Retells twenty-two stories from the Old Testament, including "Noah and the Flood," "Jacob's Ladder," "Samson and Delilah," and "Esther Speaks for Her People.".
Completely original versions of the familiar stories including fables, romances, jokes, and fairy tales linked together by a king and queen's own love story.
This book is a collection of sixteen favorite Greek myths which catch the magic of the stories for today's readers with its lively retellings and colorful illustrations.
Collection of stories told by Shahrazad to her husband King Shahryar in an effort to keep him from having her put to death, edited for children, and telling tales of Sinbad, Ali Baba, and other characters of the desert world.
Left penniless in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate, to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their encounter with Tamo's dangerous past.