"Echo, Echo: reverso poems about Greek myths" - Marilyn Singer

I did not realize that the author had invented this style of poetry writing until I read the bio on the back flap. I've read her other two collections of poems and they are fascinating, fun, and clever!

A reverso poem is a poem told twice. After reading the first poem through, you read it again starting with the last line and ending with the first, giving it a different meaning and/or point-of-view.

Hear Ariadne's opinion of Athena about their competition! What does Atalanta think of Hippomenes? Even Galatea gets her say.

Read Also:

Sam Ita's pop-up book of The Odyssey. Because ancient history can be fun...

Ovid's The Metamorphoses.

Fun!
Such
amazing poetry!
Read
back and forth,
to and fro
and try to follow along.
Who'd have thought
poetry could be exciting?

Poetry could  be exciting!
Who'd have thought?
And try to follow along
to and fro,
back and forth.
Read
amazing poetry!
Such
fun!

"The Red Pyramid" - Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson was so good I had to try out his second series, The Kane Chronicles. (It didn't hurt that I was already watching Stargate SG-1 and was on an Egyptian mythology kick.) Just as good as Percy Jackson and I learned a great deal about the Egyptian pantheon of gods.

Carter and Sadie are siblings separated after the death of their mother. Their father has never been the same since then, so when he opens up a portal to the Egyptian underworld and calls for the gods, the kids think he needs saving. Turns out the whole world needs saving now. Travel around the world and meet many of the Egyptian gods of mythology as Sadie and Carter learn that they are stronger as a family than any giant, jackal-headed, imbued-with-powers dude.

Read Also:

Stewart Ross' Curse of the Crocodile God graphic novel.

Brandon Sanderson's "Alcatraz" series. Same humorous style of writing.

Mummies in the Morning from the "Magic Treehouse" series by Mary Pope Osborne.

"The Snow Beast" - Chris Judge

Nope, sorry, not Christopher Judge of Stargate fame ("Teal'c").

But it's about Yetis!! My love of ninjas is rivaled only by my love of picture book yetis!

There's a snow beast terrorizing the villagers! Stealing their tools. ...What is he up to? So Beast (the dude on the cover, he's not the snow beast) is on the case.

I NEED to read his Spaghetti with the Yeti!!

Read Also:

Greg Long's Yeti! Turn Out the Light! Can a yeti get any sleep around here?

Dear Yeti by James Kwan is a letter from 2 boys to a yeti they're looking for.

The Thing About Yetis by Vin Vogel... The. Cutest. Yeti. EVER.

Luke Pearson's graphic novel Hildafolk is a about a girl becoming friends with another misunderstood urban legend, from Iceland.