This is a picture book of the Irish myth of the Children of Lir. As the story goes, a King Lir's jealous second wife, Aoife, changes his four children into swans who are destined to perish through her devilish scheming. Unfortunately for her, the children outsmart her and work with...
Book Genre: Classics
Mary P
This is an excellent book for children and parents who are interested in learning the traditions of tea time in order to host their own. The images are beautiful paintings from various time periods, and the importance of tradition and ritual at teatime are emphasized in the text and the...
Mary P
Like all Ms. Frizzle stories, she and her students go on an amazing adventure--this time, to Imperial China! They learn all about the customs there, the significance of certain events, colors, and objects, and the inventions that continue to influence us today. The story is simple,...
Mary P
Ms. France has taken some of the beloved Pooh stories and found pieces of wisdom within them. Some are true to life and how one should act, and others are humorous anecdotes of things that Pooh and his friends do around each other. It is just as enjoyable a read for those who grew up...
CJ
Before the advent of electricity, winter was a dire time of darkness and deprivation. Some cultures developed elaborate rituals to encourage the return of the sun and arrival of spring. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a relic of those times, a medieval solstice story set...
MelissaS
Matilda. I found this book to be quite charming. The story of a young girl on her mind's journey through the stimulating and escapes of reading, Matilda's sweet nature and wisdom opens the reader's delicate heart to her...
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Noel
In Sandow Birk’s Dante’s Inferno, Birk’s starkly beautiful drawings show a street kid Dante carrying his skateboard through hell, following after a Virgil who often looks like a street bum in his robes. Together they negotiate a Los Angeles-like hell of tattered alleyways, ATMs,...
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Rachel
In Peaceweaver Barnhouse develops the story of Hild, a minor character in the sixth-century epic poem Beowulf. Teenage Hild is the favored niece of the king. However her life changes rapidly and surprisingly after she saves her cousin, the prince, from an assassination attempt...
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