Recovering from a broken love affair, Jane Austen decides to accompany her aunt and uncle to New South Wales, where she falls in love once more and applies her considerable talents to creating a new society...
Gallant knights, the enchanting Elf Queen, witches, wizards, and wee fairy folk... You'll find them all in this exciting collection of Scottish fairy tales and legends. Traditional tales of great beauty--such as "Tam Lin" and "MacCodrum of the Seals"...
Long ago, when the world was new and little Maui was born, the great god Tama carried him away to the underworld to learn magic. When Maui came back to earth, his brothers made fun of him and wouldn't take him out fishing. They stole away in their...
A fictional account of the Regency author's life between 1801 and 1804, a period lost to history due to an intentional destruction of her personal records, speculates on the arrest of a family member and Jane's voyage to an Australian prison colony, ...
Oxford Children's Myths and Legends bring you the greatest stories ever told, from around the world and long ago. Heroes and villains, witches and wizards, warriors and royalty - there's something here for everyone.
From the Highlands and is...
The Turtle and the Island tells the story of how the great sea turtle builds the island of Papua New Guinea. Wishing for a place to rest in the sun, he piles up the sand and rocks until they emerge from the sea into a beautiful, fertile island. In do...
Yeh Hsien discovers that the bones of the beautiful fish she has caught, and which her envious stepmother plots to kill for supper, are magic wishbones that transport her, like Cinderella, to the exciting Cave Festival....