Summer Reading Recommendations

For Incoming Second and Third Graders

D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D'aulaire and Edgar Parin D'aulaire

Delacorte Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition April 1, 1992. ISBN: 0440406943

Tales from the Odyssey: The One-Eyed Giant - Book #1 by Mary Pope Osborne

Hyperion, Reprint Edition September 1, 2003. ISBN: 0786809280.

Tales from the Odyssey: The Land of the Dead - Book #2 by Mary Pope Osborne

Hyperion, Reprint Edition September 1, 2003. ISBN: 0786809299.

Tales from the Odyssey: Sirens and Sea Monsters - Book #3 by Mary Pope Osborne

Hyperion, Reprint Edition September 1, 2003. ISBN: 0786809302.

Tales from the Odyssey: The Gray-Eyed Goddess - Book #4 by Mary Pope Osborne

Hyperion, Reprint Edition September 30, 2003. ISBN: 0786809310.

Tales from the Odyssey: Return to Ithaca - Book #5 by Mary Pope Osborne

Hyperion, October 1, 2004. ISBN: 0786809930.

Tales from the Odyssey: The Final Battle - Book #6 by Mary Pope Osborne

Hyperion, May 15, 2005. ISBN: 0786809949.

For Incoming Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Graders

The Odyssey by Robin Lister

Kingfisher, August 12, 2004. ISBN: 0753457237.

The Iliad by Nick McCarty

Kingfisher, September 15, 2000. ISBN: 0753453215.

Aeneas: Virgil’s Epic Retold for Young Readers by Emily Frenkel

Bristol Classical Press, 1986. ISBN: 0862921988.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Miramax, June 28, 2005. ISBN: 0786856297.

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Miramax, April 1, 2006. ISBN: 0786856866.

For Those Who Have Read Everything Else About Mythology

Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch

Dover Publications, April 18, 2000. ISBN: 0486411079.

Mythology by Edith Hamilton

Back Bay Books, September 14, 1998. ISBN: 0316341517.

The Myths of Greece and Rome by H. A. Guerber

Dover Publications, Reprint Edition May 13, 1993. ISBN: 0486275841.