Audible.com is running a great deal right now where you can download a free audio book. You can choose from over 100,000 books in their collection, and they have all of the Percy Jackson books. The 30-day free trial allows you to download one audio book for free plus get 30% off any other audio books that you might want to purchase.

Audio books are terrific for family trips, and the Percy Jackson audiobooks would be particularly great for all ages.

Edited: The Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters release date has been moved up to March 15!

Things are looking good for the Percy Jackson movie sequel, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters. The second movie in the series, based on the book about a quest for the legendary Golden Fleece, is currently filming and is set to be released March 26, 2013.

The cast includes Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase, Jake Abel as Luke, Brandon T. Jackson as Grover Underwood, Nathan Fillion as Hermes, and Mary Birdsong as Fate. Anthony Head has replaced Pierce Brosnan as Chiron. You can see some recent pictures from the movie set at Movieweb.com.

If you are looking for Percy Jackson shirts for the movie premier, be sure to check out CafePress!

It can be hard to find Percy Jackson merchandise, but we found some really cute stuff today at CafePress. Here are some of our favorites. Most of them can be customized for different sizes and colors (and they do ship internationally).

Camp Half Blood T-Shirt

Camp Half Blood Tee

House of Poseidon Tee

House of Athena Tee

If you look around on CafePress you will find these and many more! Just search for terms like Percy Jackson, Camp Half Blood, and other favorite character names.

Edited: The Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters release date has been moved up to March 15!

We’re starting to see just a little bit more news about the Percy Jackson movie sequel, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters. If you recall, the second book was about the quest for the legendary Golden Fleece. The movie is slated to start some filming in Vancouver, British Columbia, this year with a release of March 26, 2013. According to IMDB, the following roles have been cast:

• Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson
• Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase
• Jake Abel as Luke
• Brandon T. Jackson as Grover Underwood

A couple of interesting things:

• The first Percy Jackson movie was released in 2010. These days, 3 years is a long time for a sequel to what is essentially a kids’ movie.
• How is Logan Lerman (who is already 20) going to continue to pull off such a young role? The first movie was already changed from the book to make Percy older. Now he is going to be significantly older than both the book and the first movie.

We’ll post more information as we find it!

Although the Percy Jackson spinoff series The Heroes of Olympus does not focus on Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan seems to be teasing us that Percy just might be back in the second installment of the book, The Son of Neptune. Check out the video below where Riordan talks about the plot of The Son of Neptune, including clues about finding out what happened to Percy and why he did not return to Camp Half Blood.

The Son of Neptune is available for pre-order on Amazon and will be released on October 4, 2011.

Although the Percy Jackson movie was not a huge blockbuster in the United States, a loyal following of the Percy Jackson book series combined with strong international review from the movie are combining to fuel a Percy Jackson movie sequel.

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters” is due to start filming this summer (2011). Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are currently working on writing the script.

When will the Percy Jackson movie sequel be released? It is too early to know right now, but the Internet Movie Database is showing either 2012 or 2013.

We’ll update as we get more information.

If you are looking to save a little money on the new Percy Jackson & the Olympians Lightning Thief graphic novel, I found it at TFAW.com today for only$8.99. Here’s the description from their site:

“You’ve read the book. You’ve seen the movie. Now submerge yourself into the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel. Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of 12-year-old Percy Jackson’s textbooks and into his life. And worse, he’s angered a few of them. Zeus’s master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus’s stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus.”

This book is perfect for kids who love Percy Jackson in general or those who would like to but can’t make it through the regular books. TFAW.com has a terrific collection of graphic novels. If you order this month, you can use code SUNSHINE to get free shipping on orders over $35.

It’s Percy Jackson meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Sort of. A new comic called Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel was just released this week. The hardcover book is 128 pages and is aimed at kids age 9-12. However, if it is like the original book, it will likely appeal to kids older than that as well.

The story is the same as the book and the movie adaptation, but it is now in a different form that might be more appealing to kids who are not as strong of readers or who enjoy the visuals of a graphic novel more than regular text. You can get buy it through Amazon.com, and it is eligible for Free Super Saver Shipping.

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the release date of the new Percy Jackson Series. Rick Riordan’s new series of Camp Half-Blood adventures is called “The Heroes of Olympus” and the first book in that series will be “The Lost Hero.” “The Lost Hero” is set to release on October 12, 2010. However, you ca actually pre-order it now to get it a lower price.

Click here to get more information on pre-order from Amazon plus read more about the book. Although it is not entirely about Percy Jackson, the new series will feature some of the same characters.

The first book in the new Camp Half-Blood Series “The Heroes of Olympus” is now available for pre-order. The book is going to be called “Lost Hero” and we have already gotten a sneak peak at it through the Borders website. It looks like although the series will not revolve around Percy Jackson, he will at least be involved in the plot.

Here’s a short blurb from Amazon:

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all—including Leo—related to a god.

Click here to read more and pre-order at Amazon. Click here to read the first two Chapters at Borders. The book is selling for $10.25 on both and will be available October 12. Will they be as good as Percy Jackson?