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The Olympic Games of Greece
The Olympic Games of Greece

The Olympic Games of Greece

Books for kids ages 8-12. Ancient Greece book

By Jordi Ortiz, Illustrated by Miguel Ángel Saura

9-12

The Time Explorers

JUVENILE FICTION

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, (US $15.95) (CA $20.95)

Publication Date: April 2025

ISBN 9788419898098

Rights: US, CA, AU, NZ, AFR & ASIA

Editorial el Pirata (Apr 2025)

Available from local and national retailers throughout the US.
 

Overview

What would you do if somebody told you it was possible to time travel?

The Olympic Games of Greece is the third book in THE TIME EXPLORERS series which mixes comic book dialogues with an adventure novel for children, and it’s full of colorful illustrations. Each book will take you on a fascinating journey through time with the main characters Victor, Christina, Seldon, and Ibis. Throughout the novel, readers will come across some questions which will allow them to discover incredible fun facts about ancient civilizations. For this, they will have to use the time-traveling clock (included in the book) to decipher the page number hidden behind the red background.

At the end of each novel in the collection, you will find three different sections:

  • Cool stuff! You will discover fun facts told by the characters in the collections about themselves or about the historic era they have travelled to.
  • Stuff to do! You will learn a new cooking recipe to follow at home and a game set in the historic era.
  • Bibliochronohistories! Some of the most significant figures in history will tell us who they are and what they did to become so relevant to our history.

 

In The Olympic Games of Greece, the Time Explorers will go back to 556 BC to visit the city of Olympia while the Olympic Games are being held. For this mission, they will have to get the golden wreath of Hercules, even though nobody knows if this object actually existed or if it only is a mere legend. Will they manage to complete the mission before Eternal Maleficent stops them?

 

And you, do you want to become a Time Explorer? Once you finish the book, complete the Explorer’s Test and you will obtain the object recovered in each book in the collection. Stick it on the collection’s poster! Will you manage to get all the objects lost in time?

If you complete the test, you can also download a digital fragment of one of the books in the ILLUSTRATED HISTORY series. Learn about each civilization and become a history pro!

**There is a FREE reading comprehension guide to work on this novel at school.**

 

Other titles from The Time Explorers series:

1) The Legions of Rome

2) The Expeditions of the Vikings

3) The Olympic Games of Greece

4) The Gold of the Incas

5) The Arrows of the Sioux

6) The Swords of the Samurai

More titles coming soon.

 

Other titles from the Illustrated History series:

1) Rome

2) The Vikings

3) Ancient Greece

4) The Incas

5) Ancient Egypt

6) The Indigenous People of the USA, Canada, and Greenland

More titles coming soon.

Reviews

"With simple language, funny illustrations and an ideal format to catch the attention of young and fearless readers." - @cuentos_de_luz

"Highly recommend as a summer read for middle-graders. They will have a great time while learning about one of the most important civilizations in the history of humanity. They're so cool!" - @israanrubiarodrigo

Author Biography

Has published more than 20 books and has received multiple awards, such as the Contarella Award, the Vila de Perpinyà Award, the Mallorca Award, or the 5th Carlemany Award for Promoting Reading among others. He frequently visits primary and secondary education schools to encourage children and teenagers to read and write. The two biggest passions in his life are imagining stories for children and astronomy. He was born in Barcelona and grew up in the 80s. After finishing high school he started working as a print designer for the textile industry. After finishing his artistic studies, he worked as a designer and as a freelance graphic artist. He currently combines his facet as an illustrator and writer with his work as a textile designer and lives in Barcelona with his wife and his three children.