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Joan Holub

Joan Holub

Joan Holub

Joan Holub is the author of more than 130 books for young readers, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, Zero the Hero, Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers and Swirly Stars, and Shampoodle. She lives in North Carolina. Visit her at JoanHolub.com.

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Hyperion and the Great Balls of Fire will be released on August 06, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
about 7 hours ago
Picnic! will be released on December 31, 2013 in eBook
about 8 hours ago
Persephone the Daring will be released on August 06, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
about 8 hours ago
Artemis the Loyal will be released on December 03, 2013 in Hardcover
about 8 hours ago
Typhon and the Winds of Destruction will be released on December 03, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
about 9 hours ago
Aphrodite the Diva will be released on August 06, 2013 in Hardcover
about 10 hours ago
Goddess Girls The Glittering Collection will be released on October 01, 2013 in Trade Paperback
about 12 hours ago
Athena the Wise will be released on August 06, 2013 in Hardcover
about 12 hours ago
Medusa the Mean will be released on December 03, 2013 in Hardcover
about 13 hours ago
Cassandra the Lucky will be released on December 03, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
about 13 hours ago
Hades and the Helm of Darkness will be released on April 02, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 02, 2013
Hades and the Helm of Darkness is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 02, 2013
Pheme the Gossip will be released on April 02, 2013 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 02, 2013
Pheme the Gossip is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 02, 2013
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Pheme the Gossip
Mar 31, 2013
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Hades and the Helm of Darkness
Mar 31, 2013

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PublishersWeekly.com, March 4, 2013
...Watkins (Penguin/Price Stern Sloan, $9.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-8431-7194-5). 50,000 copies What Was the First Thanksgiving? by Joan Holub (Grosset & Dunlap, $5.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-448-46463-3). 50,000 copies August 20 Al Capone Does My Homework by...
BellaOnline, November 30, 2012
...and easy conversational style of this book help keep the story interesting and engaging. Light the Candles by Joan Holub is an interactive "lift-the-flap" book that has a flap for each night of Hanukkah. Children in this story are opening the door to...
PublishersWeekly.com, September 14, 2012
...Los Angeles Public Librarys Teen Reading Night and the Orange County Childrens Book Festival. This past weekend, writer Joan Holub visited the in Winston-Salem, N.C., where she discussed her two middle-grade series Heroes in Training and Goddess Girls,...
Rapid City Journal, July 8, 2012
...“Deadweather and Sunrise, The Chronicles of Egg Book 1” by Geoff Rodkey “Goddess Girls” series by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams — follows four goddesses-in-training – Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite and Artemis– as they navigate the ins...
Examiner.com, June 23, 2012
...friend's celebrate Independence Day with a picnic, games and a parade. "Fourth of July, Sparkly Sky" by Joan Holub and Amanda Haley (Little Simon, 2003) Rhyming text and images in red, white and blue fill the pages as fireworks and sparklers thrill...
The Advocate, June 17, 2012
...branch, 3501 Groom Road, at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 16, to hear Why Do Dogs Bark? by Joan Holub and to visit with the LSU Tiger Hats and therapy dogs. Children will be able to read a story to these specially trained dogs. Children under the age of...
Point Pleasant Register, June 15, 2012
...Love My White Shoes, Rocking in My School Shoes and His Four Groovy Buttons; Zero the Hero by Joan Holub and Tom Lichtenheld; Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero by Anne Cottringer; Weird but True Space Facts by Carmen Bredeson; Where Do Rainbows Go? by...
PublishersWeekly.com, March 4, 2013
...Watkins (Penguin/Price Stern Sloan, $9.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-8431-7194-5). 50,000 copies What Was the First Thanksgiving? by Joan Holub (Grosset & Dunlap, $5.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-448-46463-3). 50,000 copies August 20 Al Capone Does My Homework by...
WDSU New Orleans, February 28, 2013
...one, and maybe an American, to replace him." "I can see from TV his frailness," parishioner Joan Holub said. "You need someone younger to step in and handle the church." At Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, prayer is a key ingredient in the recipe...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 25, 2013
...illus. by Sophie Blackall, the 10th book featuring the antics of two best friends; Little Red Writing by Joan Holub, illus. by Melissa Sweet, a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood starring a brave red pencil who faces a ravenous pencil sharpener the Wolf...
BellaOnline, November 30, 2012
...and easy conversational style of this book help keep the story interesting and engaging. Light the Candles by Joan Holub is an interactive "lift-the-flap" book that has a flap for each night of Hanukkah. Children in this story are opening the door to...
Guardian.co.uk, November 12, 2012
...to not let people walk all over you. Persephone the Phony: Number 2 in series (Goddess Girls) by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams Buy it from the Guardian bookshopTell us what you think: Star-rate and review this book The story is about Persephone's life at...
WKYC News, October 6, 2012
...Mark); cherished grandmother of 27 and great-grandmother of eight; fond sister of William Raymond (Joan) and the late Joan Holub (Richard); loving aunt of many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, contributions suggested to the Christ Child Society...
University City Patch, October 2, 2012
...Necromancer by Lish McBride Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott Goddess Girls #1: Athena the Brain by Joan Holub Seaman's Journal by Patrick Eubank Enclave by Ann Aguirre  Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip Stead   ...