Myths For Children

The moon is missing from the remote Village of Clear Sky, but only a young boy named Rendi seems to notice! Rendi has run away from home and is now working as a chore boy at the village inn. He can't help but notice the village's peculiar inhabitants and their problems-where has the innkeeper's son gone? Why are Master Chao and Widow Yan always arguing? What is the crying sound Rendi keeps hearing? And how can crazy, old Mr. Shan not know if his pet is a toad or a rabbit?

Kanikiya loves to dance! Every day she goes to the river to dance with the brolgas, a type of crane native to Australia. She loves to dance with them so much, she wishes she could be a brolga herself! Her mother doesn’t like that she dances so much, though, and warns her with legends of what happens to girls who don’t work. What would happen if she had to stop?

Come face to face with mummies, ancient pharaohs, and daring archaeologists, and thrill to myths of Egyptian gods and goddesses. In this audiobook, Jim Weiss brings the mysterious land of ancient Egypt to life for you and your children....

Nothing ever happens in Filomena Jefferson-Cho’s sleepy little suburban town of North Pasadena. The sun shines every day, the grass is always a perfect green. But one day, when Filomena is walking home on her own, something strange happens. Filomena is being followed by Jack Stalker, one of the heroes in the Thirteenth Fairy, a series of books she loves about a brave girl and her ragtag group of friends who save their world from an evil enchantress. She must be dreaming or still reading a book. But Jack is insistent - he’s real, the stories are real....

As the Kingdom of Maldobar emerges victorious from the brutal invasion of the Tibran Empire, much of the land is left in utter ruin. With his home destroyed and family gone, 16-year-old Thatcher Renley has no one left to turn to. And when he’s mistaken for a Tibran soldier and banished to a wartime prison camp, Thatcher knows his only hope for freedom lies in appealing to Queen Jenna directly. But getting out of the prison camp might be the least of his worries - especially after he stumbles across a feral dragon locked in an iron cell.

युद्ध के दौरान स्थितियों में लगातार बदलाव होते हैं, जो संघर्ष, योजना और साहस की भूमिका को उजागर करते हैं।

राम, सीता और लक्ष्मण के दंडक वन में यात्रा की कहानी है, जहाँ वे कठिनाइयों का सामना करते हैं और मित्रों से मिलते हैं।

रावण, लंका का दुष्ट राजा, राम की कहानी में प्रवेश करता है। यह कथा अच्छाई और बुराई के संघर्ष का प्रतीक है।

समुद्र के किनारे राम और उनकी सेना की योजना और तैयारियाँ लंका पर आक्रमण के लिए होती हैं। यह कथा एकता और दृढ़ता का प्रतीक है।

बालि और सुग्रीव के बीच का संघर्ष और राम से सुग्रीव की मित्रता का यह वृत्तांत साहस, मित्रता और विश्वास का प्रतीक है।

पांडवों और कौरवों के बीच का महाभारत युद्ध प्रारंभ होता है, जो साहस, योजना और बलिदान का प्रतीक है।

राम और उनके सहयोगियों की सीता की खोज की कहानी, जो प्रेम, साहस और दृढ़ता का प्रतीक है।

यह कहानी भरत की अपने भाई राम के प्रति निष्ठा और प्रेम का प्रतीक है। भरत का संकल्प उनके त्याग, प्रेम और समर्पण को दर्शाता है।

राजा दशरथ की यह कहानी उनके पिता के कर्तव्यों और राजा के उत्तरदायित्वों के बीच के संघर्ष को दर्शाती है। यह कथा त्याग और धर्म का प्रतीक है।

यह कहानी एक राजा के जीवन के संघर्षों, जिम्मेदारियों और उनके बलिदान की यात्रा को दर्शाती है। यह कथा उनके कर्तव्यों और मृत्यु के समय की महानता को प्रदर्शित करती है।

शिव के महान धनुष को तोड़ना राम के साहस और दिव्यता का प्रतीक है। यह कहानी उनके शक्ति प्रदर्शन और नियति को दर्शाती है।

The rain hasn't stopped for a week, and the 12 guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them are a ship's captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories - each a different type of folklore - that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended. As the rain continues to pour down - an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain - the guests begin to realize that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood.

In this Indian tale, a wise mathematician named Sessa invents the game of chess to amuse the king and requests a single grain of wheat as his reward for the first square of the chessboard, double that the following day for the second, and so on. In the end, Sessa gets the real reward he wanted all along – a wiser and more mathematical king.

This breathtaking, full-color illustrated fantasy is inspired by Chinese folklore, and is a companion to the Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most thrilling tales for her granddaughter and the other villagers. However, the peace is shattered one night when soldiers of the Emperor arrive and kidnap the storyteller. Everyone knows that the Emperor wants something called the Luminous Stone That Lights the Night.

In this series of letters organized by C. C. Cecily, Senior Secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club, the fairest of them all (and a few bitter foes) correspond with curious—and opinionated—fans. So if you’ve ever wondered how a less-than-genius (and less-than-clothed) emperor fell for a certain con, how the Big Bad Wolf is handling meatless Mondays, or whether Rapunzel recommends going for the big chop, no need to look far, far away.