Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series is a spin-off book of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It was released on January 1, 2008.
This book contains the pros and cons of having a god as a parent, why Dionysus might be the best director Camp Half-Blood could have, how to tell a monster when you see one, how Medusa got her snake hair extensions, why Chiron isn’t into partying and paintball like the rest of his centaur family, the complete story on Percy Jackson's mythical namesake Perseus, and plenty of fun and quizzes.
It is also about other authors writing fun quizzes, survival tips, and facts about the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
Contents[]
An introduction by Rick Riordan, then:
- Monster Recognition for Beginners (Rosemary Clement-Moore)
- Why Do So Many Monsters Go Into Retail? (Cameron Dokey)
- Stealing Fire From the Gods (Paul Collins)
- Would You Want to Be One of Artemis's Hunters? (Carolyn MacCullough)
- Dionysus: Who Let Him Run a Summer Camp? (Ellen Steiber)
- The Gods Among Us (Elizabeth M. Rees)
- Eeny Meeny Miney Mo(m) (Jenny Han)
- Percy, I Am Your Father (Sarah Beth Durst)
- Not Even the Gods Are Perfect (Elizabeth E. Wain)
- Frozen Eyeballs (Kathi Allelt)
- The Language of the Heart (Sophie Masson)
- A Glossary of Ancient Greek Myth (Nigel Rodgers)
Authors[]
There were several authors that contributed in the making of this book with Rick Riordan. They are listed below:
- Sophie Masson
- Ellen Steiber
- Elizabeth E. Wein
- Rosemary Clement-Moore
- Carolyn MacCollough
- Sarah Beth Durst
- Elizabeth M. Rees
- Kathi Appelt
- Cameron Dokey
- Jenny Han
- Paul Collins
- Nigel Rodgers