Folklore And Mythology category: 474 books

Down a dark and empty London street, your footsteps echo. But you are not alone. Ghostly figures appear and disappear. They babble in hushed voices. Some let out piercing cries. They want to know what brings you to their city. Get ready to read four frightening tales about London’s spookiest spots....

Designed for the Little People of the World Waiting to Join and Share in the Light... A wonderful spiritual primer for the whole family. Through meditations, games and activities, learn to use basic spiritual gifts and develop awareness through basic meditations, aura reading, balancing chakras, healing...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Imagine . . . you're in the woods after dark. Eerie green lights appear in the distance. Then there's a sudden flash and everything is dark again. You decide to take a closer look. You...

"Platt weaves vast quantities of nautical information into a text as lively as it is absorbing." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Curious about life on a pirate ship? Check out PIRATE DIARY: THE JOURNAL OF JAKE CARPENTER, an account of adventure on the high seas as told by a feisty...

A little old man learns the secret behind a magical fiddle. An undersea princess leaves her amber palace for love. A mule waits for revenge on the one who wronged her . . . Explore folktales, myths, legends, and fables from around the world. From magical to funny, tender to terrifying, these stories carry the spirit of diverse cultures and traditions around the world.

The SLIP (Secret Living In the Past) time travelers are back for another action-packed adventure--this time to ancient Egypt. These 128-page books are perfect for elementary and middle grade students who can read alone confidently. The narrative and dialogue are fictional and read like the...

Over tens of thousands of years, the living have found different ways to take care of the dead. Some bodies are buried. Others are burned. Perhaps the creepiest method of all is turning the dead into mummies—preserving them so they almost look as if they were still alive. Are the tales of magic...

Learn all about creatures and monsters throughout history and discover if they're real or not in this new nonfiction series! Behind the Legend looks at creatures and monsters throughout history and analyzes them through a scientific, mythbusting lens, debating whether or not the sightings and...

Hades, god of the dead, welcomes readers on a dangerous tour of his underworld kingdom, filled with monsters, furies, giants, and vampire demons. Along the way, he reveals ancient death rites and sinister curses, tells hair-raising stories, and cracks jokes to die for. With his witty voice and ghoulish...

A captivating picture book biography of a boy who imagined a world full of dragons and grew up to be beloved author J. R. R. Tolkien. John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother died...

Ever hear of a feller named Davy Crockett? Folks say he fell from the sky with a coonskin on his head and a smile on his face. But did you know he saved steamers on the Mighty Mississippi from a giant gator? Yesiree, that Davy Crockett roughed up that ol gator real good! Kick off yer boots and listen to this fascinatin' tale of Davy Crockett.

Today the Fujimini Island Surf School is opening. All the animals are excited to learn to surf. The surf conditions are excellent as Blue Penguin takes his first students out. The waves are awesome and Blue Penguin can’t resist the urge to leave his students for a quick minute and show everyone...

Once upon a time, there lived a very wealthy man who was a favorite of the king of his country. The man and his wife had everything they could wish for – a very beautiful mansion, a large garden, male and female servants, cows, sheep, fowls, horses and other earthly possessions. In fact they were...

When Virginia Dare was born in Roanoke Colony in 1587, her birth was probably heralded as a new beginning, not just for the tiny baby but for the entire colony. She was the first child of English parents to be born in what English settlers called the “New World.” But three years later, Virginia,...