Reddit mentions: The best folk tales & myths books for children

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.

> Or some advice.

Buy them some books. Libraries are OK too.

Maybe Yes, Maybe No (LINK)

by Dan Barker

In today's media-flooded world, there is no way to control all of the information, claims, and enticements that reach young people. The best thing to do is arm them with the sword of critical thinking.

Maybe Yes, Maybe No is a charming introduction to self-confidence and self-reliance. The book's ten-year-old heroine, Andrea, is always asking questions because she knows "you should prove the truth of a strange story before you believe it."

"Check it out. Repeat the experiment. Try to prove it wrong. It has to make sense." writes Barker, as he assures young readers that they are fully capable of figuring out what to believe, and of knowing when there just isn't enough information to decide. "You can do it your own way. If you are a good skeptic you will know how to think for yourself."

Another book is "Me & Dog" by Gene Weingarten.

And Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story : Books 1, 2, 3

Here Comes Science CD + DVD

The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins

Bang! How We Came to Be by Michael Rubino.

Grandmother Fish: A Child's First Book of Evolution
Grandmother Fish, free in PDF form online

Also:

Greek Myths – by Marcia Williams
Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs – by Marcia Williams
God and His Creations – by Marcia Williams

"I Wonder" by Annaka Harris

"From Stardust to You: An Illustrated Guide to The Big Bang" by Luciano Reni

"Meet Bacteria!" by Rebecca Bielawski

See also Highlights for Children - this has materials for younger children.

Atheism books for children by Courtney Lynn

"It Is Ok To Be A Godless Me", "I'm An Atheist and That's Ok", "I'm a Freethinker", "Please Don't Bully Me" and "I'm a Little Thinker" etc.

(Courtney Lynn has a couple more for grown ups as well.)

Augie and the Green Knight by Zach Weinersmith

-- See other books by by Zach Weinersmith as well.

15 Holiday Gift Ideas for Secular Families

Bedtime Bible Stories by Joey Lee Kirkman - for mature teens only

Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder

Coming up: TINY THINKERS is a series of books introducing popular scientists to children, by telling their stories as if the scientists themselves were kids!

GoFundMe : Tiny Thinkers

Congrats on your daughter! I have a nine year old myself and she loves fantasy and books in general.

I started her young with picture books of which there are fabulous ones with strong female characters.

Rosie Revere, Engineer - not fantasy per se, but the females are empowering. There's a whole series of books about girls in STEM roles from the same authors.

Interstellar Cinderella - Cinderella is a rocket engineer who fixes the prince's ship. She also declines his invitation to marry because she only just met him.

The Princess and the Pony tired of getting sweaters for her birthday, she asks for a real WARRIOR horse and instead gets a chubby little pony. She enters the annual brawl anyways. Endearing, funny, and pokes fun at gender stereotyping.

And for when she's a bit older and can sit still to listen for longer stretches, The Secret World of Og is a great read.

>The series follows the five Berton children, Penny, Pamela, Peter, Patsy, and baby Paul (better-known as “The Pollywog”) as they discover and explore a vast,mysterious world of caverns and rivers hidden beneath a trapdoor in the floor of their clubhouse.

The female characters are strong, unique, and self-sufficient. Not to mention it's a clever and well-written story!

Anyways, I have more I could suggest but you're already under a pile of excellent suggestions. Congrats again!

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.

Hey I'm Erin! My favorite book of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird, but for some reason I've never been able to find a kindle version of it. Only the regular book or like essays about it or summaries. Sooo I'll link my second favorite book of all time which is Alice in Wonderland

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003A83VUK/ref=aw_ls__1?colid=KWSU05QVXWVS&coliid=I2NXGFZ4M6DNPX

I would love a kindle because I don't have any type of tablet and I read all my books on my phone. It works, but it is so incredibly small. I would also love to have a kindle to play all my games on and watch Netflix :-) Thanks for the contest!!

[Kids, Family, Folklore] Elderberry Tales
Inspiring and engaging stories for kids, featuring ancient wisdom, timeless tales, and contemporary heroes.
https://www.elderberrytales.com/

Agasi Kidnaps Weensy

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

[Johan Bauer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bauer_(illustrator) was a Swedish artist born in 1882. He drowned on a regular ferry trip when he was only 36 a long with his family. He painted for a Swedish book series called "Among Elfs and Trolls" (I did a direct translation from Swedish there) that started out in 1907.

