(Part 2) Best folk tales & myths books for children according to redditors

The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley

I read the same book (or a very similar one) when I was a child and was seriously considering making a post about it today. o__o

Was there a part where a little boy takes the book from the girl and the characters are upset because he gets jam on the pages? That's the only scene I can remember...

Edit: After lots of searching I finally found it! The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley.

Found it:

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This book.

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For the fourteen year old, I highly recommend Cinder, by Marissa Meyer.

I don't want to make it sound like an utterly odd story, which is exactly what would happen if I try and summarize it. Basically, kick-ass orphan female protagonist, very innocent romance sub plot, and a bit of technology and sci fi to make it fun.

It's the first of four books, each very loosely based on a familiar fairy tale, all with strong female characters.

Found it! The princess is actually named Sylvie.

The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Good-Thing-Roderick-Townley/dp/0689853289

The Magic Horse of Han Gan -- Painted horse comes to life.

The Midnight Circus -- Mechanical horse comes to life.

Moonhorse -- Just beautiful illustrations of a magical horse visit.

The Carousel -- Merry-go-round horses come to life.

Silver Pony -- All pictures, no words -- a boy's dream world turns real with a magical horse.

The Mud Pony -- American Indian boy's mud pony comes to life.

Scooby Doo teaches critical thinking. It teaches you that monsters aren't real and that there's always someone under the mask exploiting your fear to their own ends. Teaches them to reason so they can make logical decisions in all that they do-be-doo-be-do.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=scooby+doo+book&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Ascooby+doo+book

Also, there's a legit Time Lord Fairytale book for Doctor Who fans which teaches empathy, critical reasoning, and all the good stuff you get from that show.

https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Time-Fairy-Tales-ebook/dp/B017F64368/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1496700987&sr=8-2&keywords=doctor+who+books+for+kids

Yup. It's up on Amazon. He also said to her once she confronted him, "It's not smart to go around telling people your ideas; they might steal them" or something like that.

My favorite book when I was kid was about trolls. It had this epic mountain troll fort spread out. I use to draw that all the time when I was a kid. Who knew I could have been a serious national defense correspondent?

The Talking Eggs?

It looks like it’s free if you have unlimited, and 0.99 to buy it. Still not crazy expensive to support a blooming artist. At least there’s a free sample if you want to try it before you throw a dollar at it!

Is this it?

https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Eggs-Robert-San-Souci/dp/0803706197

I know almost nothing about this, but I have some broad book recommendations in the vein of "read some non-fiction!"

Main thing to keep in mind as you read is that Arab ≠ Muslim ≠ Persian or any combination thereof. Differences between Sunni, Shia, Sufi, etc. Also, urban ≠ rural. And boring, everyday life doesn't readily lend itself to a narrative form.

Related Books:

• Persepolis, Persepolis 2, and Embroideries, about coming of age (upper) middle class life during and after the Islamic Revolution. These are graphic novels, and my mother swears that Embroideries (not directly related) is her church women's group exactly.
  
• Three Cups of Tea, panned for misuse of funds, but the whole book was about how bribery and paying your dues and understanding what local priorities were was essential to getting anything done in a tribal mountain culture.
  
• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, again with "controversy," this time about immigration and religion. Still has a lot of background information about Islam in Somalia and Kenya.
  
• The Underground Girls of Kabul and I Am a Bacha Posh, about the (possibly new-ish) tradition of dressing girls as boys in Afghanistan. I haven't read these, but a friend is working from them for NaNoWriMo.
  
• Reading in Lolita in Tehran - I am hesitant to recommend this book because I hated it. It was billed as subversion and cultural voyeurism, but more than half the book ended up being half-baked literary criticism instead of Observations. This is also why I didn't like Some Girls: My Life in a Harem: It was supposed to be about a mind-boggling Indonesian harem/commentary on oil wealth and ended up mostly being about how much her life sucked because she was adopted.
  
  Some other recommendations: if you're on or close to a university campus, there's probably a Muslim/Arab/Persian student association that would love to answer your specific questions or give you advice. There are also subreddits like /r/dubai, but they're mostly expats. Just poke around and you'll find more though.
  
  Fictional, often-fantastical book recommendations about the Middle East would be Shadow Spinner, The Book of a Thousand Days, or Habibi.
  
  Honestly, the thing that stuck with me the most as a chemist was that one of the other grad students was from Golan Heights and prior to moving here had to work through his entire master's thesis without an NMR (the most common chemistry instrument that is used to "prove" pretty much everything) because a blockade stopped his university from receiving liquid nitrogen (which is used to keep the magnets in NMRs and medical devices like MRIs running). He found almost any touching or joking by a girl very uncomfortable, but was always polite. Other Muslim chemist friends just seemed French. Because they were.

