A Governor General's Literary Award Finalist. A #1 New York Times bestseller! Caldecott Medalist and New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Jon Klassen delivers a deliciously macabre treat for folktale fans. Jon Klassen's...
Adaptations
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Author:Klassen, Jon.Summary: - Author:Bradley, Marion ZimmerSummary:
The confrontations of Arthur, Morgaine, Accolon and Lancelot closes out this Arthurian legend.
- Author:Bradley, Marion ZimmerSummary:
The Arthurian legend continues going deeper into the religious/political rivalry in the years following Arthur's coronation.
- Author:Bradley, Marion ZimmerSummary:
The Arthurian legend continues with Arthur's marriage to Gwenhwyar, who is unable to conceive an heir to the throne.
- Author:Latham, AaronSummary:
Jimmy Goodnight's son Percy, or Pyg as he is known, comes of age. Returning to their ranch land in Texas, Pyg and his mother discover their family heirloom ax is missing. Now Pyg's leading a posse aiming to get it back.
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Author:Willett, EdwardSummary:A teenage girl inherits the power of the Lady of the Lake. Can this troubled teen and her brainy sidekick stop the ruthless sorcerer?
- Author:Bradley, Marion ZimmerSummary:
An Arthurian legend story, starting with the Lady of the Lake, Viviane, and ending with Arthur's coronation.
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Author:Gardner, JohnSummary:Instead of lauding the hero Beowulf, the spotlight shines on Grendel, whose grotesque body and blood thirst condemn him to the life of an outlaw, but whose soul delights in dark humor, dramatic pirouettes and pranks.
- Author:Atwood, MargaretSummary:
In Good Bones, first published in 1992, Margaret Atwood has fashioned an enthralling collection of parable, monologue, mini-romance and mini-biography, speculative fiction, prose lyric, outrageous recipe and reconfigured fairy tale,...
- Author:Whitten, HannahSummary:
A young woman must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the Wood to save her kingdom. But not all legends are true, and the Wolf isn't the only danger lurking in the Wilderwood.
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Author:de la Chenelière, Evelyne, Gaboriau, LindaSummary:When Pierre and Simone planned a vacation to the Irish coast, they were hoping to revive their failing marriage. What they weren't expecting was to stumble upon the body of Mary, a drowned woman, during a walk along the beach. It's not...
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Author:Maguire, GregorySummary:We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by...
- Author:Latham, AaronSummary:
When a one-eyed youngster named Jimmy Goodnight amazingly manages to free an ax stuck fast in an anvil at the county fair, folks take note that this boy will grow up to be someone important, a leader. Now an adult, Jimmy runs Home Ranch...
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Author:Carson, AnneSummary:The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional recreation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in...
- Author:Harrow, Alix E.Summary:
"A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales." -Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight...
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Author:Twain, MarkSummary:A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom.
