


Although also drawing on Greek mythology, the series is in a different "universe" from The Goddess Girls. Heroes in Training, an adventure series featuring the young Olympians, Zeus, Poseidon and others, as they confront the tyrannical Titans.The first book, Athena the Brain, was published in 2010. In charge is the god of all gods, ruler of Mount Olympus, absent-minded father of Athena, husband of a fly, and of course cheery and supporting yet deeply understanding principal of the Academy, the god Zeus. School has various subjects such as beauty-ology, spell-ology, garden-ology, hero-ology and many more. The setting is at Mount Olympus, where they are students at fictional Mount Olympus Academy. The Goddess Girls, a middle grade series for ages 8–12 in which each book is about Greek goddesses: Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, Artemis, Medusa, Pandora, Pheme, and Cassandra.This Little Artist: An Art History Primer, a board book published in 2019 illustrated by Daniel Roode.The Knights Before Christmas, a rhyming parody of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in which three knights try to fight off the "invading" Santa Claus and his "dragons".


She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas, then freelanced as an art director at a graphic design firm for eight years. She also uses the pen names Rita Book and Brad Bucks. Joan Holub (born 1956 in Texas) is an author and illustrator of over 180 books for children.