Might it be The Mud Pony

Have you tried Amazon, Google Books, or iTunes?

He wrote a children's book, but plagiarized the story off of Sarah.

https://www.amazon.com/Stars-were-Made-Dunbar-Merrill/dp/098541717X

In terms of NuWho and more recent releases you could try some more generic things as a great hook:

• Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories
  
  
• Doctor Who: The Legends of Ashildr
  
  
• Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales
  
  
• Tales of Trenzalore
  
  Also: Stone Rose, Touched by an Angel, Only Human, Clockwise Man, Engines of War, Infinity Doctors, etc.
  
  In terms of classic Who you could always get Shada as a companion piece to HHG2tG in terms of Addams involvement, (or City of Death). It is a good place to start with the classic books.
  
  There is a great list and advice here, but I do personally like The Wheels of Ice, Love and War, Lungbarrow, anything 8th doctor. You can get most of the classic books as ebooks on Google too.
  
  You could consider the Big Finish audio books. There are entire threads devoted to the best audio books.
  
  I know I bought someone new to Who the official encyclopedia of the time and they spent weeks pouring over the contents and it really got their interest started,
  
  It would be a good way to get up to date with all the facts, history and trivia which kids at that age love. Here is the current version. It would be a great overview, and then perhaps a couple of actual novels to go with it. The official Annual is a great Christmas gift and stocking filler each year too.

Danish book about The Nordic Gods translated to English. Maybe more of a YA than adult.

I read it when I was still in school (maybe around 13 years old) so I'm not sure how well it reads when you are older, but it was a great hit in Denmark back when it was first published.

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I remember reading a similar book. Is this it? http://www.amazon.com/Mud-Pony-Reading-Rainbow-Books/dp/0590415263

Amazon exclusive deluxe/collector's edition

Do yourself a favor.

Get this: The Scariest Stories Ever https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000544W0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ENQ-AbWHG44YY

I listened to these on cassette when I was 12 and some of these stories still flash in my head with horrific imagery

Might want to take a look at some of the suggestions here: http://ask.metafilter.com/86550/Help-me-find-a-book-from-my-childhood-about-Trolls

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/0394842952/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_1?ie=UTF8&index=1

That one specifically might be it? I wasn't able to find any images except the cover, though :(

http://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue might also be able to help

Is it okay if its a little over $5?

There is a book called Cinder that I've been wanting since I heard LoeyLane on YouTube talk about it, but its $5.72. If not its okay! :)

My favorite book is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. & I'll go with number 7 :)

Why don't you take a look at my fantasy book, The Fictional War? Free on Unlimited at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T78B27H/.

I'm going to suggest Abiyoyo

here ya go, it's called Weeds by M D Bay
Weeds https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X1WSB4V/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_7BuCDbMEB3YQH

Here is a good beginner's book on OHG.

Here is an OHG-English dictionary in PDF form.

Germania is perhaps the greatest source we have for insight into the Germanic tribal religion.

Jacob Grimm's Teutonic Mythology, while controversial, provides a lot of insight into lesser-known Germanic deities.

Even post-conversion works like the Kinder- und Hausmärchen can help us understand the remnants of heathen belief in German culture.

My mom visited the town where he works, it happens to be in Canada, and she brought it home for me.

Yeah, I tried to only buy from the original country, but that fell apart when I accidentally bought a Spanish edition in Italy. I coudn't tell the difference between the two languages back then. Also, I'm pretty sure that no one speaks in Latin anymore, so I'd have missed out on owning "Harrius Potter."

The regular Canadian editions are the same as the British versions, though they say Raincoast instead of Bloomsbury. Same covers and spelling. And it's called Philosopher's Stone in Canada, although the very first copy I owned was a Scholastic Sorcerer's Stone.

And the Deluxe Tales is this one: http://www.amazon.com/Beedle-Collectors-Offered-Exclusively-Amazon/dp/0956010903. I don't think it's Canadian, but I might have worded my post badly.

The Talking Eggs (1989) ?

[Kids, Storytelling] Elderberry Tales - Agasi Kidnaps Weensy
SFW

https://www.elderberrytales.com/

When Teensy comes home to find that his wife Weensy has been kidnapped by the giant Agasi, he sets out on a quest to rescue her. He receives help from the most unexpected set of companions - from a centipede, an egg, and many others! Enjoy this funny tale from the Sama people of the Philippines. 

"Agasi Kidnaps Weensy" is translated and published by Kauman Sama Online, an organization devoted to sharing Sama culture and language worldwide. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to print books in the Sama language for kids in the Philippines, as well as making more Sama Stories available to a wider audience.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QX973BH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Illustrations by Vanjoy Sanchez and Elmo Anggilan
Translation by Luke Schroeder

http://www.amazon.com/Childs-Introduction-Greek-Mythology-Goddesses/dp/157912867X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y

What do you guys think of this one?

