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Beasts of Olympus #4
Dragon Healer
Demon’s abilities are put to the test!
Beasts of Olympus is a series of illustrated chapter books set in a magical Ancient Greece where strange things still walk the Earth. In the fourth book, Demon must heal Ares’s smelly dragon in time for battle. Can he heal this sick beast before Olympus chokes on the stink?
Beasts of Olympus is a series of illustrated chapter books set in a magical Ancient Greece where strange things still walk the Earth. In the fourth book, Demon must heal Ares’s smelly dragon in time for battle. Can he heal this sick beast before Olympus chokes on the stink?
141 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 3, 2015
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Lucy Coats
64 books49 followersIn 2015 I have 6 upcoming titles, 4 books in the brand-new Beasts of Olympus series from Piccadilly Press (Grosset and Dunlap/Penguin Young Readers in the USA), an early reader called The Little Green Drum from Orion and my first proper YA novel, Cleo, from Orchard. Cleo is a mixture of historical and paranormal, and follows the teenage Cleopatra on her journey to become pharaoh. I'm very excited about it indeed!
I was born in a small village in Hampshire, England. I loved reading from an early age, and was never found without some kind of book in my hand from the time I could turn and page and make sense of what was written there. My first job was as an editor of children's books, but I soon jumped the fence and started writing my own. My first picture book was published in 1992, and now I write for all ages (two to teen). Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths was shortlisted for the BBC Blue Peter Book Award in 2004. It is the most comprehensive collection of Greek myths ever written for children. My first novel, Hootcat Hill which was described as “A lyrical fantasy full of old, dark magic entertainingly bound up with ordinary life.” by the Sunday Times.
The book I would take to a desert island is The Lord of the Rings. I've lost count of how many times I've read it, and I am still finding new things to marvel at in it.
I was born in a small village in Hampshire, England. I loved reading from an early age, and was never found without some kind of book in my hand from the time I could turn and page and make sense of what was written there. My first job was as an editor of children's books, but I soon jumped the fence and started writing my own. My first picture book was published in 1992, and now I write for all ages (two to teen). Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths was shortlisted for the BBC Blue Peter Book Award in 2004. It is the most comprehensive collection of Greek myths ever written for children. My first novel, Hootcat Hill which was described as “A lyrical fantasy full of old, dark magic entertainingly bound up with ordinary life.” by the Sunday Times.
The book I would take to a desert island is The Lord of the Rings. I've lost count of how many times I've read it, and I am still finding new things to marvel at in it.
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May 3, 2019Sometimes you have to think outside the box to solve your problems and succeed. For example, Demon's medicine box stopped working when he had to heal Ares's dragon. The box usually tells him everything he needs to know. Since the box wasn't working, Demon searched out Chiron, who knew about medicines that would help the dragon.
December 29, 2016
Browsing through the library I discovered this series staring out at me. The cover art is captivating and the book has sporadic illustrations throughout to support children learning to read.
There's no apparent numbering on the books to order the series, so I grabbed Dragon Healer because dragons!
Pandemonius, our favorite Mount Olympus Stablemaster, finds himself on the fringes of the Greek myth involving Jason and the Golden Fleece. At first he has to tend to Hephaestus' bulls, but ultimately he must treat the Colchian Dragon.
The poor dragon, after being fooled by Medea, lets off this terrible gas. As in "It let out another tiny Toot and the cave filled with more noxious stink." Dragon owner Ares has threatened to mince Demon's legs if he doesn't cure his dragon. The author adds some fun humor with sly little digs: the griffin in the stables refers to Ares as Soldier Sandals, which made me chuckle.
To complicate Demon's life, the dragon is tooting so much the goddesses become irate with him. Even Artemis threatens to tear Demon apart if he doesn't find a solution.
What's a young stable master to do? Find a master Healer and begin his apprenticeship!
I thought this story was a great early exposure for younger readers (800 lexile) to Greek Mythology. The vocabulary variety is useful. While readers will learn the names of various characters, beasts, and other Tier 3 words from these stories, including a pronunciation guide/glossary in the back, the book is chock full of some great Tier 1 basic multisyllabic words. On one page I found: clacking, menancingly, scrambling, dusting off, filthy tunic, and indigestion.
There was even a Tier 2 multiple meaning word: passage being used as passageway.
Since this story does center around Greek mythology, there are some mentions of violence. Ares loves meddling with humans and causing bodies to pile up in battles. At one point he says it's "time to shed a lake of blood", which is a disturbingly effective metaphor. Thankfully, Demon doesn't like how war-like the gods and goddesses can be. And he views heroes as meddlesome and wonders why people are so awful to animals, a sentiment I certainly agree with.
Looking forward to reading more in this series!
There's no apparent numbering on the books to order the series, so I grabbed Dragon Healer because dragons!
Pandemonius, our favorite Mount Olympus Stablemaster, finds himself on the fringes of the Greek myth involving Jason and the Golden Fleece. At first he has to tend to Hephaestus' bulls, but ultimately he must treat the Colchian Dragon.