He did several paintings. These are my fav ones:

Heading out to see the world

Mountain troll brings home the loot

Sad girl outside the troll cave

Here is the biggest list of his paintings that I could find, but it is almost overwhelming to see them all lined up. They are so magical and prodigious when separated. If you ever visit Sweden and head down crowded city streets, you will see some traces of his art here and there in the tourist shops. His presence in the Swedish culture heritage is forever accepted.

Edit: I'm really happy for all the Bauer fans out there. Also, there seems to be a lot of cool parents having Bauer posters above beds!

Edit 2: Here's a sample from the book "Det bästa ur Bland tomtar och troll : vår mest älskade sagoskatt". Translates to "The best from Among Hobs and Trolls: Our most beloved story treasure" (Thanks to Bo87)

Edit 3: Here is a John Bauer book in English. (Thanks to sweeneh)

I really hoped the thumbnail would appear for this post! Come on, NYT gallery ....

Anyhow, though I didn't know who they were until recently, as a child I was instantly drawn to books illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. I had to have every book I found featuring their art, including novels by Isabel Allende. I loved to read, but I'm sure I read more because of the artists' work. Other favorites I wished were illustrated by the couple — they made characters complex, dignified and multiethnic, overall more like the world I knew than the one reflected by most book covers.

Image Google "Leo and Diane Dillon art" for more excellence.

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.

Slavic Wheel of the Year

I think this is mainly polish. My Ukranian friend gave me these correspondences:

Jare Gody = Velykden (sort of like Easter, but with a folk twist)

Dziady = Holy Trinity Day or we aslo do Maslenitsa (I think these are different dates)

Kupala Night – same across the border – love this one, my fav!

Plony or Dożynki = Obzhynki (not so popular J) I don’t know much about it

Szczodre Gody = Sviata Vecheria (the night before Christmas when devil comes to visit a witch in the village :)

http://mnomquah.blogspot.com/2017/02/slavic-way-rodnovery-and-slavic-wheel.html



I know you said not russian, but these herbs were used throughout eastern europe.

A Russian Herbal (book)

https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Herbal-Traditional-Remedies-Healing/dp/0892815493


Baba Yaga

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga

This also says Russian, but these fairy tales are generally Finno-Ugric

https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Fairy-Illustrated-Alexander-Afanasyev/dp/1908478683


A book on Slavic Witchcraft that just came out in August. I haven’t read it yet.

https://www.amazon.com/Slavic-Witchcraft-Conjuring-Spells-Folklore/dp/1620558424

Edit: a link, formatting

Edit: abebooks.com is a great resource for cheap used books. I use it over amazon when possible. The best way to search is to copy the ISBN from amazon and use that as the search term. I

Mine hurt too, but it's the old wench Aunt Flo. D:


You are very very very pretty. You are like a rose in may, or a sapphire uncut. You are a dandilion in the wind.


I hope you feel better soon hunny.

If this book would be okay, I think we both might enjoy it.

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.

1.Uzumaki, I haven't read it yet but I have read Junji Ito and now I am really into horror manga.

2. I have the goal of be coming an author and this book is a little indpiration I have read it three times.

3. I have not read this yet but JK Rowling is my ultimate inspiration

A painting of Regular Show meets Adventure Time would be super lovely if I win. :D

Philip Pullman's series, His Dark Materials is perfect for that age.
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Materials-Yearling-3-book-Boxed/dp/0440419514

Pullman also wrote books about a female detective in the Victorian era in England that are great. But I think the Dark Materials are probably closer to the Hunger Games experience with strong female characters, adventure and excitement.

http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Smoke-Sally-Lockhart-Mystery/dp/037584516X/ref=la_B000AQ74C6_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404849661&sr=1-6

I also used to read Juniper and Wise Child over and over as a kid. Really engaging and well written. There is magic in the book, but not in a silly way. It's based on Celtic healing and religion so it's not like dragons and fantasy magic. Fits again with the strong female characters.

http://www.amazon.com/Juniper-Monica-Furlong/dp/0679833692/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=04QZXYYBRNN5R5Z0M1TY

http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Child-Monica-Furlong/dp/0394825985/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0JB52BH5DD07Y58DTS7C

It also looks like there is a third book, but I never read it!

