"Barbara Reid reimagines everyone's favorite Christmas poem in her own extraordinary style, featuring a lively cast of young creatures anticipating the most exciting night of the year! The classic poem is brought to life by her signature Plasticine illustrations, full of humor and astonishing detail, making this a Christmas treasure to read year after year"--

Atmospheric woodcuts illustrate this Newbery Award–winning collection of 19 South American folktales. Charles J. Finger heard the tales firsthand from native storytellers, whose fables of talking animals, witches, giants, and ordinary people in supernatural settings provide remarkable insights into regional values and culture. The first of the stories, "A Tale of Three Tails," tells of an age when the rat had a tail like a horse, the rabbit had...

Super-cowboy Pecos Bill leaps onto the back of a monstrous cyclone and rides it like a bucking bronco, creating, in the process, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

Only the bravest dare to enter the gardens of the powerful goddesses of Greek myths! INCLUDES A FREE POSTER! In this must-have children's storybook collection, young readers will enter a world where goddesses command the seasons, trespassers turn into pigs, and every flower has a story.

In this continuation of "Mythos," Stephen Fry recounts the stories of the human heroes found in Greek mythology, with illustrations of classical art inspired by the myths.

"Cultures around the world celebrate tales and myths of daring and brave goddesses. These twenty-one legendary ladies were tenacious, smart, and strong. Meet Osun, the Yoruba goddess of love who refuses to be dismissed because of her gender and stands up to those who believe women are less important than men; Rhiannon, the Welsh queen of fairies who won't let anyone make decisions for her and instead follows her heart; Freyja, the Norse goddess of...

Learning is an adventure in Ms. Frogbottom?s class, because she?s got a magic map?one that takes her students all over the world to do battle with mythical monsters no one believes are real. All Ms. Frogbottom has to do is take out the map, tap a country and?SHAZAAM!?off they go to a place somewhere far, far away.

The Greek myths are the greatest stories ever told. Thoroughly spellbinding, informative and moving, Fry's volume perfectly captures these stories for the modern age--in all their rich and deeply human relevance.ance.