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D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls

10 best books like D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls (Ingri d'Aulaire): Wee Gillis, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, The Book of Goddesses, The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, The House of Arden, Raggedy Andy Stories, Pelle's New Suit, Autumn Story, The Little Bookroom, The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur

Wee Gillis
AuthorMunro Leaf
A Caldecott Honor Book by the creators of the beloved Story of Ferdinand.

Wee Gillis lives in Scotland. He is an orphan, and he spends half of each year with his mother's people in the Lowlands, while the other half finds him in the Highlands with his father's kin. Both sides of Gillis's family...
East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
AuthorPeter Christen Asbjørnsen
ISBN1564020495
"This wondrous tale is brilliantly matched by Lynch's elegant yet accessible watercolors. . . .The best edition now available. Bravo!" —KIRKUS REVIEWS (pointered review)

A beloved Norwegian folktale, EAST O' THE SUN AND WEST O' THE MOON is the romantic story of a bewitched prince and the...
The Book of Goddesses
AuthorKris Waldherr
ISBN0810970546
The Book of Goddesses is a celebration of the Divine Feminine, drawing inspiration from the many goddesses honoured through history and over the globe. This fully illustrated, greatly expanded edition of Kris Waldherr's best-selling classic includes 100 goddesses (74 more than the original edition)...
The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
AuthorAnonymous
Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf's Saga is one of the greatest of all mythic-legendary sagas, relating half-fantastical events that were said to have occurred in fifth-century Denmark. It tells of the exploits of King Hrolf and of his famous champions, including Bodvar Bjarki, the 'bear-warrior':...
The House of Arden
AuthorE. Nesbit
ISBN1590172027
The famous Arden family treasure has been missing for generations, and the last members of the Arden line, Edred, Elfrida, and their Aunt Edith, have nothing to their names but the crumbling castle they live in. Just before his tenth birthday, Edred inherits the title of Lord Arden; he also learns that...
Raggedy Andy Stories
AuthorJohnny Gruelle
ISBN0027375862
Since Raggedy Andy first appeared in print in 1920, he has delighted millions of readers with his adventurous spirit and compassionate nature. Now he returns to captivate a new generation in this carefully produced reissue, which restores the book to its original appearance. All the original stories...
Pelle's New Suit
AuthorElsa Beskow
ISBN0863150926
I decided to read Elsa Beskow's delightful Pelle's New Suit in French, as Paul et son habit neuf because our public library system happens to have only the French version (and I am actively trying not to purchase so many picture books, mostly due to an ever-increasing lack of shelf space), and I absolutely...
Autumn Story
AuthorJill Barklem
ISBN0689830548
Bad weather is on the way and the autumn crops are still not gathered in! Quickly, all the mice of Brambly Hedge set to work to finish the harvesting before the rain begins. Primrose, Lord Woodmouse's daughter, meant to help, but somehow she daydreamed her way over the cornfield and into the Chestnut Woods,...
The Little Bookroom
AuthorEleanor Farjeon
ISBN1590170482
In The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her favorite stories describes powerful—and sometimes exceedingly silly—monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live...
The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur
AuthorMargaret Hodges
Well, I have modern sensibilities and could never get into Arthurian lore. But I loved Saint George and the Dragon by this team, and so I had to try this. Very glad I did. Not dumbed-down for kids, not updated for feminists, it is what it is. And it does set up the scene, tone, atmosphere, values... well enough...
The School for Cats
AuthorEsther Averill
Jenny Linsky, the famous little black cat of Greenwich Village, has never been to school before. When her master, Captain Tinker, sends her to a boarding school in the country to learn the special knowledge of cats—manners and cooperation—she is a little afraid, among strangers, and so far from...
Ounce Dice Trice
AuthorAlastair Reid
ISBN1590173201
What can words be, or rather, what can’t they be? Poet Alastair Reid introduces children and adults to the wondrous waywardness of words in Ounce Dice Trice, a delicious confection and a wildly unexpected exploration of sound and sense and nonsense that is like nothing else. Reid offers light words...
Mud Pies and Other Recipes
AuthorMarjorie Winslow
ISBN1590173686
Whether you’re entertaining garden sprites, feeding a regiment of toy soldiers, or simply whiling away a lazy afternoon, Mud Pies and Other Recipes is the only make-believe cookbook you’ll ever need. With Marjorie Winslow’s timeless guide on hand, you’ll never be at a loss for something...
Rome Antics
AuthorDavid Macaulay
ISBN0395822793
A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour through Rome. As we follow the path of this somewhat wayward bird, we discover that Rome is a place where past and present live side by side. It is a city that has been recycling itself for two thousand years, but unlike a museum, Rome...
La Princesa Dragon/the Loathsome Dragon (Cuadrada)
AuthorDavid Wiesner
ISBN8426135331
The Loathsome Dragon is a retelling of the traditional English tale, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, based on an 18th-century ballad and retold by British folklorist Joseph Jacobs.

Although beautifully written, the tale is pretty standard fare: royalty, "fair" characters, magic,...
Gilgamesh the Hero
AuthorGeraldine McCaughrean
ISBN0802852629
This is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it's about things that still matter to us today: friendship, fame, courage, happiness.

Gilgamesh and Enkidu are friends -- best friends. Together they can work wonders, fight monsters, brave earthquakes, travel the world! But waiting in...
The Maggie B.
AuthorIrene Haas
ISBN0689500211
I don't remember exactly what part of this appealed to me as a child. The ship? Most likely just the idea of having a private place that was exactly how I wanted it. Isn't that a fantasy for many children?

North Star, star of the sea,
I wish for a ship
Named after me,
To sail for a day
Alone...
Emily
AuthorMichael Bedard
ISBN0385306970
This is a fictionalized account of a family who moves in near Emily Dickinson and the child's interactions with her. It's cute and sweet, but I'd rather have had an actual picture book biography. There are some beautiful descriptions of poetry, though. "Listen to mother play. She practices and practices...
Michelangelo
AuthorDiane Stanley
ISBN0060521139
When he was born, Michelangelo Buonarroti was put into the care of a stonecutter's family. He often said it was from them that he got his love of sculpture. It certainly didn't come from his own father, a respectable magistrate who beat his son when he asked to become an artists apprentice.

But...
Adèle and Simon
AuthorBarbara McClintock
ISBN0374380449
When Simon's older sister, Ad�le, picks him up from school, he has his hat and gloves and scarf and sweater, his coat and knapsack and books and crayons, and a drawing of a cat he made that morning. Ad�le makes Simon promise to try not to lose anything. But as they make their way home, distractions cause...
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