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The Gimlet Eye (Quentaris: Quest of the Lost City)

James Roy

About the Author JAMES ROY was born in Trundle, NSW and spent much of his life as a missionary child in Papua New Guinea ...

Westmark

Lloyd Alexander

From the Publisher Falling in with a roguish doctor, his dwarf attendant and an urchin girl, Theo embarks on an unforg...

The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain Book 1)

Lloyd Alexander

Amazon.com Review The tale of Taran, assistant pig keeper, has been entertaining young readers for generations. Set in th...

The Battle of the Sun

Jeanette Winterson

Review PRAISE FOR TANGLEWRECK: 'Winterson has a fine ear for children's dialogue and her writing is lucid, pitched perfe...

Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children

H. E. Marshall

About the Author A widely read author of history books for children a century ago, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall is now en...

Elf Night (Picture Books)

Jan Wahl

From Publishers Weekly A sleepy boy witnesses a fairy-filled wonderland in Wahl's (Three Pandas) paean to the imagination...

The Ancient Maya (Myths of the World)

Virginia Schomp

The Ancient Maya (Myths of the World)...

The Rivers of Zadaa (Pendragon series # 6)

D.J. Machale

From School Library Journal Grade 5-8 -Bobby Pendragon plunges once more into his fast-moving, rip-roaring, and basically...

Matchless: A Christmas Story

Gregory Maguire

Review An Indie Next List Notable (IndieBound ) “The little match girl’s story is now getting its due thank...

The Secret of Platform 13

Eva Ibbotson

From Publishers Weekly This modern-day fairy tale featuring a group of endearing mythical creatures (and some less palata...

The Dark Pond

Joseph Bruchac

From School Library Journal Grade 6 Up–With its almost unbearably creepy prologue, Bruchac's contemporary novel com...

Casey Jones (On My Own Folklore)

Stephen Krensky, Mark Schroder

Casey Jones (On My Own Folklore)...

The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)

Rick Riordan

From School Library Journal Grade 6-9–In this installment, Riordan continues to enliven ancient mythology with wit...

Mayan and Aztec Mythology

Michael Schuman

Mayan and Aztec Mythology...

Myth, Symbol and Meaning in Mary Poppins: The Governess as Provocateur (Children's Literature and Culture)

Giorgia Grilli

About the Author Giorgia Grilli teaches children's literature at the University of Bologna. She has published four books ...

Why the Chimes Rang

Raymond Macdonald Alden

About the Author Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873 – 1924) was an American scholar and educator, born in New Hartford,...

Graphic Myths and Legends: William Tell: One Against an Empire: a Swiss Legend (Graphic Universe)

Paul D. Storrie

About the Author Paul Storrie was born and raised in Detroit. He has returned to live there again and again after living ...

The Never War (Pendragon Series #3)

D.J. Machale

From School Library Journal Grade 5-8-This substantial third book in the quartet may not be great literature, but it does...

Love or Fate (Goddesses, 4)

Clea Hantman

About the Author Keva is creator and designer extraordinaire of the infamous Poot!line of clothing. She also created the ...

The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)

Holly Black

Amazon.com Review The first book in a beautifully produced series of five, The Field Guide sets up the story of the Grace...

Graphic Myths and Legends: Marwe: Into the Land of the Dead: an East African Legend (Graphic Universe)

Marie P. Croall

Graphic Myths and Legends: Marwe: Into the Land of the Dead: an East African Legend (Graphic Universe)...

The Warrior Heir

Cinda Williams Chima

From School Library Journal Grade 5-9–An apparently ordinary 16-year-old boy turns out to have magical powers that...

The Book of Legends

Horace E. Scudder

The Book of Legends...

Graphic Myths and Legends: Ali Baba: Fooling the Forty Thieves: an Arabian Tale (Graphic Universe)

Marie P. Croall

About the Author Marie P. Croall lives in Cary, North Carolina, with her husband and four cats. She has written for Marve...

