Legends, Myths, Fables

Celebrate the Spring Lantern Festival! This gentle picture book explores the special bond between children and their grandmothers, all against the backdrop of Chinese mythology and holiday celebration. A must-read for fans of Drawn Together or I Dream of...

All Tom has in the world is his pet cat, but this cat can talk - and he has a stylish taste in boots. Thanks to Cat, Tom is soon meeting the king and defeating an ogre in Charles Perrault's fantastical fairy tale, specially retold for younger children...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688080518Author Marianna MayerFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 287mm * 254mm *...

A vivid ghost story exploring identity, gender and selfhood, set against the backdrop of the golden age of polar exploration. Perfect for fans of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights and Michelle Paver's Thin Air. In the wake of the First World War,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823454396Author Linda Crotta BrennanFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 567g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307155788Author Richard ScarryFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646114238Author Morgan E MoroneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 224mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780736440288Author Natasha BouchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House DisneyPublisher Random House DisneyWeight(grams) 71gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688092382Author Alvin TresseltFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint HarperCollins Childrens Book GroupPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Award-winning children's writer and former Children's Laureate Sir Michael Morpurgo has collected his greatest magical stories from all around the world and put them in one place. Here! From tiny heroes to talking frogs, and meddling fairies to...

Prepare yourself for the wrath of the Norsemen! That is, if you don't mind and it's not too inconvenient...Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary...

Theodosia Throckmorton is in a fix. While attending a reception given by one of the directors of her parents' museum, she stumbles across an old foe in the most surprising circumstances! His reappearance could mean only one thing: the Serpents of Chaos...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250246868Author Natalie PortmanFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The man's cub is mine, Lungri - mine to me! He shall not be killed. He shall live to run with the Pack and to hunt with the Pack; and in the end, look you, hunter...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There is no harm in a man's cub.' Best known for the 'Mowgli' stories, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book expertly interweaves myth, morals,...

A Caldecott Honor Book with remastered artwork for its 75th anniversary! Clever soldiers outwit greedy townspeople with the creation of a special soup in this cherished classic.Three soldiers come marching down the road towards a French village. The...

A beautifully designed, deluxe edition of Poonam Mistry's CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal shortlisted title. This special Deluxe edition features a newly illustrated cover printed on a satin silk finish book cloth, with gold detailing and edges. Have you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844443970Author L. R. HenFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Mantra LinguaPublisher Mantra LinguaWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 235mm * 3mm

No witch is excited about gloomy magic-free November apart from young hag Clemmie who is relieved to finally be done with October’s magical mess. But if there’s no more magic, then where are all the armour-clad knights coming from? When even their enemy...

A new set of stories from the world of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Now in paperback with a brand-new story: The Man who Bottled the Sun.In this collection of fairy tales, Ransom Riggs invites you to uncover hidden legends of the peculiar...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. How did the leopard get its spots? Why do the tides ebb and flow? How did the elephant get its trunk? And how was the alphabet made? Rudyard...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Caldecott Medal 2010 and Indies Choice Book Awards (Picture Book) 2010. Commended for Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Picture Book) 2010 and Capitol Choices:...

As she waits for the arrival of her new baby, a mother-to-be gathers gifts to create a sacred bundle. A white feather, cedar and sage, a stone from the river...Each addition to the bundle will offer the new baby strength and connection to tradition,...

This collection of eight French contes collected by Charles Perrault in the last decade of the seventeenth century, contains perhaps the most famous fairy stories of all time - 'Cinderella', 'The Sleeping Beauty', 'Puss in Boots', 'Blue Beard' and of...

Pick-your-own path and puzzle-packed mystery collide in the fourth book in Lauren Magaziner's hilarious and interactive middle grade series as Las Pistas Detective Agency gets its first international case at an archaeological dig in Greece. In this...

Get ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up. Jack Frost has promised not to trouble the Rainbow Fairies again, but he didn't say anything about the Weather Fairies! Now he has stolen the...

Janet is forbidden from visiting the woods near her father's castle because legend says that long ago a local boy called Tam Linn was stolen there by the fairy queen and never returned. But Janet isn't afraid of fairy stories...Deep in the woods, by a...

From Aesop's Fables to shamanic totems, animals have long been at the centre of our imaginative world, providing wise insights. In many tribal cultures, animals underpin the spiritual world and are honoured as advisers. This delightful new collection of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665912624Author Tola OkogwuFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Margaret K. McElderry BooksPublisher Margaret K. McElderry BooksWeight(grams)...

Arianwyn is back for another thrilling adventure in the second APPRENTICE WITCH book - Studio Ghibli meets Diana Wynne Jones! Praise for book 1: 'Reminded me of the best of the Worst Witch books' ABI ...

A beautiful hardback treasury, containing over forty myths and legends from around the world. The perfect gift for mythology lovers of all ages. This glorious collection contains incredible stories from Greek and Norse mythology, such as Theseus and the...

Reeling from events in Barcelona, the reformed Mysterium circus company pack up and head for a new circus in Berlin. For twelve-year-old Danny Woo it is a date with destiny: it was in Berlin ('the city of escapes') that the last Mysterium performance...

Philip Pullman's wry wit and award-winning talent brings much to this rich, dark and uplifting rendition of the classic tale ALADDIN AND THE ENCHANTED LAMP. With magic and mischief in equal measure, and with brand new illustrations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368081818Author Yoon Ha LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 147mm * 22mm

Edith Hamilton's MYTHOLOGY succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture-the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity...

Percy Jackson meets Black Panther - this blockbuster middle-grade fantasy adventure is perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers. Cameron Battle grew up reading The Book of Chidani, cherishing stories about the fabled kingdom that cut itself...

Prepare yourself for the wrath of the Norsemen! That is, if you don't mind and it's not too inconvenient...Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary...

Irish Women Poets Rediscovered is a ground-breaking collection of original essays which brings to new recognition the lives and work of seventeen remarkable Irish women poets spanning the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Its unique format combines...

Further delightful trickster tales from IndiaPrince Veera and his best friend, Suku, are left in charge of King Beema's court when the king goes off on a hunting trip. Each day the king's subjects come before the boys with their problems and petty...

From the imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping plunge into the magical unknown.Think you know magic? Think again.The Magisterium awaits . . .Most people would do anything to get into the Magisterium...