(Part 3) Best folk tales & myths books for children according to redditors
We found 560 Reddit comments discussing the best folk tales & myths books for children. We ranked the 208 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
D'Aulaires Norse Gods & Giants is a comprehensive book containing a lot of the popular Norse myths.
I know you're looking for a book ABOUT the myths, but it's still a great place to start. It also places the myths in order of when they occurred in Norse-time
http://www.amazon.ca/DAULAIRES-NORSE-GIANTS-Ingri-DAulaire/dp/0385236921
Red Rising is a great SF trilogy; it starts out with a definite YA feel, but becomes a more complex story, and I'd argue the second book is better than the first. It has been optioned.
Red Queen is popular, and I'm sure there are studios looking to option the series.
And studios would be stupid to not consider Sarah J Maas' Throne of Glass series.
I also think there is interest in An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir, and Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
http://www.amazon.com/Shrek-William-Steig/dp/0374368791/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348056705&sr=1-1&keywords=Shrek
When I was teaching, I kept these in my classroom library. Not all have an overt vegetarian message, but they are all wonderful books that address vegetarian ideas.
She's Wearing a Dead Bird on her Head! Beautiful watercolor book about women fighting against the popular use of feathers for fashion. Covers some women's suffrage history and the founding of the Audubon Society. I used this one with 5th graders studying American history.
Of course, Horton Hears a Who. The message of this book resonates with kids' and preteens' experience being small and unheard: "A [being's] a [being], no matter how small." Most kids also relate to the feeling of believing in an idea that others dismiss. Horton's steadfastness is a great quality for veg kids to learn.
The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor. Buy all of her books, for real. They're literal pieces of art, and each one has a message that kids sorely need, without preaching. Also, Everybody Needs a Rock is one of my all time favorites.
Hey, Little Ant As a boy is about to squish an ant, it begins to reason with him. The book ends by asking the reader what they would do. Cute and discussion-worthy story for younger readers.
The Story of Jumping Mouse My favorite children's book of all time! Empathy until you're bawling. This book is wonderfully illustrated and I cried every time I read it. It's a bit long - I used it for 3rd grade and up.
For nonfiction science/animal books, I can't say enough about the authors Gail Gibbons (for younger readers) and Seymour Simon (for older kids). They both are very good at presenting facts about animals that preserve the animals' interests.
Miss Rumphuis Beautiful book with the lesson of leaving the world a more beautiful place.
Actually I think that's a scan/photo of an illustration from this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Party-Disney-Frozen-Reading/dp/0736432795
Terry Jones' Fairy Tales and The Beast With a Thousand Teeth?
His backstory is now back in print! Available at Amazon.
Yes. On Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Quidditch-Through-Ages-Harry-Potter/dp/0545850584
This'll clear things up. :)
The Jolly Postman?
The Jolly Christmas Postman?
Me and the kid love these books
Better yet I'd get her the book this is based on: The Little Man of Disneyland
It's the home of Patrick Begorra, who was there first before Mickey and the gang took up shop.
My mom did reading intervention when I was little, so books were pretty much where it was at. Sam' Sandwich and the sequels, Strega Nona, Flat Stanley (who has apparently turned into a Thing in the last twenty years or so, all of Babar, Caps for Sale, Tikki Tikki Tembo, The Boy Who Drew Cats... I could go on and on and on. Story time was a very big deal around these parts and you can't pick just one. Much like how being read just one story was never acceptable.
The paperback editions used to look like [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Colour-Magic-Discworld-Novels/dp/086140324X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1396448756).
Too bad.
If that's your thing, those are available too!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/086140324X/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1483479198&sr=8-1
For more information, I highly recommend Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp. Gives lots of good insight into the game, as well as the history of flying.
Chicago Children's Press and Firesides.
Though even before that, what got me on the whole super-hero mythos, was Greek and Norse mythology, presented by D'Aulaires's Greek and Norse books.
I read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close last year when I heard about the movie. I enjoyed the book much more than the movie. Although the movie did capture the essence of the book, the book had much more of an emotional impact on me. It was neat how some of the chapters were written. Still haven't gotten around to reading Everything Is Illuminated from the same author.
I just finished reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer, which I really quite liked. I was really struck by the cover image as soon as I saw it. It's a Young Adult novel, so it's a really easy read (finished it in 3 days, could have been way faster if I'd had the time) but it was still a really fun story. Essentially it's a futuristic dystopian cyborg retelling of the Cinderella fairytale. Cinder is a cyborg that lives in New Beijing. It's been something like 125 years of peace since the end of World War 4 which destroyed most of the major cities. There is also a highly contagious plague that's been ravaging earth for the past decade. In this world, cyborgs are looked down upon so Cinder isn't a valuable person. She's the best mechanic in the city. She meets the prince when he comes to her with a broken Android. He gets to know her a little over the next few days and invites her to the ball. OK, don't want to give too much away. I really liked this book. Of course my friends and co-workers looked at me like I am crazy when I described that it's a futuristic Cinderella story, and complained that everything in YA lit is dystopian now, which will cause us to have a messed up generation of kids!
