math) (1997) — Ilustrador — 244 exemplares
My Brother, the Brat (1995) — Ilustrador — 180 exemplares
Kids' Cookbook: All recipes made by real kids in real kitchens! (1993) — Ilustrador — 160 exemplares
At-Home Phonics: Go! Go! Go! (1998) — Ilustrador — 160 exemplares
Break-Out at the Bug Lab (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) (2001) — Ilustrador — 137 exemplares
I Love You, Mom (1741) — Ilustrador — 124 exemplares
Big Surprise in the Bug Tank (Easy-to-Read, Dial) (2005) — Ilustrador — 122 exemplares
Shadows Everywhere (1999) — Ilustrador — 118 exemplares
I Love You, Dad (1998) — Ilustrador — 92 exemplares
Deena's Lucky Penny (Math Matters) (1999) — Ilustrador — 65 exemplares
Ten Little Ballerinas (Jewel Sticker Stories) (1996) — Ilustrador — 37 exemplares
I'm Not Scared (My First Reader) (1994) — Ilustrador — 35 exemplares
Hector's Hiccups (1999) — Ilustrador — 34 exemplares
A Boy and His Baseball (The Dave Dravecky Story) (1992) — Ilustrador — 29 exemplares
Hermes and the Horse with Wings (Heroes in Training) (2017) — Series Creator — 25 exemplares
All About You with Inspector McQ (Wonder Why) (1992) — Ilustrador — 24 exemplares
Dionysus and the Land of Beasts (Heroes in Training) (2017) — Series Creator — 23 exemplares
A Day in the City (1994) — Ilustrador — 22 exemplares
Zeus and the Dreadful Dragon (Heroes in Training) (2018) — Series Creator — 22 exemplares
Benji's pup (The Evangeline Nicholas collection) (1997) — Ilustrador — 16 exemplares
Once upon a Time on a Plantation (1988) — Ilustrador — 7 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1956
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
Seattle, Washington, USA

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reviewed - Katrina
 
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hcs_admin | 6 outras críticas | Mar 4, 2024 |
A cute and funny explanation of what different species of bears have in common and ways they are different.
 
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sloth852 | Jan 10, 2024 |
Prelim Review: As a kid who grew up on the tales of gods and heroes of Greece, I wasn't sure what to expect. With the...frustration I felt over Disney's Hercules I was a little reluctant truth be told. However I shouldn't have worried. Holub and Williams kept the spirit of the tales without sacrificing (much) of the tales themselves. Much of who Athena meets and what happens, while twisted so as to fit the junior high setting and tropes, were fun takes on the real myths. How Medusa got her snakey-hair for instance or the invention of olives.

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First I should point out that I was one of those people who went to see Disney's Hercules movie and spent almost the entire movie commenting to my friends that I couldn't believe the liberties they had taken. It was pointed out to me that the actual myth was probably too hardcore for Disney (or children). I am also a fan of the television shows Hercules: the Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, both of which took enormous liberties as well, but stuck to the mythology well enough.

I sincerely wish that the Goddess Girls book series had been around back then. Holub and Williams managed to adapt the myths of Medusa, Athena's birth, parts of the Illiad/Odyssey and even a few others into a sanitized, but entertaining read appropriate for the age group (10 ). The four Goddesses we follow are Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite and Persephone. Pandora is also a character, but as she's not a Goddess she isn't officially part of the mix. We only see a couple of the Gods--Zeus, Hermes and Poseidon--though in later books I'm sure that'll change.

I found it to be interesting that Poseidon, who is Zeus' brother, was instead shown to be significantly younger than Zeus--not quite keeping in line of things, but that's okay. Athena's transfer and adaptation to 'Olympus Junior High' is rocky, but relateable for young girls in a similar situation. Not knowing the school rules, trusting the wrong person with sensitive information, making rivals and enemies simply by being yourself--these are all things kids go through. Just because Athena happened to accidentally rain inventions down on the mortal plane or she showed up Poseidon by having Odysseus totally trounce the Trojans, well that was just fun.
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lexilewords | 15 outras críticas | Dec 28, 2023 |
Artemis wasn't one of my favorite Goddesses growing up. She sounded so fierce and scary, plus I'm not really big on hunting. Like the other Goddess Girl books Holub and Williams give this a twist so that the problems Artemis faces--a first crush, living up to everyone's expectations and family matters--still remain true to the original myth, but have modern relatabilities.

The other Goddess Girls are around, helping Artemis and continuing their own stories. While its not necessary to have read the previous three books, it doesn't hurt either. Even though this is Artemis' book, the other girls all have roles to play (just as she did in their books) and a larger understanding of the world is always helpful.

I did find it pretty hilarious that everyone believed Orion to be 'star material' for the very first school play. Orion, in mythology, was later turned into a constellation by Zeus, so that was an amusing way to include that facet of the myth. The little toss in about Actaeon, also a nice touch!

The Goddess Girls series continues to be a delightful series. The positive portrayal of friendship, handling social pressure and class troubles make this a highly recommended series for middle grade girls as well as for teens looking for a light and fun read.
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lexilewords | 2 outras críticas | Dec 28, 2023 |

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Obras
239
Also by
26
Membros
25,229
Popularidade
#831
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
394
ISBN
1,240
Línguas
3
Marcado como favorito
1

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