"The cruel North Wind and the kind Sun vie to take the coats from three sisters out on a walk"--

"Alicia has been out of grad school for months. She has no career prospects and lives with her mom, who won't stop texting her macabre news stories and reminders to pick up items from the grocery store. Then, one evening, the Jamaican water deity, River Mumma, appears to Alicia, telling her that she has twenty-four hours to scour the city for her missing comb. Alicia doesn't understand why River Mumma would choose her. She can't remember all the legends...

"The Buddha was a wonderful teacher who was born long ago. He helped people learn how to find peace within themselves and kinder to one another. The Buddha told stories about the lifetimes when he was born as animals before he became a human being. These are called Jataka Tales or "birth stories." Whether he was born as a buffalo, as a monkey, as a lion or as a wild dog, he demonstrated how to selflessly help others and take to heart the importance...

"Bigelow is afraid of almost everything until he meets the tiny Mrs. Pimberly, who thinks he is a giant, and gives him some surprising advice"--

"A Kid's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac is a charming, fun-filled introduction to eastern astrology, perfect for discovering what your sign -- Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, or Pig -- says about you. Are you loyal like the Dog? Or stubborn like the Ox? What does the time you were born say about who you are? Can knowing more about your Zodiac empower you in your day to day? A Kid's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac...

Fresh out of a job and in need of fast money, Mulysses crosses paths with a wealthy collector who offers him the fortune he seeks if he succeeds in bringing back the world's biggest eye, fabled to grant its owner enormous power.

"The Big Book of Cryptid Trivia will satisfy all your curiosities about other-worldly critters, from famous beasties like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, or Sasquatch and Nessie, to creatures you have never heard of. These fantastic beings are called cryptids: animals that some think exist but for which there is no concrete scientific evidence."--Back cover.

"To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all--the Madremonte"-- Valentina wants to focus on drawing the real world around her and hopefully get into art school in Bogotá one day. Her Papi has spent his life studying Colombia's legendary creatures and searching for proof of their existence. When Papi hears that a patasola...

These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most diverse counties are vividly retold by writer, storyteller and poe t Jennie Bailey and storyteller, writer,psychotherapist and shamanic guide David England. Take a fantasy journey around Lancashire, the Phantom Voice at Southport, the Leprechauns of Liverpool and the famous hanging of Pendle Witches at Lancaster,to the infamous Miss Whiplash at Clitheroe. Enjoy a rich feast of local...

The stories in this book will provide entertainment for everyone and evoke wonder in the most jaded observer of the human condition. Some of the exploits that Fred D. Cavinder describes are half-hidden footnotes to national and international happenings. Others seem so typical of Indiana that they will appeal to anyone who understands the Hoosier spirit. But all of them are true-recorded in reliable accounts or by reliable witnesses from early times...