Myths And Legends category: 2297 books

The gripping adventures of the great warrior Beowulf spring to life in a masterfully retold version woven of simple prose that children will fully understand and delight in. Indeed, readers of every age will thrill to the courageous feats of one of literature's legendary heroes, including Beowulf's...

Teeny Tiny Witch is a little witch who loves to wear red, and has trouble with spells. She goes to the Academy for Young Witches and her mishaps with spell-casting gets her into trouble with the head mistress, Miss Pillinger who reports everything to the Icy Witch Queen. Everyone on Witch Island is...

Life as a teenager is complicated at the best of times, pale Irish skin, red hair and chronic shyness mean Saoirse O Donnell is an outsider, but following a meeting with a new classmate; Sean, Saoirse realises that the nightmares that have haunted her all her life contain real people. She is left...

A fresh, heartwarming, and fascinating debut that two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary Schmidt calls “a journey that every reader needs to go on.” This is the story of Raul, a boy of few words, fewer friends, and almost no family. He is a loner—but he isn’t lonely. All week long he looks...

A collection of ten great stories retold at a cracking pace - perfect for story-times. Each story is retold in a short but continuous narrative, with quick and quirky illustrations adding to the momentum. The playful element is enhanced by text that 'interacts' with the pictures by means of join-in...

A childs innocence and curiosity can push beyond the walls of fear and uncover exciting mysteries.-----In a faraway land, young Jacob discovers a surprising truth when he ventures to a place he has been warned about. The place where people say, “In that land there are giants.”----With stunning illustrations...

See the #1 New York Times bestselling story Beastly through Lindy's eyes! This is her diary, kept while living in captivity with the beast. Lindy's Diary captures all the romance and edgy mystery of the original! Diary, I am locked away . . . with no one to confide in but you . . . and...

Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. The story of Dick Whittington and his cat, about how a poor boy seeking his fortune ended up becoming Mayor of London, is based on the original Ladybird retelling...

Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. The Big Pancake is the cumulative story of a runaway pancake trying to escape from seven hungry little boys and a wide variety of other creatures who wish to...

While on a fishing trip, with their parents and grandparents, to their camp in the Adirondacks, Michael and his little sister Lousia are told a story by the fishing guide, Mr.Green. The story is about two Indian children who wander into the sacred forest and come upon the secret of the first pine tree, the magical mother of all the great White Pine tree's of the forest.

Introducing Rhianna Pendragon: unlikely princess and Camelot's last hope. It is the darkest hour of the darkest Age. King Arthur is dead, killed by his wicked nephew, Mordred. Saxon invaders rampage across the land and forces of evil are gathering. The path to the throne lies open to Arthur's...

Briar Rose believes in fairy tales . . . And now, because of a family curse, she’s living one. Doomed to fall asleep for one hundred years on her sixteenth birthday, Briar has woken up in the darkest, most twisted fairy tale she could ever have dreamed of – miles away from the safe, boring...

The first-ever standalone superspecial in the Goddess Girls series—let the games begin! Athena, Medusa, Artemis, and Persephone are sick and tired of being left out of the annual boys-only Olympic Games. Their solution? The Girl Games! But as the Goddess Girls work to make their dream into...

It begins on a most unusual day, when a blue sun rises in a green sky and dozens of balloons fly from every tree. And when a magician in a long black coat and a starry hat turns up, the sights become even stranger. The magician grants a lucky child nine wishes, each more marvelous than the last ―...