Three Gay Tales from Grimm (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Hertitage Book Series)

Wanda Gag

Review "Gág was among the first to create what we now call an artist-concept book—written, designed, and illu...

Witch's Business

Diana Wynne Jones

From Publishers Weekly Out of print for more than two decades, Diana Wynne Jones's first novel, Witch's Business (1973), ...

The Little White Horse

Elizabeth Goudge

Review "The Little White Horse was my favorite childhood book. I absolutely adored it. It had a cracking plot. It was sca...

Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns As Told by Orville Hicks

Julia Taylor Ebel

About the Author Julia Taylor Ebel is the author of several books, all of which have received awards from the North Carol...

The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon Series #2)

D.J. Machale

From Publishers Weekly In this second adventure in the Pendragon Quartet, readers find 14-year-old Bobby Pendragon travel...

City of the Beasts

Isabel Allende

From Publishers Weekly Adventure seekers will find plenty of thrills in Allende's first novel for young readers. When 15-...

Indian Fables

P. V. Ramaswami Raju

Indian Fables...

Graphic Myths and Legends: Beowulf: Monster Slayer: a British Legend (Graphic Universe)

Paul D. Storrie

From Perhaps in anticipation of the forthcoming film, here is yet another Beowulf, this one packaged as a graphic novel ...

Goddesses #2: Three Girls and a God

Clea Hantman

From School Library Journal Grade 6-9-Three of the nine Muses from ancient Greek mythology have been exiled and transport...

Goddesses #1: Heaven Sent

Clea Hantman

From Publishers Weekly Hantman's (Hey, Day!) flighty tale (which begins, "Oh, poop!") launches the Goddesses series, star...

In Story-land

Elizabeth Harrison

In Story-land...

The Quillan Games (Pendragon series # 7)

D.J. Machale

About the Author D.J. MacHale is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pendragon series. He has written, direct...

Inuit Mythology

Evelyn Wolfson

From School Library Journal Grades 5-8--Seven tales from Greenland, Northern Canada (Nunavut), and Alaska are included he...

Graphic Myths and Legends: the Hero Twins: Against the Lords of Death: a Mayan Myth (Graphic Universe)

Dan Jolley

From School Library Journal Grade 3-6–Hunaphu and Xbalanque are characters from a Mayan myth in the Popul Vuh. The...

The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai

Maude Barrows Dutton

The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai...

The Red Indian Fairy Book

Frances Jenkins Olcott

The Red Indian Fairy Book...

Artemis Fowl, Book 5 The Lost Colony

Eoin Colfer

From In this sequel to The Opal Deception (2005), 14-year-old Artemis discovers an unraveling time tunnel connecting dem...

The Grey King (The Dark is Rising Sequence)

Susan Cooper

From School Library Journal Gr 5-8-While recovering from hepatitis, Will Stanton is sent to a farm in Wales where he is s...

Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior

Chris Bradford

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Debut author Bradford comes out swinging in this fast-paced adventure set in medi...

Graphic Myths and Legends: Sinbad: Sailing into Peril: an Arabian Tale (Graphic Universe)

Marie P. Croall

About the Author Marie P. Croall lives in Cary, North Carolina, with her husband and four cats. She has written for Marve...

Graphic Myths and Legends: Sunjata: Warrior King of Mali: a West African Legend (Graphic Universe)

Justine Fontes

About the Author Ron and Justine Fontes have written many kinds of books for many publishers, including Sunjata: Warrior ...

Riding the Storm

Susan Holliday

Riding the Storm...

Guan Yu: Blood Brothers to the End: A Chinese Legend (Graphic Universe)

Dan Jolley

From The Graphic Universe series continues to scour world culture for various heroes of myth and folklore, this time off...

The Red Pyramid

Rick Riordan

From School Library Journal Starred Review. Grade 4–9—Riordan takes the elements that made the "Percy Jackson...

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