Rick Riordan by Samantha Allison https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e Samantha Allison Text Set en-us 2018-05-14 04:34:30 UTC 2025-11-24 18:19:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Reading for pleasure vs academic sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264387798 I’m going to say that there is a pretty fair split between reading Riordan’s books for pleasure vs reading them in a classroom setting. I personally had teachers in my school that taught with his books during Greek mythology units, though I never had these teachers myself. I don’t think it’s quite 50/50 but probably about 60/40, with 60 being the percentage read for pleasure and 40 being the percentage read academically. 
His books are very fun, and intended to be so as they were written for his own son with ADHD and dyslexia (Riordan, 2005), but they are quite educational as well as they draw very heavily from different cultures mythologies’. Additionally, this seems to be one of the rare cases in which encouragement from students causes a teacher to use these works as material, once they see the academic value of them (Locke, 2010). 
Overall I think the books are majority read for pleasure, especially considering that most of them are parts of a series, which would rarely be covered in its entirety in a classroom setting, more likely the class may read the first book academically, and some students may wish to continue the series on their own time.
]]> 2018-05-29 23:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264387798 Age range sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264388917 I would say that different series’ of Riordan’s belong in different age groups based on complexity and content. The original Percy Jackson and the Olympians series I would put on a range of around 10-14, as the protagonist is 12 in the first book, giving a little room to children slightly below and above that age. The story and plot is very linear and easy to follow. I would give the same age range to the Kane Chronicles series. 
Some of his later series’ I would put in a slightly higher age range. Particularly the Heroes of Olympus and Trials of Apollo books. These seem aimed towards older kids, as well as featuring older protagonists and more romantic themes. I would put the age range for these around 12-16. There is more complexity in the narrative, including many perspective shifts, and slighter older themes. Overall I think that his books can be enjoyed and be an appropriate reading level for kids at the end of elementary school to mid-high school, say 5th-10th grade, and perhaps earlier or later based on the individual interests and reading skills of the child in question. Though I believe they can certainly be enjoyed by people of all ages.
]]> 2018-05-29 23:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264388917 Major Work 1: The Lightning Thief sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264390397 Riordan, R. (2005). Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. New York, NY: Disney Hyperion Books.

The Lightning Thief  is the first in a series of five books making up the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The book follows troubled youth Percy Jackson as he is kicked out of yet another school and returns home to his mother and horrible step-father. Soon after Percy discovers that he is a demigod, son of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. Unfortunately for Percy, Poseidon, along with Zeus and Hades, made a pact to have no more demigod children, which causes many problems for Percy in his quest to clear his name for a crime which he did not commit.]]> 2018-05-29 23:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264390397 Major Work 2: The Lost Hero sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264390839 Riordan, R. (2010). The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero. New York, NY: Disney Hyperion Books.

The Lost Hero is the first book of the sequel series to Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus. Here we discover that our beloved hero Percy is currently missing, as we follow the stories of three newly claimed demigods, Jason, Piper, and Leo. Jason feels that something is very wrong, and has no idea who is two companions are despite them both being completely sure that they have all been friends for months. The trio go off on a quest together to try to discover the whereabouts of Percy and the identity of Jason. ]]> 2018-05-29 23:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264390839 Major Work 3: The Red Pyramid sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264391616 Riordan, R. (2010). Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid. New York, NY: Disney Hyperion Books.

The Red Pyramid is the first book in the Kane Chronicles series following Egyptian mythology. The story follows siblings Carter and Sadie Kane, the main protagonists of the story. Sadie who has lived with her grandparents since the death of their mother, and Carter who has traveled the world with their Egyptologist father. That is, until their father is kidnapped, and the two learn ancient secrets about their family as they set off on a quest to save their father and to save the world from the Egyptian god Set, who seeks to destroy it. ]]> 2018-05-29 23:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264391616 Major Work 4: The Sword of Summer sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264392302 Riordan, R. (2015). Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer. New York, NY: Disney Hyperion Books.

The Sword of Summer is the first book in the series Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, a new mythology series focusing on Nordic myths and legends. Here we follow Magnus Chase (cousin of Annabeth from Riordan’s Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series’), who has been living on the streets for two years since the death of his mother. Magnus learns from his uncle that he is the child of  a Norse god, and that this gives him magic powers and puts him in great danger, and that he must retrieve the mystic Sword of Summer in order to protect himself.

]]> 2018-05-29 23:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264392302 Award 1: Mark Twain Award sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264393367 Riordan received Mark Twain Readers Awards for The Lightning Thief in 2008 and The Sea of Monsters in 2009. These awards are voted on by 4th-6th grade students each year in the state of Missouri.]]> 2018-05-30 00:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264393367 Award 2: Stonewall Book Award sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264393379 Riordan received the Stonewall Book Award for Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor in 2017. This reward is given to authors for merit for young adults in LGBT characters and issues.]]> 2018-05-30 00:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264393379 Award 3: Children's Choice Book Awards sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264393391 Riordan received the Children’s Choice Book Awards in 2011 for author of the year. He had a record-breaking 500,000 vote for him for this award.]]> 2018-05-30 00:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264393391 Image 1 sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395562 The man himself, Rick Riordan. Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas on June 5, 1964. He has been actively writing books since 1997. His works have sold more than 30 million copies in the United States alone. His most major works are adaptations of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse mythology.]]> 2018-05-30 00:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395562 Image 2 sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395575 This is an image of Rick Riordan and his son, Haley. Rick Riordan was largely inspired by his son to begin writing, as his son has ADHD and dyslexia, defining characteristics of demigods in Riordan’s world. He wanted to have heroes with these disabilities so that his son and other children like him had characters to look up to. ]]> 2018-05-30 00:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395575 Image 3 sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395581 One of the many real-life Camp Half-Bloods inspired by Riordan’s Percy Jackson series. Here children can get together with others their own age and live as half-bloods learning Ancient Greek and learning how to fight off monsters, along with Greek myths and legends. An example of Riordan’s work affecting real children and getting them active as well as well-read.]]> 2018-05-30 00:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395581 Image 4 sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395590 One of Riordan’s many companion books to his Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Here we can find short stories following some of our favorite characters as well as learn new fun facts and behind the scenes things about Camp Half-Blood and being a demigod.]]> 2018-05-30 00:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395590 Image 5 sra5 https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395596 A fan image of characters Percy and Annabeth. This demonstrates the encouragement that these books can bring for readers to express themselves artistically through characters that they admire and identify with. Many such types of art exist online showing the inspiration that Riordan and his characters can bring to people everywhere. ]]> 2018-05-30 00:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sra5/1fclrv2sll6e/wish/264395596