{"id":840,"count":9,"description":"Rick Riordan is a bestselling American author known for his captivating mythology-inspired novels. Born on June 5, 1964, he initially worked as a middle school teacher before becoming a full-time writer. Riordan gained worldwide fame with Percy Jackson &amp; The Olympians, a series blending Greek mythology with modern adventures. His success continued with The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, expanding into Roman, Egyptian, and Norse myths. With a talent for making ancient legends accessible and exciting for young readers, Riordan has inspired a new generation to love mythology. His Rick Riordan Presents imprint also champions diverse mythological stories by other authors. His works have been adapted into graphic novels, films, and a Disney+ series. Loved for his humor, fast-paced storytelling, and relatable characters, Riordan remains a leading figure in children\u2019s literature.","link":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/","name":"Rick Riordan","slug":"rick-riordan","taxonomy":"book_author","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rick Riordan children&#039;s books | Little Reads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Children&#039;s books by Rick Riordan in Little Reads. Read safely with no ads or distractions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rick Riordan children&#039;s books | Little Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Children&#039;s books by Rick Riordan in Little Reads. Read safely with no ads or distractions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Littlereads\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"CollectionPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/book-author\\\/rick-riordan\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/book-author\\\/rick-riordan\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rick Riordan children's books | Little Reads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\"},\"description\":\"Children's books by Rick Riordan in Little Reads. Read safely with no ads or distractions\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/book-author\\\/rick-riordan\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/book-author\\\/rick-riordan\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rick Riordan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"name\":\"Little Reads\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Reading Mate\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg\",\"width\":337,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Reading Mate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rick Riordan children's books | Little Reads","description":"Children's books by Rick Riordan in Little Reads. Read safely with no ads or distractions","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rick Riordan children's books | Little Reads","og_description":"Children's books by Rick Riordan in Little Reads. Read safely with no ads or distractions","og_url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/","og_site_name":"Littlereads","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/","name":"Rick Riordan children's books | Little Reads","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website"},"description":"Children's books by Rick Riordan in Little Reads. Read safely with no ads or distractions","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/book-author\/rick-riordan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rick Riordan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","name":"Little Reads","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization","name":"Reading Mate","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Little-Reads-svg-logo.svg","width":337,"height":69,"caption":"Reading Mate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/book_author"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books?book_author=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}