I've just started reading A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. I'm not very far yet but I am torn about this book. A co-worker lent it to me last February when I told her that I was doing the challenge for 2011. I kept putting it off because it was long and I wouldn't have been able to get through it in a week. Well now that I am going at my own pace, I've decided it's time to actually read it and get it back to her, since I've had it for over a year! I really liked the writing style right away. I believe this will be the first Irving novel I've actually read. I liked how much depth there is to the characters and the world in just a couple of pages. However, the whole God and religion thing that this story is based around, I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to stomach it for the entire book. I'm not religious and so far it's been pretty heavy-handed. I know the whole point of the book is that Owen Meany thinks he's a messenger from God but I'm just not sure I'm going to be able to stand reading it, since it kind of feels that it's taking itself seriously rather than it simply being a plot device. My co-worker really wants me to read it, she kept saying that she thought I would really enjoy it, so I'll give it a shot this week and see how I do with it.
Have you tried non-western fairy tales? There are tons of African folk lore tales and Chinese tales out there if you look. Things like Why Do Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears and the Anansi stories are good. Also Tikki Tikki Tembo and The Funny Little Woman.
There are a bunch more, but they paint a much different view of the world than the Grimm stories do.
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Hi everyone,
I wanted to let people know that I have two new works out as of yesterday that are both going to be free this week.
Twelve Ways to Die in Galadore: Volume I is a collection of short stories/novelettes introducing my high fantasy world of Galadore. Galadore is a dangerous land, full of sprites and elves and witches and trolls. Beyond the realms, the forests are dark and deep. The mountains are high and cavernous. The seas are swelling and swift. It is not a land to be lived in lightly. And everywhere, death is lurking. These stories are told through the eyes of a diverse cast of characters who face the grim, dark, and sometimes horrifying face of death.
On Winter's Eve is a middle-grade children's fantasy novel set in the same high fantasy world as the above. The story is about Pippa, a young girl living on a farm at the edge of the wild, where each night, a strange creature called a tompte comes to her farmhouse leaving footprints in the snow. Pippa is fascinated and frightened by the creature, and soon enough, she'll have to find out whether he's a friend or fiend. . .
They are free this week, so if you want to check them out, great. Hope your next read takes you on a wonderful adventure.
Long Lost Boys of Nowhereland
A novel set in the Peter Pan universe. Lost boys live in Nowhereland, land of eternal winter, alongside the Pirate port town that colonized there.
Available for Kindle Unlimited.
I'd love this off my books list! Thank you for the contest and happy birthday!
happy birthday elisha you're so awesome thanks for living
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beast-With-Thousand-Teeth/dp/product-description/0872263746
This is definitely it but not sure if it's also part of a different collection.
https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Drew-Cats-Japanese/dp/0803711727
It's my first English book. Weird but funny.
I really want some game keys.
Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures Pop Up by Matthew Reinhart?
Was it this?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0689843046?fp=1&pc_redir=T1?
Rabbit and the Moon by Douglas Wood?
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689711131/ref=wl_fv?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=I26E3JJ99RXLV6&colid=2GLIIZIU8GIXP
Okay, I'll keep looking. I've got a few other guesses! :)
The Story of King Arthur by Robin Lister
Tales of King Arthur by Hudson Talbott
King Arthur by Gwyn Thomas
Hmm...books I liked as a kid...well, apparently they tended to involve animals, and mostly realistically drawn ones. Here's a few:
Good Dog, Carl.
Stellaluna.
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses. I liked horses, what can I say.
How to Hide an Octopus. This one is fun because it shows you each animal and then you have to find it camouflaged in the environment. Very colorful, light on words, if I remember correctly.
The Story of Jumping Mouse. This one had just the slightest amount of creepy. But it was just the right amount I could handle, and it made the book kind of intriguing? I believe it's based on a Native American folk story.
This is the real Shrek. Unlike the movie....
>Shrek: "Your horny warts, your rosy wens, like slimy bogs and fusty fens, thrill me."
>Princess: "Your lumpy nose, your pointy head, your wicked eyes, so livid red, just kill me."
It may be a little scary for a really young child, but when they get a little older, read them The Funny Little Woman. It's really wonderful.
Also the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling are really lovely.
Plants vs.Zombies: Brains and the Beanstalk for my little boy because he loves to read. Plus zombies! Used is wonderful!