centaurs

Demon has always counted on his magical medicine box to help him cure the sick beasts on Mount Olympus. But Chiron, his new healing master, insists Demon learn to find the cures on his own. Demon's new skills are soon put to the test when he must save an ailing phoenix--or face the wrath of its fiery guards!.

"Demon has always counted on his magical medicine box to help him cure the sick beasts on Mount Olympus. But Chiron, his new healing master, insists Demon learn to find the cures on his own. Demon's new skills are soon put to the test when he must save an ailing phoenix--or face the wrath of its fiery guards!"--Provided by publisher.

In 1965, a year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm, a baby centaur is born and the family, already under scrutiny because Arianne's six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the colt a secret.

"In 1965, a year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm, a baby centaur is born and the family, already under scrutiny because Arianne's six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the colt a secret"--Provided by publisher.

After her village is destroyed by bat-like monsters known as Leatherwings, young Melora, the last living human, and her father's horse, Sky, roam the wilderness until they are captured by a group of centaurs and taken to their city.

"Explores the mythical and historical backgrounds of sphinxes and centaurs, including the Buraq of Islamic tradition, the Great Sphinx of ancient Egypt, man-animals of Mesopotamia, and the Gandharvas of India"--Provided by publisher.

Alone after her village is destroyed by Leatherwings, young Malora and her father's horse, Sky, survive on their own with a herd of wild horses until she finds a new home with a civilization of centaurs.

Jason, who will grow up to become the head of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a dangerous quest to save the kingdom of Iolcus, learning along the way what it means to be in command.

Brighid, the first centaur in ages to be blessed by the Great Goddess, struggles to accept her new powers and the feelings she is developing for her friend Elphame's grieving brother, as she guides him home.

Relates, in graphic novel format, some of the common characteristics of the centaurs of folklore, as well as telling the tale "Hercules and the Centaurs," in which the constellation Sagittarius was formed when the gods immortalized the centaur Chiron to spare him endless agony, and briefly relates other centaur tales.