Agasi Kidnaps Weensy is the first attempt of Kauman Sama Online to publish on Kindle. Therefore you can get it for FREE until Friday the 26th. It is a folk tale of the Sama people that was elicited in the 1960s and used with permission for the publishing of both a Sinama and an English book. It is a funny story of a mythological creature like that of a giant or an ogre who is known for taking people's wives. He does that to Weensy, the wife of Teensy both little people who are about the size of human hands. A whole slew of creatures, an egg, centipede, wasp, poop, needle, crocodile and more come to Teensy's aid. Agasi doesn't know what he has coming to him.

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Kindle Link: https://www.amazon.com/Agasi-Kidnaps-Weensy-Sama-Stories-ebook/dp/B07QX973BH/


I am more interested in building the Sinama language library than publishing books in English on Kindle, but this is one method that we believe professional standard books in the Sinama language can become self-sustaining. I could really use some positive reviews. I would like to advertise on BookBub, but no one has taken the time to give a good review. I hope you enjoy the book.

What I remember reading and could find on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1505788321&sr=8-2&keywords=childrens+mythology

https://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Norse-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/159017125X/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1505788321&sr=8-12&keywords=childrens+mythology

https://www.amazon.com/Greek-Myths-Young-Children-Stories/dp/0746037252/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1505788502&sr=8-6&keywords=childrens+greek+mythology

https://www.amazon.com/Childs-Introduction-Greek-Mythology-Goddesses/dp/157912867X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VSVXV9D3NYY93RJQ881X

I have This version. I don't know if it will actually stand up to your standards of gruesome, but it definitely is unabridged. There's a story about how a Jew gets what's coming to him. He deserves the horrible treatment in the end because, as far as the story tells you, he is a Jew. If they included that story, I don't think they left much out!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0956010903/ref=s9_cskin_gw_p351_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1GA7YAB5S5TRK1VR4C4B&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846

Collectors edition

Gregory Maguire's already been covered, so most of these are middle-grade or YA titles.

• Ash is a lesbian version of Cinderella.
  
• The Goose Girl is a retelling of Grimm's version of... The Goose Girl.
  
• Zel is Rapunzel in 16th-century Switzerland.
  
• Breath is the Pied Piper + cystic fibrosis in the Middle Ages.
  
• Bound is a retelling of the original (Chinese) Cinderella story.
  
• The Book of a Thousand Days is Maid Maleen in the Caucasus.
  
• Shadow Spinner is Arabian Nights from a different perspective.

For your mom:

• Sounds like she likes dystopian novels with strong female narrators. Cinder and Endgame have movie deals so they'll be out in a few years. She can be ahead of the crowd!
  
  For your boyfriend:
  
  
• Honestly it sounds like you have his gift covered. The only thing you can add to it really are some chocolates or little joke gifts that are inside jokes for you two.
  
  For your boyfriend's dad:
  
  
• I really like the boat Christmas idea. Things you can do with boats... well, an ornament works, but the purpose of it is to be on the tree (right? I'm Jewish) and on Christmas the tree is in its last day. Does he like sushi? You can find a sushi boat place and get him a giftcard.
  
  For your boyfriend's mom:
  
  
• Not weird to get her something from LUSH. Sounds kind of perfect, actually.

I'm not answering this contact I just want to show you the book I enjoyed as a child. I don't know why but this contest kind of reminds me of Reading Rainbow. Abiyoyo

For US
www.amazon.com/Trilogic-Worlds-Fictional-War-ebook/dp/B07T78B27H/ref=mp_s_a_1_3

Not a parent, just partial to books I read as a kid. The Stinky Cheese Man, Rainbow Fish, I'm always going to think Goosebumps for the 8-12 crowd, Anansi the spider and Abiyoyo

Also available on ebook
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07THCTDPH

There is a danish YA series about Norse mythology that's really good.
I looked it up and it got an english translation.
It's a really nice series, I read it over and over again when i was younger.
The bonus is that its very informative about the stories of norse mythology.
Like how Balder died, or the wall around Valhal was build etc..
I highly recommend them..
Link to the book on amazon

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

Thanks for the contest :)

Could it have been The Troll Book by Michael Berenstein? Your description sounds like it. Maybe the giants were actually trolls?

https://www.amazon.com/Troll-Book-Michael-Berenstain/dp/0394842952

This edition has been selling out at my bookstore for about six months straight. The owner order a couple on a whim one day, and soon we started keeping one on the shelf, one in the window and one on display inside, they were selling so well. Come re-order time, it's always at the top of the list. EVERY TIME. I can't explain it, but it makes me happy to know that people haven't forgotten the originals. The customers that buy them are usually aged 18-30, but the look of recognition and joy people get upon spotting it is ageless. Like reuniting old friends every time.