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Aphrodite the beauty  Cover Image Book Book

Aphrodite the beauty / created by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams ; adapted by David Campiti ; illustrated by Eduardo Garcia at Glass House Graphics.

Campiti, David, (adaptor.). Garcia, Eduardo, 1970- (artist.). Holub, Joan, (creator.). Williams, Suzanne, 1953- (creator.).

Summary:

Aphrodite, goddess girl of love, must deal with jealousy after giving Athena a makeover. It doesn't seem fair that the god boys pay more attention to her friend when Aphrodite is supposed to be destined for love! She also copes with a crush from an unlikely source--the nerdy Hephaestus (god of the smith)--and learns that love comes in many forms.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1534473920
  • ISBN: 9781534473928
  • ISBN: 1534473939
  • ISBN: 9781534473935
  • Physical Description: 192 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First Aladdin Edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Chiefly illustrations.
Subject: Aphrodite (Greek deity) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Goddesses, Greek > Comic books, strips, etc.
Mythology, Greek > Comic books, strips, etc.
Schools > Comic books, strips, etc.
Friendship > Comic books, strips, etc.
Aphrodite (Greek deity) > Juvenile fiction.
Goddesses, Greek > Juvenile fiction.
Mythology, Greek > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Graphic novels.
School comics.
Mythological comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
Fiction.

Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children’s books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

Suzanne Williams is a former elementary school librarian and the author of over seventy books for children, including the award-winning picture books Library Lil (illustrated by Steven Kellogg) and My Dog Never Says Please (illustrated by Tedd Arnold), and several chapter book and middle grade series. She also coauthors the Goddess Girls and Thunder Girls series with the fantastic Joan Holub. Visit her at Suzanne-Williams.com.

David Campiti is an animation producer and voiceover actor and is CEO of Glass House Graphics/Cutting Edge Animation & Publishing Services. His talent team has worked on such features as Despicable Me, Rio, Gnomeo & Juliet, and Horton Hears a Who—and fully produced Niko: The Journey to Magika and El Americano.


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