Legends, Myths, Fables

"A story that illustrates the constellations in a new and beautiful way" from the author of Mermaids on Mars and Jude's Moon (Making Them Readers).Circus in the Sky is a gorgeously illustrated tale of a little boy who believes he is the ringmaster of the...

From Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times bestselling author Adam GidwitzCover may varyDid you know that Cinderella's stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds? Really. And that Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half? And that in "The Mouse, the...

Rick Riordan did it for Greece. Now Sarwat Chadda does it for India... Book two in the incredible action-adventure trilogy about Ash Mistry, reluctant hero and living weapon of the death goddess Kali. Ash Mistry is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593706114Author Siobhan McDermottFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Delacorte PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 516gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE).A traditional Aesop fable is retold as...

When Flash the curious fish finds himself stuck in a jar in a little boy's bedroom, his aunt and uncles are determined to save him. But how can three fish rescue one that's on dry land? With the help of a wise old frog and a little magic, even the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award 2023. Long-listed for First Nations Communities Read Award. Nominated for Silver Birch Award for Fiction 2023.Book...

This delightful children's book - the first to be written by local children in Dominica - tells the story of the myth of the Kalinago snake called Bakwa. Like all myths it has changed down the centuries and this version is an adaptation by a primary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615488233Author Shahriar BourbourFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Shahriar BourbourPublisher Shahriar BourbourWeight(grams) 95g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551528892Author Willie PollFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484785539Author Rick RiordanFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Disney HyperionPublisher Disney HyperionWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

In the thrilling third and final book in the acclaimed Maya and the Rising Dark trilogy that Kirkus calls "truly #BlackGirlMagic," Maya must face off with the Lord of Shadows to save the human world from impending war with the Dark.War is coming. Despite...

Introduce your little one to fables and fairy tales from around the world with this spellbinding series of board books for children. Every day, an old woman fetches water from the river using two pots. One of the pots leaks, but the old woman sees the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434291936Author ,Kate McmullanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Stone Arch BooksPublisher Capstone Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) (Picture Book) 2009. Short-listed for North Carolina Children's Book Award (Junior Book) 2011 and Black-Eyed Susan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062070418Author Peter LerangisFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250776082Author Sandra FayFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 382gDimensions(mm) 287mm * 227mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780152024284Author Lois EhlertFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Harcourt Brace InternationalPublisher Harcourt Brace International

When the storytellers of ancient Hawaii gathered by the light of candlenut torches, they told tales that explained the world around them. These tales described how the gods created the earth and its life, how the stars were created, and why the days are...

This gift edition features the greatest mythological stories retold by India's favorite author Sudha Murty. Filled with innumerable unusual legends of powerful gods and demons, alluring creatures and feisty women, the books in this collection are packed...

Brothers Ali Baba and Kassim are opposites. Ali Baba is kind and poor and Kassim is rich and mean. When Ali Baba spies forty thieves hiding treasure in a cave, he only takes a little for himself. But Kassim is greedy, and soon the thieves are on their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948931427Author Brooke HartmanFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Hazy Dell PressPublisher Hazy Dell Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732231504Author Simisayo BrownstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Teni and Tayo Creations LLCPublisher Teni and Tayo Creations LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680524635Author Parragon BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Cottage Door PressPublisher Cottage Door PressWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 259mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368073141Author Graci KimFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Rick Riordan PresentsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681377919Author Otfried PreusslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524701529Author Hari PanickerFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368066365Author Roseanne A. BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Rick Riordan PresentsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.

Ant is busy collecting grain for winter. But Grasshopper is too busy having a good time to help. Will he be sorry when winter comes? This classic Aesop's Fable teaches the lesson of planning ahead in a charmingly simple way.It always pays to plan for a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481488341Author Tracey WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint AladdinPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 82gDimensions(mm) 194mm * 130mm * 13mm

In the third instalment in the Knights' Tales series, Gerald Morris tells the laugh-out-loud tale of King Arthur's most celebrated knight, and nephew, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. With lively illustrations by Aaron Renier, Morris creates a...

Find out what happens when Sinbad the sailor is left stranded on an island with a giant seagull. Will he find a way to get back to his ship? This entertaining narrative is written by award-winning authors Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham. Collins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823446988Author Tom GauldFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Neal Porter BooksPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 459gDimensions(mm) 287mm * 240mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Cybils Awards 2023 (United States).Book InformationISBN 9781632063373Author Sachiko KashiwabaFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Restless BooksPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375838842Author N. D. WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)Publisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593480212Author Frances ChaFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Crown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780734417671Author A. L TaitFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lothian Children's BooksPublisher Hachette AustraliaWeight(grams) 220gDimensions(mm) 196mm...

The second installment of the action-packed, fantasy-adventure series, The Jumbies. Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . . Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven't exactly gone back to normal in her...

Little Arthur Brownstone is the town oddity, until he is tasked with defeating the horrendous giant wolf Fenrir, who is terrorizing the Icelandic countryside and has extinguished the warming fire that keeps Arthur's town thriving. Join Arthur on this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665932899Author Susan CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Margaret K. McElderry BooksPublisher Margaret K. McElderry BooksWeight(grams)...