Independent Reading Suggested Books for Interpreting Perspectives: Greek Myths
See our Independent Reading for Elementary Students Teacher Tool for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.
Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge
- Greek Myths and Legends by Jilly Hunt (910L)
- Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters by Donna Jo Napoli (860L)
Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
Greek myths
- Athena the Wise (Goddess Girls series) by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams (730L) *
- Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire (1070L) **
- Echo the Copycat (Goddess Girls series) by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams (770L)
- Favorite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne (870L)
- Greek Myths by Olivia E. Coolidge
- Heroes in Training series by Joan Holub (550-660L) *
- Pandora the Curious (Goddess Girls series) by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams (650L) **
- The Lost Hero: The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan (660L)
- The Olympians series by George O’Connor (640L)
- The Trojan War: An Interactive Mythological Adventure (You Choose series) by Blake Hoena (680L)
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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