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Camp Half-Blood, Brooklyn |
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Brownstone Books Literary Summer Camps are offered to children ages 6-13. Our 2012 Season will run from June 25th through July 29th. Camp Half-Blood, our Greek mythology-based program, immerses the camper in the world of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief book series as well as other popular traditional Greek and Roman texts. Camp Half-Blood is offered in one-week sessions, each of which pulls its theme from a different storyline. Using storytelling, live action role play and physically and mentally engaging activities, campers work with their friends to develop new skills, solve problems and create summer memories that will last a life time. Due to the popularity of this program campers may register for no more than two weeks.
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Click here to download our 2012 Registration Materials Purchase an additional camp t-shirt -
The oracle sat with her back to the hill, a breeze riffling the ruby scarves tied to her folding camp chair.One by one, the 12 boys approached. They stood straight as the oracle lowered her sunglasses and looked them over. Sorting through a pile of paper slips with burnt edges, the oracle, a middle-aged woman, selected one for each child. “I will prophesize your quest,” she told Tom Leier, 9, before reciting a mysterious poem that would guide him for the week ahead. That morning, the boys had been regular Brooklyn elementary school students at a summer camp in Prospect Park. But now each had been revealed to be a half-blood, with one mortal parent and one who was a god of Greek myth.
For a description of a typical day at Camp Half, Blood, Brooklyn - click here.
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At Brownstone Books' Camp Half-Blood in Brooklyn, the campers' adventures come right out of Greek mythology. Based in nearby Prospect Park — with its wooded paths, groves of trees and classical-looking buildings — the camp is protected by the Golden Fleece, which looks a lot like a yellow T-shirt. |
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Campers give offerings to the gods before they eat. There are daily quests and even prophesies that sometimes pop up on counselors' cell phones. On one summer day, a group is battling it out with swords made from foam and masking tape and shields they had designed themselves. Counselor Jason McConnell explains the rules of engagement. "Let's say Georgia slashes Jai's leg — he's gotta go on one leg," McConnell says. A hit on the neck or head is "a kill." To read more, click here. |
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