Merlin and the Dragons
10 best books like Merlin and the Dragons (Jane Yolen): Pegasus, The Weight of a Mass: A Tale of Faith, The Dragons are Singing Tonight, The Dragon and the Unicorn, The Frogs and Toads All Sang, Guardian of the Green Hill, Sukey and the Mermaid, Winter of Magic's Return, The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur, The Fire King
| Author | Marianna Mayer |
| ISBN | 0688133827 |
Condemned by a jealous king, Bellerophon must win the trust of the legendary winged horse Pegasus or face certain death. From the poignant meeting the growing bond of friendship between horse and man to the dramatic slaying of the fearsome fire-breathing Chimera, this is an unforgettable adventure...
| Author | Josephine Nobisso |
| ISBN | 0940112094 |
When a poor devout widow begs for a scrap of bread from a rich faithless baker, she promises to participate in the king’s wedding mass as payment for the baker’s generosity. The baker writes “One Mass” on a scrap of paper and places it on his scale to determine how much bread it is worth. To his and...
The Dragons are Singing Tonight
| Author | Jack Prelutsky |
| ISBN | 0688161626 |
An "excellent collection....Prelutsky and Sis...bring to life so many sorts of dragons: the large, the small, the ferocious, the technological, the gentle, the ominous, and the disconsolate. There's a `just right' quality to the verse that makes it a pleasure to read the words aloud. Their sounds...
| Author | Lynne Cherry |
| ISBN | 0152018883 |
Valerio the dragon and Allegra the unicorn have always lived happily amid the majestic trees of the Ardet Forest, and in harmony with the animals that call the forest home. But one day Valerio discovers King Orlando cutting down trees to build a shelter. Only the king's young daughter, Arianna, seems...
| Author | Arnold Lobel |
| ISBN | 0061800228 |
From Caldecott Medalist Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) comes a brand-new collection of rhyming stories about frogs and toads. Discovered by his daughter, Adrianne Lobel, The Frogs and Toads All Sang has the same warmth, compassion, and humor that is found in his best-loved work. Brimming with sweet silliness,...
| Author | Laura L. Sullivan |
| ISBN | 0805089853 |
Only a few weeks ago, Meg Morgan and her siblings went to England for the holidays—and found themselves in the middle of a fairy war. Now the war is over, but the battle for control of the fairies has just begun.
A mysterious painter named Gwidion appears at the Rookery, ready to give the children...
| Author | Robert D. San Souci |
| ISBN | 0785791345 |
Sukey's new step-pa is a mean, bossy man. Every day Sukey wakes at dawn to work in the garden. All her step-pa ever does is watch her and yell if she so much as stops to fan herself. Sukey's ma calls him Mister Jones. Sukey prefers the name "Mister Hard-Times". One day, Sukey runs away to her secret place by...
| Author | Pamela F. Service |
| ISBN | 0449702022 |
I read this book as a young boy in third grade. It completely changed what I expected from a book and helped gear my tastes in reading at an early age. This is the story of three kids living in a post-apocalyptic world. There are some standard tropes, the nerdy book girl who is very smart and turns pretty, and...
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...
| Author | Paul Crilley |
| ISBN | 1606840320 |
With humans threatened by otherworldly creatures, orphans Emily and William Snow, and their friends the pickpocket Spring-Heeled Jack and the wisecracking Corrigan find themselves two hundred years in the past, trapped in the London of 1666. Desperately in need of help, they go in search of Sir Christopher...
| Author | Holly Lisle |
| ISBN | 0545000149 |
In the powerful, lyrical follow-up to THE RUBY KEY, Genna must master her new powers and summon an ancient magic to save her people in the fight for their freedom.
In the battle between nightlings and humans, it's prophesied that the Sunrider is destined to unite the magics of the sun and moon...
| Author | Andrew Clements |
| ISBN | 0689858248 |
It's a long way to
a million, right?
Of course it is.
But do you really know
what a million looks like?
If you'd like to see -- actually see, right now, with your own eyes -- what a million looks like, just open this book.
Be prepared to learn some interesting things along...
| Author | Emily Arnold McCully |
| ISBN | 0590374877 |
This is the kind of a story that could have come from the minds of Disney's finest writers and animators during the days when Disney feature films were just about the biggest thing in show business. The quality is that high.
Beautiful Warrior is the story of two Chinese girls whose lives seem unconnected,...
The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend
Sadko the musician loved his city of Novgorod, the richest and most free in all Russia. With its great feasts, its white stone churches, its merchant visitors from many lands, Sadko felt there was no better place to be. Yet he was lonely too, for the rich young ladies who danced to his music would never favor...
| Author | Philip Reeve |
| ISBN | 1407114832 |
A dragon story with a brilliant twist from multi award-winning writer, PHILIP REEVE. Ansel's new master slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom and has the scars to prove it. But is Brock just a clever trickster in shining armour? Ansel is sure there are...
| Author | David Wiesner |
| ISBN | 8426135331 |
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,...
The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
| Author | Thomas Malory |
| ISBN | 0517231360 |
From the Preface by Alfred W. Pollard:
"There is much repetition in the Morte d'Arthur as Malory left it. How often Sir Breuse sans Pitie played his ugly tricks, or Tristram rescued Palomides, or minor knights met at adventure and emulated their betters, it is not easy to count. I have tried to...
| Author | Peter Golenbock |
| ISBN | 0152006036 |
This book is about the crazy road of Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese. It does a great job talking about how hard it was for Jackie to get into the major leagues and how much he had to go through to play the sport that he loved. As time went on, he was on the team and Pee Wee Reese had to stand up for whats right and...
Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi
| Author | Tomie dePaola |
| ISBN | 0823408124 |
Summary: The life of St. Francis and also of St. Clare
Why I Read This: I was going to go on retreat and bring some picture books with me. I wasn't able to go on retreat, but I still read the picture books :)
Review: This was beautiful. Not exactly a storytime read, but a beautiful way to help...
| Author | Robert Andrew Parker |
| ISBN | 0375839658 |
Regardless of whether they’ve heard of jazz or Art Tatum, young readers will appreciate how Parker uses simple, lyrical storytelling and colorful and energetic ink-and-wash illustrations to show the world as young Art Tatum might have seen it. Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly...
| Author | Bill Peet |
| ISBN | 0395296072 |
I always have a fondness for Bill Peet’s works as they are always teaching the reader about lessons in life in a family friendly way that both kids and parents can enjoy reading about. One of the most recent books that I had read from Bill Peet, “Kermit the Hermit” actually discusses about...
| Author | J. Patrick Lewis |
| ISBN | 0811846687 |
Spot the Plots takes the reader, along with two young detectives and their dog to figure out the stories that are being discussed on each page. The riddles, which are set up as poems, are interesting because they are of many various forms and lengths. Sometimes their forms are even part of the clues. The...
