Legends, Myths, Fables

A mini gift edition of Elsa Beskow's classic story.Peter is looking for blueberries for his mother's birthday but he can't find a single one. Suddenly he feels a light tap on his shoe, and a strange and magical adventure begins.About the AuthorElsa...

With this Japanese book for children, your whole family can experience the wonder and excitement that these well-loved tales bring to story time. Welcome to a fantastic world populated by mischievous monkeys, a dragon king and a host of other beloved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525645764Author Mallory LoehrFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

The world of the Norse people was rich in poetry, legend and song. Whenever there was a feast to greet guests, to celebrate weddings or the safe return of voyagers, the bards were called upon to tell stories and sing songs. Norse Myths and Viking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781577683773Author Carol OttolenghiFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Brighter ChildPublisher Brighter ChildWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 205mm * 202mm...

"There are no angels in Baton Noir. Only devils." Jude Lomax scrapes a living playing the trumpet on the neon streets of Baton Noir. Then she is invited to play at the funeral of the infamous cajou queen, Ivory Monette. Passing through the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593234877Author Mitali PerkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A Division...

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing Cassie's older brother Byron has fallen in with the wrong crowd - it's soon clear these boys are wild, reckless and not human at all. They are tylwyth teg - Fair Folk, who tempt humans down into the dark...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484732786Author Rick RiordanFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Disney HyperionPublisher Disney HyperionWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 186mm * 138mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665928748Author Tony DiterlizziFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689812903Author Anne RockwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 91g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736224601Author Crystal BoatengFormat HardbackPage Count 54Imprint Ashanti Royalty PublishingPublisher Ashanti Royalty PublishingWeight(grams)...

Long ago, the king of Denmark built a huge hall for feasts, and he called it Heorot. But the noise from the hall woke a sleeping monster in the nearby swamp - Grendel. Could the brave warrior Beowulf save Denmark's people and fight the monster? This...

Every night, before Sylvia goes to sleep, she whispers a magic spell to the rhyme-elves. In the morning her Wonder Book is filled with beautiful pictures and poems of her adventures and the extraordinary stories she has heard.There is nothing Sylvia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524715120Author Mallory LoehrFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

A mini gift edition of Elsa Beskow's classic story.A mysterious orange egg has fallen into the woods. "It's a sun egg!" declares the elf who finds it nestled on the forest floor. Soon she and her friends find out what it really is, but not before the...

Nathaniel Fludd's life has taken a turn for the worst. With his parents lost at sea, he lands on the doorstep of a distant cousin - the world's last remaining beastologist. Soon Nate is whisked off on his first expedition, to Arabia, where the world's...

Suri has what it takes to be a monster tamer-she just knows it! She's even tamed her first monster . . . if you count Byron. He's less like a monster, more like a giant dog. He needs a master that's just his size, so Suri, Caglio, and Byron set off for...

Every chessplayer, from beginner to world champion, loves to win a game with a brilliant attacking display. However many, if not most, attacks that end in victory do so due to inaccurate defence. This may be due to simple tactical miscalculation or...

Take up the quest in the hilariously epic second installment of the How to be a Hero series, from Cat Weldon, illustrated by Katie Kear.Welcome to the Land of Lost Things. Unlikely hero Whetstone and trainee Valkyrie Lotta are on an quest to find...

A middle grade Latine witch story with action-packed adventure, a coven of quirky Witchlings, humour and girl-power vibes. Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368066464Author Roseanne A. BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 148mm * 26mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award 2023. Nominated for Silver Birch Award for Fiction 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780735266186Author David A...

With its shocking-pink jacket and swirls of brilliant designs, McDermott's retelling of this rain forest tale is visually arresting but narratively a bit colorless. The reputed trickster Jabuti gets his comeuppance when a jealous Vulture offers to fly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593178027Author Amy Krouse RosenthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

A treasure trove of Indian animal stories for children to enjoy again and again.These eight individual stories form a magical collection of India's best-loved animal folk tales. Taken from the three books of Indian folk tales - Hitopadesha Tales, Jataka...

"Andrew Lang and his associates managed to break the stranglehold of the pious sentimentality handed out to children by collecting-from all over the world-fairy tales of all people, and bringing out the volumes we all know and love."-Kirkus ReviewsThe...

THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE THEFT OF SUNLIGHT, THE EPIC FANTASY ADVENTURE."A fairytale that goes beyond the happily-ever-after" Kirkus starred review"Full of action, magic and intrigue" Foreword starred reviewI've been cursed, betrayed, and sold into...

Taken from sources that draw on ancient traditions, these tales from the Celtic lands of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man, have been handed down for centuries by word of mouth. Now retold for a modern readership, with an...

In October 1943 Jack changed from Liberators to Beaufighters having been selected for Torbeau training in Scotland. He joined a Strike Wing at North Coates attacking North Sea convoys off the coast of Holland. Later Jack and his Beaufighter were sent to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484712375Author Rick RiordanFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Disney HyperionPublisher Disney HyperionWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142427019Author Ursula VernonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 140mm * 20mm

A man with a tree growing out of his head? A woman with children made of wax? A bird that can be milked? With more stories from his original celebration of African folktales, The Girl Who Married A Lion, let Alexander McCall Smith once again take you to...

The stunning sequel to Lyndall Clipstone's Lakesedge, for fans of Naomi Novik's Uprooted and Brigid Kemmerer's A Curse So Dark and Lonely. At the lake's edge, I made my promise. In the forest, I will fall. The curse that haunted Lakesedge Estate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780736432603Author VariousFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint 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.AwardsCommended for Caldecott Medal 1969.Book InformationISBN 9780395539637Author Elphinstone DayrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Houghton Mifflin Juvenile BooksPublisher...

Forget the huge belly and the jolly old elf stuff because before Santa grew out the beard and shimmied his way down your chimney, he was a swashbuckling young man with a bit of a wild streak-and a talent for wizardry. When St. North's latest invention,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Cybils (Graphic Novel Elem/Mid) 2010.Book InformationISBN 9781596434325Author George O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint First SecondPublisher...

Autumn has arrived! Pippa and Pelle can't wait to play with their colourful kites. The wind blows their kites high into the sky and golden leaves swirl around their heads. What other adventures will the season bring?Daniela Drescher's unique illustration...

Once the sky was so close that people could reach up and break off pieces of it to eat, but they wasted so much that the sky grew angry. Finally, after a woman broke off a big piece despite the sky's warnings and then tried to hide what she couldn't...