A collection of stories by Hans Christian Andersen including such favorites as The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, The Wild Swans. The stories are accompanied by fascinating dra...

As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with the mistress of a house.' A founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Household Management is today one of the great unread classics. Over ...

The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction. Michael Cunningham, Francine Prose, Aimee Bender, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, and more than thirty other extraordinary wr...

"Elizabeth Blackwell is a story-telling genius. Her mesmerizing writing weaves a spell that will enchant you. While Beauty Slept breathes new life into the fairytale genre with a historical twist that will take your breath away...

Ten beloved fairy tales, given new life by the one and only Angela Carter Many classic fairy tale characters might not have survived into the present were it not for Charles Perrault, a seventeenth-century French civil servant who res...

After inheriting his title from his brother, the margrave has two weeks to find a noble bride. What will happen when he learns he has fallen for a lovely servant girl in disguise?The Margrave of Thornbeck has to find a bride, fast. He...

A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers.Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, un...

An ages-old family secret breaches the boundaries between reality and magic in this fresh retelling of a classic fairy tale. When Berkeley student Will Taylor is introduced to the mysterious Feierabend sisters, he quickly falls for en...

Cooperation and awareness of others are just two of the themes explored in these remarkable stories and legends from Vietnam, as retold by renowned Buddhist monk and scholar Thich Nhat Hanh. A fantastical blend of fiction and nonficti...

When I was roughly eleven, working on twelve, I first met you. You were not part of the gang that beat me up, but you watched them do it. That was the first and only thing I knew about you for the longest time: you liked to watch. Of ...

Wildly acclaimed in Canada, this book marks the debut of a remarkable young writer first published by McSweeney's when she was twenty-three and living at home with her dad and brother. The Middle Stories is a strikingly original colle...

A hidden princess and the boy who saves her life.... Hansel's father finds a child lost and alone during a violent thunderstorm. After bringing her in from the tempest, he and his son are startled to discover that she is Gretel, a pri...

The quest to save a girl from a giant.... Jack Waithwrite is livid when he learns that his fiancee, Rachel, has been stolen by a giant and taken up to a kingdom in the sky. Without the means to save her, he travels with his sister to ...

A young prince crippled by a witch— When Fredrico watches his cruel family mourn his false death and announce to the kingdom their cursed prince has died, is the day he truly embraces his new life and new name Rumplestiltskin. How c...

The sleeping girl has no idea she is asleep. After Aleyna witnessed the cruel deaths of her family, she was put to sleep by Ezralon the unicorn. He has been keeping her safe, hidden in the forest, until her true prince could come and ...

For fans of fairy tale romance, Grimms fairy tales, fairy tale retelling, and classics! An enchanted mirror, a tale of envy.... Raven and Snow White have been the greatest of friends for years, so when Snow's father, King Herbert, and...

"Mr. Fermor's elegant rococo fantasy about a volcanic eruption on an imaginary Caribbean island is just close enough to reality to raise a genuine shiver--possibly even a genuine tear. In truth, it is a small timeless masterpiece."--P...

Updated with new material, including notes on the newest Discworld novel RAISING STEAM Terry Pratchett, the creator of the bestselling series, teams up with a British folklore scholar to produce this guide to the folklore of Discworl...

New from the team that has brought us Spooky New England and other Spooky titles are thirty classic creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurences. Expert storytelling and evocative illustrations onc...

Debut novelist Laura Shepperson offers a powerful feminist retelling of Phaedra and her unyielding quest for justice, perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Natalie Haynes. Phaedra has been cast to the side all her life: daugh...

Tiina Nunnally's sparkling new translation of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales captures the rawness and immediacy of the writer's style.

This collection of spooky, authentic legends of Appalachian ghosts was gathered from those who have lived in the foothills for generations.

New school year, same old problems . . . At Mythos Academy, everyone knows exactly who I am: Rory Forseti, Spartan girl and the daughter of Reapers. Even though I fought alongside my cousin Gwen Frost to save the mythological world fr...

Gregory Maguire's chilling, wonderful retelling of Cinderella is a study in contrasts. Love and hate, beauty and ugliness, cruelty and charity--each idea is stripped of its ethical trappings, smashed up against its opposite number, a...

Thirty beguiling stories of sprites, wraiths, and specters appear here, as they were told to a Smithsonian Institution ethnographer in rural 19th-century Ireland. Stories include 'Tom Connors and the Dead Girl,' 'Maurice Griffin and t...

Anyone who has read the Harry Potter books is aware that author J.K. Rowling infuses her stories with references to mythology, literature, history, and legends. Even if you don't know exactly what a manticore or a griffin is, it's ...

SPECTERS that haunt the rivers and woods, hidden treasure, headless goblins, a wild phantasmagoria of gore and grizzle...all here for the first time in English to delight audiences of all ages, but particularly young adult readers. Al...

An entertaining and thought-provoking look at the common threads woven through the world's greatest myths -- and the central role they have played through time.

Full of giants, trolls, heroes, and beautiful princesses, these 42 folktales include such favorites as 'Dapplegrim,' 'Tatterhood,' 'Katie Woodencloak,' and 'Soria Moria Castle,' plus many less known, such as 'The Werewolf,' 'Such Wome...

Greek Mythology Books for Kids encourages the love and learning of Greek Mythology. Be captivated by 3 stories: Arachne and Athena, Pandora's Box, & Phaeton and Helios. Then, learn a little about 20 important figures that have influen...