Myth For Kids
Recommended Reading List
Listed alphabetically by author
(YA = Young Adult titles)
Title: How the Cat Swallowed Thunder
By: Lloyd Alexander
Illustrated by: Judith Byron Schachner
Published: Puffin Books: Penguin Group
ISBN: 0-525-46449-2
Title: Anansi Does the Impossible - An Ahanti Tale
Retold By: Verna Aardema
Illustrated by: Lisa Desimini
Published: 1997 Aladdin Paperbacks
ISBN: 0-689-81092-X
Title: The Last Unicorn YA
By: Peter Beagle
Published: New American Library
ISBN: 0451450423
Title: Goddesses, Heroes and Shamans — The Young People's Guide to World Mythology
By: David Bellingham, Dr. David M. Jones, Margret Carey, Louise Tythacott, Kathlee McPhilemy
Illustrated by: Ch'en Ling, Terry Woodley, Karin Ambrose, John Jamieson
Published: 1994 Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-15385-9
Title: The Field Book (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) YA
By: Holly Black
Illustrated by: Toni DiTerlizzi
Published: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0689859376
Title: The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 4) YA
By: Holly Black
Illustrated by: Toni DiTerlizzi
Published: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN: 0689859368
Title: Lucinda's Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3) YA
By: Holly Black
Illustrated by: Toni DiTerlizzi
Published: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN: 0689859384
Title: The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2) YA
By: Holly Black
Illustrated by: Toni DiTerlizzi
Published: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0689859376
Title: Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale YA
By: Holly Black
Published: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN: 0689849249
Title: The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 5) YA
By: Holly Black
Illustrated by: Toni DiTerlizzi
Published: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0689859406
Title: Anansi's Narrow Waist — An African Folk Tale (A Let Me Read Book)
Retold By: Len Cabral
Illustrated by: David Diaz
Published: 1994 Good Year Books
ISBN: 0-673-36200 - 0
Title: Ananse and the Lizard — A West African Tale
Retold and Illustrated By: Pat Cummings
Published: 2002 Henry Holt & Co.
ISBN: 0-8050-6476-1
Title: Faeries
Described and Illustrated By: Brian Froud and Alan Lee
Published: 1978
ISBN: 0-8109-0901-4
Title: Dragon Rider (also by same author - The Thief Lord; Inkheart)
By: Cornelia Funke
Published: 2000 Dressler Verlag (Original English translation 2001 by Oliver Gerog Latsch
ISBN: 0-439-45695-9
Title: Hungry Hyena
By: Mwenye Hadithi
Illustrated by: Adrienne Kennaway
Published: 1994 Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 0-316-33715-3
Title: Kokopelli — Drum in the Belly
By: Gail E. Haley
Illustrated by: Gail E. Haley
Published: Filter Press
ISBN: 0-86541-068-2
Title: Cric Crac — A Collection of West Indian Stories
Retold By: Grace Hallworth
Illustrated by: Avril Turner
Published: 1993 William Heinemann Ltd
ISBN: 0-434-94205-7
Title: Life in Ancient Egypt: Religion
By: Kathryn Hinds
Published: 2007, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
ISBN-13: 978-0-7614-2186-3, ISBN-10: 0-7614-2186-6
Title: Life in the Roman Empire: Religion
By: Kathryn Hinds
Published: 2005, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
ISBN: 0-7614-1657-9
Title: The Incas
By: Kathryn Hinds
Published: 1998, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
ISBN: 0-7614-0270-5
Title: The Vikings
By: Kathryn Hinds
Published: 1998, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
ISBN: 0-7614-0271-3
Title: The Ancient Romans
By: Kathryn Hinds
Published: 1997, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
ISBN: 0-7614-0090-7
Title: The Celts of Northern Europe
By: Kathryn Hinds
Published: 1997, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
ISBN: 0-7614-0092-3
Title: India's Gupta Dynasty
By: Kathryn Hinds
Published: 1996, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
ISBN: 0-7614-0071-0
Title: The Kitchen Knight — A Tale of King Arthur
Retold By: Margaret Hodges
Illustrated by: Trina Schart Hyman
Published: 1990 Holiday House Books
ISBN: 0-8234-0787-X
Title: Saint George and the Dragon
Retold By: Margaret Hodges
Illustrated by: Trina Schart Hyman
Published: 1984 Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 0-316-36789-3
Title: Sun, Moon, and Stars
By: Mary Hoffman
Illustrated by: Jane Ray
Published: 1989 Dutton Children's Books
ISBN: 0-525-46--4-7
Title: Earthmaker's Lodge — Native American Folklore, Activities and Foods
Edited by: E. Barrie Kavasch
Illustrated by: Chris Wold Dyrud, Tim Foley, Joyce Audy Zarins, Coni Porter
Published: 1993 Cobblestone Publishing
ISBN: 0-942389-09-3
Title: Anansi and the Magic Stick
Retold By: Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by: Janet Stevens
Published: 2001Holiday House
ISBN: 0-8234-1443-4
Title: Anansi and the Talking Melon
Retold By: Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by: Janet Stevens
Published: 1994 Holiday House
ISBN: 0-8234-1104-4
Title: Anansi Goes Fishing
Retold By: Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by: Janet Stevens
