Independent Reading Suggested Books for 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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