kings and rulers

A good-hearted tinker and a curious young princess show a narrow-minded king that there are more important things in the world than his treasure.

A retelling of a traditional West African tale about a king who refuses to believe that yams, fish, and cloth can talk until his throne agrees with him.

"Kira, the yellow-eyed demon slayer of Hansong, continues her quest to find the lost treasures of the dragon king's prophecy, save her cousin, the prince, unite her kingdom, and defeat the demon lord"--Provided by publisher.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the leader in ancient Mesopotamia who built Babylon into a vast empire and compiled a lengthy collection of laws into a single code.

Describes the life and reign of Hammurabi, the ancient Babylonian king who conquered parts of Mesopotamia and established one of the first recorded codes of law in history.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the Egyptian pharaoh, believed to be the pharaoh of the Exodus, whose reign lasted for sixty-seven years and resulted in the expansion of Egypt's borders.

Describes the life and times of the Alexander the Great, the legendary Macedonian ruler whose battle tactics are still studied by generals today.

A graphic novel adaptation of "Beowulf" in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.

An illustrated retelling of the Shakespeare tale in which King Leontes sets the stage for years of sadness and misunderstanding when, in a fit of jealousy, he accuses his wife of being unfaithful with his friend King Polixenes, and banishes their newborn daughter to live or die according to the fates.

It is years since King Timoken, his sister Zobayda, and his friends settled in the enchanted Red Castle, but now they are all threatened by the evil beyond the castle's protective spells and it will be up to two of Timoken's nine children, Petrello and Tolomeo, to find out which of their siblings is the traitor in their midst, and defeat their enemies.