Myths And Legends category: 2297 books

Forest Ranger 'Ranger Rick' decides to take a Christmas tree to Santa because there are no trees at the North Pole. On the way, Ranger Rick runs into a thieving moose, a friendly polar bear, a vacationing penguin, Santa’s helpers, and Santa. This colorful 51-page picture book for children...

About my wrist is a tattoo of roses, strung like beads on a bracelet of thorns. I have a past, if only I could remember — but I cannot remember. Held captive in a strange city, Dana dreams of fire and flight. There is something she must find, but she does not know what it is, or why it is...

An ancient Welsh tale is given new life in this magical picture book from the author of The Dark Is Rising series. When young Huw plays his harp on the mountains above his father’s farm, he does not realize that the magic people of Wales, the Tylwyth Teg, are listening from within the Bearded...

"You wake up sleepy eyed and go to your sock drawer to find your favorite socks, only to find that one of them is missing. So you ask yourself; "Where do socks go?" But that sock is nowhere to be found. You ask your mother and father; "Where did my favorite sock go?" Well they didn't have a good answer...

**Four women. Four stories. One man's journey.** Odysseus. His epic tale has been told countless times, but rarely is it heard through the voices of the women who loved and served him. Penelope, Circe, Athena, Eurycleia: Theirs are the silent voices, the voices of longing, waiting,...

It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies. Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in...

Avon the snail has never had an adventure. And adventure, he has heard, is the key to a happy life. So with his new friend Edward the ant, Avon sets out on a journey to find the excitement his life has been missing. This modern fable is filled with funny--and profound--insights about the meaning of things . . . great and small.

What happens when you're only 12 years old and everything you believe in gets torn apart? This is what David Martin has to face when he is called to meet his hero, Sir Richard -- a king renown for his honor and bravery. Or so David thought. But during his six-day journey to the castle, he learned...

The Fomorian war reaches a stunning climax in the sixth overall book in the Wrath of the Old Gods series. Steve Symonds is back. And this time, the odds against him have never been greater. What was to be a routine rescue mission turns into disaster when Steve and his allies uncover an alliance...

Every year, girls go missing in the night - taken by the beast of the Forbidden Forest. A beast who is now coming for Larkin. Larkin should have been watching her little sister, should have paid more attention to the trees looming over her family’s fields. Now Sela is gone, taken by the forest...

Owen Asher is back in Helicon, and Sawyer Snow doesn’t like it. Sawyer doesn’t believe Nora Sparrow when she says that Owen deserves another chance. Owen’s not a good person. He’s manipulative and cruel, and there’s no way he can be rehabilitated. When Sawyer sees Nora kissing...

Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than average people, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's closer to eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. For Elyse, these...

In Lori Goldstein's The Genius of Jinn, prequel to BECOMING JINN and the sequel CIRCLE OF JINN, thirteen-year-old Azra and her nemesis Yasmin are whisked away to a mysterious land with a special language, awe-inspiring architecture, and quirky toilets: France. As the enchanting French Jinn Tayma guides...

A terrific new historical fiction quartet from Kathy Lasky, acclaimed author of the best-selling Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Daughters of the Sea tells the story of 3 mermaid sisters who are separated at birth by a storm and go on to lead three very different lives. Book 1 is about Hannah, who spent...