Hodges, Margaret

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Baldur and the mistletoe

a myth of the Vikings
1973
Baldur, a young Norse god, is protected from all things except mistletoe.

The wee Christmas cabin

2009
A tinker's child who grows up helping everyone in her Irish village is rewarded in her old age with a cabin built by fairies on Christmas Eve.

If you had a horse

steeds of myth and legend
1984

The voice of the great bell

1989
A Chinese bell-maker's daughter makes a noble sacrifice so that the casting of The Great Bell for the emperor will be flawless.

Up the chimney

1998
A retelling of an English folktale in which two sisters who go out to seek their fortune receive very different treatment.

Saint Patrick and the peddler

1997
When a poor Irish peddler follows the instructions given to him by Saint Patrick in a dream, his life is greatly changed. Includes background on Saint Patrick and on the origin of the story.

Buried Moon

1990
Who will rescue the Moon after she is buried in a dark pool by witches, goblins, and other evil creatures who have always resented her bright, shining light?.

Joan of Arc

the lily maid
1999
A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.

St. Jerome and the lion

1991
An illustrated retelling of the legend of Saint Jerome and the lion that he sheltered in his monastery.

Molly Limbo

1996
When a miserly man buys a supposedly haunted cottage, he discovers that the resident ghost, a pirate's wife, has a sense of fair play.

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