One of my goals for this year is to read at least one book a month, because I used to read a lot back in like middle school but then school made it not so fun lol. This book a lot of people have recommended to me :)

Thanks for the contest, & Happy New Year!

Avengers2 Promotional Poster! Looks pretty cool!;)

I'd love this Wizard of Oz collection eBook thingy!

Thanks for the contest! Congrats on the lease!

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.

Oz: The Complete Collection (All 14 Oz Books, with Illustrated Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Exclusive Bonus Features) -- only 99¢ for all 14!

And The Dark Tower series!

Also consider that your local community library will have many e-books for free. =)

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.

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

That book is permanently associated with two others in my head; we read them all at a bookstore on vacation, and ended up buying the other two but not that one. They all had an awesome feminist bent, so perhaps you will like the other two:

Interstellar Cinderella

And Ninja Red Riding Hood

Rosie Revere, Engineer was also read that day, I didn't love the art as much, but it is a fun read!

Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Walter Evans-Wentz, who was a fascinating character in his own right.

Examines the beliefs in the Celtic regions of Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Britanny in regards to the fey at the very beginning of the 20th c.

Here's the table of contents:http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/

The book is widely available online: the amazon cite includes a free version on kindle, project gutenberg also has it online.

It's a classic.

If you want a compendium of little people, fairies, gnomes etc. A Field Guide to the Little People is wonderful.

Katharine Brigg's An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures is another classic.

You must read at least one of R.J. Stewart's books on the subject of faery healing.

Woah, this reminds me a lot of the artwork in Our Father's Godsaga. Especially the awesome picture of Fenrir.

Great picture! Thanks!

The Jolly Postman?

The Jolly Christmas Postman?

Me and the kid love these books

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.

These are quite old, but my absolutely favorite books when I was a teen were Wise Child and Juniper by Monica Furlong. I still read them from time to time; they have a lot of great life lessons. I've been looking and it doesn't look like there's a Spanish translation readily available, though :(

If you're looking for Spanish-language stuff, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (The Shadow of the Wind) used to write young adult novels before he moved on to adult fiction. I haven't gotten around to reading any of them yet, but they're supposed to be really good. I got his book Marina for my nephew a few weeks ago. I don't think his books are especially female-centric, but they don't seem to be particularly male-oriented either.

Part 1: 2.99 for the kindle version of Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Part B: These lovely Preserve food storage containers -- perfect for keeping leftover pie!

Happy Pi day! Thank you for the contest!

Yeah, it's correct.

I don't really know why it's confusing for you?

Gnome and Trolls is an anthology (A published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.) which was given out each Christmas between 1907-1915.

Tuvstarr (Sagan om älgtjuren Skutt och lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr / The Tale of the Moose Hop and the Little Princess Cotton Grass) was in the 1913 edition.

I guess the problem is finding English prints? There are several in Swedish at least. I'm guessing that people where a lot more interested in the painting itself then the short story.

http://media.bonnierforlagen.se/bladderex/?isbn=9789163866067

http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163866067/sagan-om-algtjuren-skutt-och-lilla-prinsessan-tuvstarr/


It seems that http://www.amazon.com/Swedish-Folk-Tales-Polly-Lawson/dp/0863154573 does NOT include Tuvstarr and Swedish Fairy Tales is just a re-print of Folk Tales with lower res pictures.

it might be included here, but I'm not sure https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1529730.Great_Swedish_Fairy_Tales otherwise I think your best shot is to contact the publisher Bonnier Carlsen and ask them if there is a English print of Tuvstarr

> Utländska rättigheter/Foreign Rights
Skriv ett brev till/ Please contact:
lina.talgre@bonnierrights.se (Lina Talgre is on maternity leave, please contact dimitris.alevras@bonnierrights.se)

I would like to read the complete works of Poe, OR the Tales of Beadle the Bard. Surprise me if I win, and give me whichever one allows you to gift more people! :D

You also need to read The Tales of Beedle the Bard. :)

I need book 5 in the ASOIAF series!