The poor dragon, after being fooled by Medea, lets off this terrible gas. As in "It let out another tiny Toot and the cave filled with more noxious stink." Dragon owner Ares has threatened to mince Demon's legs if he doesn't cure his dragon. The author adds some fun humor with sly little digs: the griffin in the stables refers to Ares as Soldier Sandals, which made me chuckle.
To complicate Demon's life, the dragon is tooting so much the goddesses become irate with him. Even Artemis threatens to tear Demon apart if he doesn't find a solution.
What's a young stable master to do? Find a master Healer and begin his apprenticeship!
I thought this story was a great early exposure for younger readers (800 lexile) to Greek Mythology. The vocabulary variety is useful. While readers will learn the names of various characters, beasts, and other Tier 3 words from these stories, including a pronunciation guide/glossary in the back, the book is chock full of some great Tier 1 basic multisyllabic words. On one page I found: clacking, menancingly, scrambling, dusting off, filthy tunic, and indigestion.
There was even a Tier 2 multiple meaning word: passage being used as passageway.
Since this story does center around Greek mythology, there are some mentions of violence. Ares loves meddling with humans and causing bodies to pile up in battles. At one point he says it's "time to shed a lake of blood", which is a disturbingly effective metaphor. Thankfully, Demon doesn't like how war-like the gods and goddesses can be. And he views heroes as meddlesome and wonders why people are so awful to animals, a sentiment I certainly agree with.
Looking forward to reading more in this series!
February 10, 2023
This series is just a lot of fun. This beginning chapter book series introduces kids to the various gods and heroes of Olympus. It does it in such a way as to make them understandable and make it comedic. Demon whose full name is Pandemonium as is the son of Pan and it is his job to heal the various animals of Mount Olympus. This time it’s a dragon that has a bit of a tummy problem and literally stinks up the entire mountain. But fixing this dragons tummy problem is no small thing as Demon’s healing box is broken and there are other priorities to the gods which demons serves. My favorite part of this book and the series is the comedy. The god characters are so overdramatic, and Demon is the “I just want to do my job and not die type” of assistant. I’m only halfway through the series and I look forward to each new book.
December 20, 2019
And it continues. I'm entertained enough to keep reading the series, but TBH, I don't consider this great writing. In this one, Demon seems to not know how to summon the Iris express, but in the previous book he did it with no problem. The gods continue to be jerks (and I don't see why it's fine for each of them to run roughshod over him - you'd think his main job would have to stay the priority), with Ares being particularly asshole-ish. The main issue is that Demon is a jerk also. I think he's supposed to be bumbling and endearing in his care for the animals, but actually he's ungracious and rude to those that are helping him. I also find it annoying that he keeps calling gods by these stupid ingratiating names that don't make sense (Your Great Healeryness??).
October 30, 2021
Demon returns to his stables only to find out, through the animals, that the boy, Autolykos, was good for nothing, lying, stealing, person. This enraged Demon.
Demon is now tasked with assisting the Colchis Dragon - whose duty was to guard the Golden Fleece at all time but was deceived by a friend.
However, the Colchis Dragon has terrible gas and Demon’s medicine box became infected with bugs. Now it’s up to Demon to learn how to heal the dragon without his handy box.
One confusing aspect was the summoning of the Iris Express. Demon summoned it in chapter one but suddenly didn’t know how to summon it in chapter five?
Regardless, wonderful book!
Demon is now tasked with assisting the Colchis Dragon - whose duty was to guard the Golden Fleece at all time but was deceived by a friend.
However, the Colchis Dragon has terrible gas and Demon’s medicine box became infected with bugs. Now it’s up to Demon to learn how to heal the dragon without his handy box.
One confusing aspect was the summoning of the Iris Express. Demon summoned it in chapter one but suddenly didn’t know how to summon it in chapter five?
Regardless, wonderful book!
February 13, 2020
3, maybe, 3.5 stars. But probably the weakest link in the series so far. Just felt uninspired and see to serves as a transition book as Demon moves away from using the magical box to learn about healing.
February 18, 2019
3,5 ⭐️
July 7, 2021
This one is very cute. My kids love dragons so they are a fan!
October 27, 2021
I'm in love
April 26, 2016
Synopsis: "Demon’s abilities are put to the test!
Beasts of Olympus is a series of illustrated chapter books set in a magical Ancient Greece where strange things still walk the Earth. In the fourth book, Demon must heal Ares’s smelly dragon in time for battle. Can he heal this sick beast before Olympus chokes on the stink?"
My Review: I really love the way this series adds more to each book, before it was a moral dilemma now it is more problem solving. This particular book will definitely appeal to young boy readers, they will get a real kick out of Demon's stinky new patient. I will continue to purchase these books for the future when Munchkin can enjoy them as well.
Beasts of Olympus is a series of illustrated chapter books set in a magical Ancient Greece where strange things still walk the Earth. In the fourth book, Demon must heal Ares’s smelly dragon in time for battle. Can he heal this sick beast before Olympus chokes on the stink?"
My Review: I really love the way this series adds more to each book, before it was a moral dilemma now it is more problem solving. This particular book will definitely appeal to young boy readers, they will get a real kick out of Demon's stinky new patient. I will continue to purchase these books for the future when Munchkin can enjoy them as well.
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