Fides’ Kept Promise: A Magical Roman Myth About Honesty and Keeping Your Word (Legends of Olympus)

A magical Roman myth about the courage to tell the truth.Marco is known for always keeping his word - until one exciting distraction makes him break a promise to his best friend Lena, and her little goat goes missing. When he meets Fides, goddess of trust and good faith, Marco learns that a broken promise isn't the end of the story - but mending it takes honesty, not hiding. Together, Marco and Lena search the village to make things right, and Marco discovers that telling the truth, even when it's hard, is what makes a friendship truly strong.Fides' Kept Promise is a warm, rhythmic retelling of the myth of Fides, Roman goddess of trust, reimagined for young readers ages 4-10. With handcrafted, magical cardboard-diorama artwork and one gentle sentence per page, this book is perfect for bedtime reading aloud, introducing children to mythology, and sparking conversations about honesty, integrity, and being a dependable friend.Includes a creative activity page to help kids think through a promise of their own.Book in the Legends of Olympus series - collect them all!Stories by Eirene.