Merlin and the Making of the King
10 best books like Merlin and the Making of the King (Margaret Hodges): Pegasus, Swan Lake, Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel, The Fortune-Tellers, The Bee-Man of Orn, Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis, The Water Of Life: A Tale From The Brothers Grimm, The Wonder Clock or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales, Being One for Each Hour of the Day, Rapunzel, Changing Woman and Her Sisters: Stories of Goddesses from Around the World
| 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 | Margot Fonteyn |
| ISBN | 0152006001 |
Ms. Fonteyn was one of the world’s most famous and gifted prima ballerinas. Such talents don’t necessarily translate to writing a children’s book.
While she keeps the story of the ballet simple, there are awkward moments as if she couldn’t find a way to keep a line interesting and informative....
| Author | Patricia Storace |
| ISBN | 0786807911 |
"You live in a tower without a stair,
Sugar Cane, Sugar Cane, let down your hair."
Stolen away from her parents on her first birthday by island sorceress Madam Fate, beautiful Sugar Cane grows up in a tower overlooking the sea. With only a pet green monkey named Callaloo for company,...
| Author | Lloyd Alexander |
| ISBN | 0140562338 |
5 STARS FOR THE ART.
4 STARS FOR THE STORY.
I had high hopes for this one since it was born of the creative talents of two of children's literature's most gifted. It lived up to my expectations in that the illustrations are absolutely stunningly fabulous ans so full of atmosphere and the story...
| Author | Frank R. Stockton |
| ISBN | 0763622397 |
Written at the turn of the 20th century, The Bee-Man of Orn shurgs off the didactic noose which threatened a lot of children's literature at the time and, instead, seems to honour the themes and ideas prevalent in the earlier traditional tales in which it feels like it has been based. Here we encounter...
| Author | Robbin Gourley |
| ISBN | 0618158367 |
Long before the natural-food movement gained popularity, before greenmarkets sprouted across the United States, Edna Lewis championed purity of ingredients, regional cuisine, and the importance of bringing food directly from the farm to the table. She was a chef when female chefs—let alone...
| Author | Jacob Grimm |
| ISBN | 0823409074 |
Now, I have read many stories from the Brothers Grimm and I had enjoyed every single one of them! So, imagine my surprise when I finally came upon one of the Brothers Grimm’s stories being put into a singular children’s book called “The Water of Life” retold by Barbara Rogasky along with...
It is rare indeed when a writer's original stories are regarded as masterpieces on a par with the great folkloristic fairy tales that have been handed down through the ages. But Howard Pyle's absorbing tales have for generations enjoyed such overwhelming popularity with boys and girls that they have...
| Author | Barbara Rogasky |
| ISBN | 0823404544 |
Okay, so I really liked how this retold the semi-original tale. But unfortunately, Rapunzel as a story kind of creeps me out and I don't think Rogasky did much retelling as just editing the original. I didn't care more about characters. That's what I really look for in these sorts of books. HOWEVER, the...
| Author | Katrin Hyman Tchana |
| ISBN | 0823419991 |
This celebration of feminine power, beauty, and complexity tells the stories of ten goddesses from cultures the world over. There is tremendous variety in this volume including the stories of Kuay Yin, the compassionate Buddhist goddess; Durga, the fierce Hindu warrior goddess; lx Chel, an ancient...
| Author | Helme Heine |
| ISBN | 0689710836 |
Goods friends always stick together.
Charlie Rooster, Johnny Mouse, and Percy the pig are the best of friends. They do everything together. They ride their bike together, play games together, and even do their chores together. Because that's what good friends do. When night falls, though,...
| Author | Marjorie Flack |
| ISBN | 0374403848 |
In this third installment of his continuing adventures, Angus the Scottish terrier - whose story began in
Angus and the Ducks
, and continued in
Angus and the Cat
- finds his way onto the open road, and chasing another dog (a collie), is lead far from home. When night begins to fall, Angus discovers...
| Author | David Macaulay |
| ISBN | 0618168265 |
High above the rooftops of Rome, Angelo begins his work restoring the façade of a once glorious church. As with every project, he starts his final masterpiece by clearing away the years of debris left behind by the many pigeons who nest in the nooks and crannies of Rome’s great architecture. There,...
Eva Padlyat lived in an Inuit village on Ungava Vat in northern Canada. In winter, when people wanted mussels to eat, they searched along the bottom of the seabed. Eva had often walked on the bottom, helping her mother, but today – for the very first time – she was to go down below the thick sea ice herself....
| Author | Sidney Lanier |
| ISBN | 0684191113 |
First published in 1880, The Boy's King Arthur was edited by the American poet Sidney Lanier from Sir Thomas Malory's history of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Lanier said of the Malory work, "I suspect there are few books in our language which lead a reader - whether young or old - on from...
| Author | Mahlon F. Craft |
| ISBN | 0060539194 |
Award-winning team Mahlon and Kinuko Craft bring us a gorgeous and vivid retelling of the classic story of Beauty and the Beast in this stunningly illustrated picture book.
The tale is as old as time: A man steals a rose from the garden of a beast. His beautiful daughter sacrifices herself to...
Jim Henson's Labyrinth Tales
| Author | Cory Godbey |
| ISBN | 1608869318 |
“What a flabbergastingly delightful series of events! Where ever to begin?”
Experience the endlessly imaginative world of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth through the eyes of its most fantastical and beloved characters! Witness a day in the life of Sir Didymus, the recklessly heroic fox-terrier;...
| Author | Kate Seredy |
| ISBN | 1930900260 |
No one had ever seen big Peter before, and no one ever saw him again, and no one ever saw him at all but small Peter who lived in dingy, squalid old Shantytown. Yet it was big Peter's gift to small Peter -- a shiny toy spade with a red handle, and a small green tree lighted with tiny candles -- that caused Shantytown...
| Author | Jay Williams |
| ISBN | 0819303429 |
There are many nice things about being a king. But there is one very bad thing. It's hard to find a job if you're out of work. All that a king can do is rule, and if you have no kingdom then you are out of work. That's what happened to young King Zar.
He was a good king, but young and without much experience....
| Author | Mary Engelbreit |
| ISBN | 0060081716 |
New York Times bestseller!
From the warm and colorful imagination of Mary Engelbreit comes a Mother Goose book bursting with warmth and humor.
This highly illustrated hardcover treasury includes everyone’s favorite time-honored characters—Little Bo-Peep, Humpty Dumpty,...
The Boy Who Held Back the Sea
| Author | Thomas Locker |
| ISBN | 0140546138 |
Beautiful illustrations reminiscent of the Dutch masters. My only criticisms are that they never show the hole in the dike, meaning that children who are unfamiliar with the concept will have difficulty picturing it. Also, the text prefers to describe what characters said instead of having actual...
A young girl triumphs over the Queen of Faeries to reclaim her ancestral home and free her true love in this haunting retelling of an old Scottish ballad. “Mikolaycak’s illustrations...attract attention yet do not overpower the story, making the book one that could be easily used as a picture story...
| Author | Michael Morpurgo |
| ISBN | 1844287548 |
The acclaimed author and illustrator of SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT return with an exhilarating edition of Britain's oldest epic.
Long ago there was a Scandinavian warrior who fought three evils so powerful they could destroy whole kingdoms. Standing head and shoulders above his comrades,...