Published: 1992 Holiday House: New York
ISBN: 0-8234-0918-X
Title: Anansi the Spider (Caldecott Honor Book)
Retold By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 1972 Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 0-8050-0310-x
Title: Arrow and the Sun — A Pueblo Indian Tale (Caldecott Book Award)
Retold By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 1974 Puffin Books: Penguin Group
ISBN: 014-050-211-4
Title: Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
Retold By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 1994 Voyager Books - Harcourt Brace
ISBN: 0-15-220724-4
Title: Creation
By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 2003 Dutton Children's Books
ISBN: 0-525-46905-2
Title: Jabuti the Tortoise — A Trickster Tale from the Amazon
Retold By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 23001 Harcourt Inc
ISBN: 0-15-200496-3
Title: Musicians of the Sun
Retold By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 1997 Aladdin Paperbacks
ISBN: 0-689-80706-6
Title: Papagayo the Mischief Maker
Retold By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 1992 Voyager Books - Harcourt Brace
ISBN: 0-15-259465-5
Title: Raven — A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest (Caldecott Honor Book)
Retold By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 1993 Harcourt Brace
ISBN: 0-15-265661-8
Title: Zomo the Rabbit — A Trickster Tale from West Africa
Retold By: Gerald McDermott
Illustrated by: Gerald McDermott
Published: 1992 - First Voyager Books
ISBN: 0-15-299967-1
Title: My Blue Country YA
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published: Viking/Penguin Canada - 0670866423
Title: The Singing Stone YA
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published: Penguin Books (Canada, USA, Australia), 1986, Irish edition. O'Brien Press, 1993, reissued Penguin Books (Canada), 2004
Title: The Druid's Tune YA
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published: Penguin Books (Canada, UK, USA, Australia), 1983, Irish edition. O'Brien Press, 1992, reissued HarperCollins (Canada), 1994, reissued Penguin Books (Canada ), 2004
Title: Chronicles of Faerie: The Hunter's Moon - New American Revised Edition (May 2006) YA
By: O.R. Melling
Published: Amulet Books/Harry N. Abrams Inc - ISBN-10: 0810992140, ISBN-13: 978-0810992146
Title: The Chronicles of Faerie: The Summer King (May 2007) YA
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published: Amulet Books ISBN-10: 081099321X, ISBN-13: 978-0810993211
Title: Chronicles of Faerie: The Light-Bearer's Daughter (May 2007) YA
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published: Amulet Books ISBN-10: 081090781X, ISBN-13: 978-0810907812
Title: The Book of Dreams YA
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published: Penguin Books (Canada)
Title: Falling Out of Time YA
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published: Viking/Penguin, Canada & USA, American Library of Congress - CIP 88-40588
Title: The Chronicles of Faerie YA
(A compendium of The Hunter's Moon, The Summer King, and The Light-Bearer's Daughter)
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published: CanBook Distributor ISBN-10: 0143312030, ISBN-13: 978-0143312031
Title: The Golden Book of Faerie YA
(A compendium of The Hunter's Moon, The Summer King, The Light-Bearer's Daughter, and The Book of Dreams)
By: O.R. Melling ORMelling.com
Published:
Title: The Lady of Ten Thousand Names — Goddess Stories from Many Cultures
By: Burleigh Muten
Illustrated by: Helen Cann
Published: 2001 Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1-84148-048-7
Title: How Rabbit Tricked Otter and other Cherokee Trickster Stories
By: Gale Ross
Illustrated by: Murv Jacob
Published: 1994 Parabola Books
ISBN: 0-930407-60-1
Title: The Alchemyst (Secrets Immortal Nicholas Flamel) YA
By: Michael Scott
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (May 22, 2007) ISBN-10: 0385733577, ISBN-13: 978-0385733571
Changeling YA
Review
By: Delia Sherman
Published: 2006 Viking Juvenile
ISBN: 0670059676
Title:
Jousting With Jesters: An ABC for the Younger Dragon
By: Martin Springett
Illustrated by: Martin Springett
Published: 2006 Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551433273
Title: Rainbow Crow
Retold by: Nancy Van Laan
Illustrated by: Beatrice Vidal
Published: 1989 by Dragonfly Books - Alfred A Knopf, New York
ISBN: 0-394-89577-0
Title: The Golden Books Treasury of Elves and Fairies
Selected By: Jane Werner
Illustrated by: Garth Williams
Published: 1951 Golden Books
ISBN: 0-307-16848-4
Title: Whuppity Stoorie
By: Carolyn White
Illustrated by: S.D. Schindler
Published: 1997 G.P. Putnams and Sons
ISBN: 0-399-22903-5
Title: Old Turtle (ABBY Book of the Year 1993)
By: Douglas Wood
Illustrated by: Cheng-Khee Chee
Published: 1992 Scholastic Press
ISBN: 0-439-30908-5
Title: Old Turtle and the Broken Truth
By: Douglas Wood
Illustrated by: Jon J. Muth
Published: 2003 Scholastic Press
ISBN: 0-439-32109-3
Title: Rapunzel
Retold By: Paul O. Zelinsky
Illustrated by: Paul O. Zelinsky
Published: 1997 Dutton Children's Books
ISBN: 0-525-45607-4
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