Apollo and the Battle of the Birds
By (Author) Joan Holub
By (author) Suzanne Williams
Illustrated by Craig Phillips
6
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
1st April 2014
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction and true stories
FIC
Paperback
128
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 10mm
98g
When a flock of angry birds threaten Zeus and his fellow Olympians, they need the help of a new friendassuming the stranger is actually a friend!
After a horrible drought, Zeus and his fellow Olympians are determined to help restore the land as they try to figure out their current mission, to find a special shield called an aegis. Thanks to some grateful villagers, who benefit from the rain and crops that the young Olympians magically create, they find the armor they need.
But they are suddenly swarmed by birdsthousands of killer, scary birds. And when a mysterious boy appears in the chaos, it looks like he might be more connected to the Olympians than they think. Is he friendor foe
Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 childrens books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, theNew York Timesbestselling picture bookMighty Dads(illustrated by James Dean), andLittle Red Writing(illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.
Suzanne Williams is a former elementary school librarian and the author of over seventy books for children, including the award-winning picture booksLibrary Lil(illustrated by Steven Kellogg) andMy Dog Never Says Please(illustrated by Tedd Arnold), and several chapter book and middle grade series. She also coauthors the Goddess Girls and Thunder Girls series with the fantastic Joan Holub. Visit her at Suzanne-Williams.com.
Craig Phillips has been creating cover art and drawings for books, comics, and magazines for nearly two decades. He is most at home working on tales about myth and magic. His latest bookGiants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts: Ten Tales from the Deep, Dark Woodsis a 200-page graphic novel about just that! It will be in stores in May 2017. When he is not drawing and writing, he likes to swim in the lakes and walk in the forests and mountains of New Zealand. Visit him at CraigPhillips.com.au.