Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
A collection of traditional fairytales, this title includes classics such as 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'The Emperor's New Clothes'.
Category: Stories from Around the World
Irish fairy tales and legends are full of enchantment, brave deeds and lost loves. Told from generation to generation, they are as fascinating now as they were to their original listeners. This wonderfully rich and varied collection are ten of the best-loved traditional Irish stories, retold by author a ...Show more
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends | Series: Trickster Tales
'Once upon a time, a mysterious time that exists through a window in your mind, a time that seemed, to those present, exactly like now does to us, except their teeth weren't so clean and more things were wooden, there was a town called Hamelin...'Welcome to Russell Brand's Hamelin, where revolution is a ...Show more
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
A fantastic treasury of stories guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Includes ten classic fairytales from the collection of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and others, including The Elves and the Shoemaker, Little Red Riding Hood and The Swan Princess. Perfect for reading a ...Show more
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
"Brilliant."--Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewThese princesses are smart, funny, and kind, and can do anything they set their minds to. They are: Snow White - champion of real beauty; Sleeping Beauty - specialist on sleeping disorders; Thumbelina - music producer and advocate; Rapunzel - world-famous arch ...Show more
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
Dramatic, compelling and comprehensive - the great cycle of Norse myths are retold for the modern reader in "The Penguin Book of Norse Myths" by Kevin Crossley-Holland. 'Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life begins'. The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, ...Show more
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
Gillian Cross's brilliant retelling and Neil Packer's glorious illustrations bring to life Homer's Iliad, one of the greatest stories ever told. The team behind The Odyssey (2012) now tell the story of the Trojan War. Cross's vivid adaptation begins with a beauty contest: the prize, a golden apple. In ...Show more
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
This is the story of the famous king of Camelot and his 50 brave knights, told in a lively comic-strip style. It is written with the same blend of action, humour and detailed illustrations as 'Greek Myths' and the author's many other classic retellings.
Category: Stories from Around the World
Can Prince Veera and his best friend outsmart the king's trickiest subjects? Inspired by traditional Indian folktales, these stories are sure to delight. Being a wise and just ruler is no easy task. That's what Prince Veera discovers when he and his best friend, Suku, are given the opportunity to presi ...Show more
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
Winner of the 1986 Kate Greenaway Medal. The traditional story of Snow White set in jazz age New York. A picture book of great originality, combining art deco style with the pathos of the original story.
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
A poor woodcutter lives with his wife and two children, Hansel and Gretel. Weak-willed and easily manipulated, the wood cutter gives in to his overbearing, badgering wife who insists he abandons his children to the wilderness of the forest because, well, they eat too much food There, as they try and fin ...Show more
Category: Fairytales, Myths and Legends
For a young giant in a tiny cottage, an invitation to the Royal Palace seems too good to miss. But can lavish new clothes and a big bed make up for everything he leaves behind?
