The classic tale of a fairy’s curse a sleeping princess and a daring rescuer is retold and illustrated by Carol Heyer.
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The Fables Of Aesop
A collection of more than one hundred of Aesop’s classic fables, designed to delight and instruct both adults and children, features clever pen-and-ink drawings on every page and thirty full-color paintings.
Days Of The Blackbird
Gemma, a young girl living in the mountains of northern Italy, asks the blackbirds to sing to her ailing father, Duca Gennaro, and only one blackbird decides to remain when the weather becomes cooler. The story of the origins of the Days of the Blackbird.
Puss in Boots
A clever cat brings great fortune to his poverty-stricken young master, in a witty new version of the classic fairy tale, enhanced by sumptuous, richly detailed artwork.
Max and Ruby’s First Greek Myth: Pandora’s Box
When Max snoops in his sister’s jewelry box, she reads her own version of the classic Greek myth about how Pandora’s curiosity sets loose all the horrors of the world.
King Lear
A taut adaptation of Shakespeare’s masterwork by Gareth Hinds — the standard-bearer of graphic-novel retellings of literary classics.In a graceful adaptation, Gareth Hinds transforms Shakespeare’s timeless tale of pride and defiance, loyalty and ambition, betrayal and revenge into graphic-novel format, packing it with visual drama and providing accessible notes. This artful edition — like an extraordinary stage performance — offers a striking new perspective on one of the most powerful and beloved tragedies in the English language. Incorporating excerpts from the bard’s own language, Gareth Hinds’s inventive format opens the experience of KING LEAR to students and fans of graphic literature.
3 Tales Retold and Illustrated
Three classic fairy tales all dressed up in new clothes for contemporary readers. Fairy tales play an integral role in child development as they introduce the tenets of storytelling and the concept of good and evil. Here are three beloved fairy tales bound up in one fresh edition, newly retold and illustrated in Edward Miller’s bold and inviting style. This timeless picture book is perfect for parents and children to read together.
The McElderry Book of Aesop’s Fables
Ancient Aesop swings into the twenty-first century in this bright new collection of twenty-one favorite fables.
The Twelve Wild Geese
The Celtic myth recounts the story of a brave princess who risks everything to rescue her twelve brothers from their magical enchantment.
Cyclops
This book describes the encounter between the cyclops Polyphemus and Odysseus and his men after the end of the Trojan War.