Greek Mythology

Unleash your inner genius and become a master of mythology with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! champ and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings.

With this Junior Genius Guide to Greek mythology, you’ll become an expert and wow your friends and teachers with all the best ancient stories: how Prometheus outsmarted the gods, how Achilles’s heel led to his death, and how we mere mortals always seem to get mixed up in so many misadventures. With great illustrations, cool trivia, and fun quizzes to test your knowledge, this guide will have you on your way to whiz-kid status in no time!

Ken Jennings grew up in Seoul, South Korea, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz show?Jeopardy!?In 2004, he successfully auditioned for a spot on the show and went on an unprecedented seventy-four game victory streak worth $2.52 million. Jennings’s book?Brainiac, about his?Jeopardy!?adventures, was a critically acclaimed?New York Times?bestseller, as were his follow-up books?Maphead?and?Because I Said So!?He is also the author of Planet Funny. Jennings lives in Seattle with his wife Mindy and two children.

Mike Lowery is an illustrator and fine artist whose work has been seen in galleries and publications internationally. Mike is the illustrator of?Moo Hoo?and?Ribbit Rabbit?by Candace Ryan;?The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School?by Laura Murray; and the Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder novels by Jo Nesbo. Currently he is a professor of illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lives with a lovely German frau, Katrin, and his super genius daughter, Allister. Visit him at MikeLowery.com.