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The Girl Who Married a Lion: Folktales from Africa
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Include books by the same authorFavorite Folktales from Around the World
Jane Yolen · 498 pages
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
Pat Murphy, Carolyn Dunn, Steve Berman, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Christopher Barzak, Delia Sherman, Richard Bowes, Ellen Klages, Patricia A. McKillip, Theodora Goss, Charles de Lint, Katherine Vaz, Caroline Stevermer, Midori Snyder, Michael Cadnum, Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Wein, Kim Antieau, Will Shette · 523 pages
Trickster characters have long been a staple of folk literature—and are a natural choice for acclaimed editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's latest "mythic" anthology. The Coyote Road features a remarkable range of authors, including Holly Black, Charles de Lint, Ellen Klages, and Kelly Link, each with his or her unique look at a trickster character. Charles Vess's remarkable decorations highl
The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice
Carolyn McVickar Edwards · 178 pages
Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman · 304 pages
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly stro
The Cataclysm
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 343 pages
More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World
Arielle North Olson, Howard Schwartz · 162 pages
This is a great scary book that ive been looking for in libraries ever since 3rd grade and now it's on here and im in 6th grade.
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest
Jeffrey Ford, Charles de Lint, Tanith Lee, Jane Yolen, Katherine Vaz, Patricia A. McKillip, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Carol Emshwiller, Midori Snyder, Gregory Maguire, Emma Bull, Carolyn Dunn, Kathe Koja, Neil Gaiman, M. Shayne Bell, Delia Sherman, Bill Lewis, Michael Cadnum · 396 pages
A collection of stories and poems by a variety of authors relating to the Green Man and other myths of the forest.
The Sandman: Book of Dreams
Colin Greenland, John M. Ford, Lisa Goldstein, Brenda W. Clough, Barbara Hambly, Will Shetterly, George Alec Effinger, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Robert Rodi, Tad Williams, Lawrence Schimel, Mark Kreighbaum, Karen Haber, Delia Sherman, Nancy A. Collins, Gene Wolfe, Steven Brust, Susanna Clarke · 400 pages
*There is a dark king who rules our dreams from a place of shadows and fantastic things. He is Morpheus, the lord of story. Older than humankind itself, he inhabits -- along with Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium, his Endless sisters and brothers -- the realm of human consciousness. His powers are myth and nightmare -- inspirations, pleasures, and punishments manifested be
The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski · 352 pages
Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer.His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good. . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. The international hit that inspired the video game: The Witcher.
The Tolkien Reader
J.R.R. Tolkien · 290 pages
Anthology of Works, published 1966, including poems, short stories, a play, and some non fiction. Compilation of materials previously published as "Tree and Leaf", "Farmer Giles of Ham," and "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", along with one additional piece and intro material.
Aesop's Fables
Aesop · 144 pages
Aesop fables are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE.
The Arabian Nights
Anonymous · 912 pages
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
Ellen Oh · 336 pages
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 190 pages
This selection of sixty-three tales from the Grimm's Kinder- und Hausma rchen, in the original English translations by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes, includes the classics Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, and Rumpelstilskin
The Demigod Files
Rick Riordan · 163 pages
In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that NO regular human child is allowed to see.These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a Spotter's Guide to Monsters, a Who's Who in Greek mythology, Percy's Summer Camp report and much more.So, if you're armed with this book
The Jack Vance Treasury
Jack Vance · 731 pages
Nebula and World Fantasy Grand Master Jack Vance is one of the most admired and cherished writers of science fiction and fantasy in the world, and is one of the truly important and influential storytellers of the 20th century. From his first published story "The World Thinker" in 1945 to his final novel Lurulu in 2004, Vance has shown an astonishing range of inventiveness, versatility and sheer st
The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
Franz Xaver von Schonwerth · 264 pages
Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others
Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell · 144 pages
A collection featuring the world's greatest paranormal detective includes a previously unpublished story by Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell, along with sketches and story notes.