I'd like some butterbeer! Thank you for the contest. :)

Oh dear. I'm soooo drunk

Favorite drunk foods hands down are grilled cheese sandwiches cooked with doritos in the middle (if you can manage to get them between the bread) aaaaand taco bell's cheesy fiesta potatoes. Mmmmm

And this book! It's 3.99 & free shipping from internationalbooks. And others beneath them at similar prices.

Happy drunk snacking!

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.

Hi there I'm Katie. I'm a Alice in Wonderland nutcase (ask anyone that knows me haha) and I'd love to be able to take the story with me on trips and things. That's honestly why I want a kindle or something like it. It's a great way to downsize on books for trips. I read a lot so it would help cut down on the piles of books in my room as well. I feel like these are just common things but you never know. (Great contest by the way)

http://www.amazon.com/Alice-in-Wonderland-ebook/dp/B003A83VUK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370892561&sr=1-1&keywords=alice+in+wonderland

I really loved the Wise Child trilogy, The Hero and the Crown/The Blue Sword, and the Sally Lockhart series (and all of Phillip Pullman's books) as a kid.

The Sherlock Holmes Collection, perhaps.

Alice in Wonderland.

Or The Mortal Instruments series would be a pretty safe bet. Very popular.

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I've enjoyed thumbing through An Encyclopedia of Fairies for ideas for my world that uses a mix of Celtic and Christian mythology(possibly some Norse later).

This encyclopedia of spirits interested me, but I didn't end up grabbing it because it also focuses on using these spirits and like to do spells and that wasn't what I was interested in.

Frankly, finding any book that compiles legends together will give monsters. For my the afore mentioned world I'm using The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends to learn about Celtic mythology and it's creatures.

/r/mythology might also be helpful to ask as it's a subreddit about such things.

Plants vs.Zombies: Brains and the Beanstalk for my little boy because he loves to read. Plus zombies! Used is wonderful!

Might it have been a volume of Swedish (or international) folk/fairy tales? There's a Swedish folk tale called The Queen's Necklace (or The Queen's Pearl Necklace).

"King Hendrik is cruel and greedy, taxing his people to the point of starvation. His prized possession is a string of 100 pearls, 99 of them flawless and 1 small and imperfect. He is lacking only a queen and orders his nephew, Prince Nils, to find him a perfect bride. Nils returns with Blanzeflor, a lovely and kind young woman willing to marry King Hendrik so that her father won't starve. The king gives her the pearls, warning that the day they are not around her neck will be her last. She finds that she cannot bear to see her people suffer, and one by one the pearls are sent to help them. When they are all gone, Blanzeflor is sentenced to death, but the birds she has cared for and who witnessed her kindness rescue her and destroy the king."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:If_someone_else_cries_when_you_laugh_then_you_will_have_your_tears_back_by_John_Bauer_1914.jpg

*Edit: the above illustration was for an anthology of Swedish folk tales called Among the Gnomes and Trolls, illustrated by John Bauer.

**Edit again: John Bauer's illustrations were reproduced in Swedish Folk Tales: https://www.amazon.com/Swedish-Folk-Tales-John-Bauer/dp/0863154573/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0863154573&pd_rd_r=CERG67SV18B67AK2RGQE&pd_rd_w=qwFCW&pd_rd_wg=Bg2O2&psc=1&refRID=CERG67SV18B67AK2RGQE

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

Good morning!! How is your day going? Did you get enough sleep last night?

I've got [this](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KJJ4F8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2K5UC44YJLE6L&coliid=I1153JTWRL4MTJ on my wishlist :)

The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley

If you are going to rock the look you need some make up to go along with! Have a nice day and thanks for the contest!

Here is my item!

From a young, female protagonist's view are two of my childhood favourites by Monica Furlong: Juniper and the sequel Wise Child. They're a little hard to find these days, but are well-written and there's a third book as well. The first, Juniper, tells the story of a medieval princess who is sent to her slightly odd godmother for an apprenticeship of sorts. I think my love of fibre crafts was fostered by this book, I loved them when I was a similar age.

This because I love Lana and this is a good remix.


Or This which is a little cheaper :)

Chuckle Fucks.

not really futuristic, more of a fantasy/historical setting, but the plot elements you describe sound a little like Wise Child by Monica Furlong http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Child-Monica-Furlong/dp/0394825985

The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren is a classic young children's book. http://www.amazon.com/Tomten-Astrid-Lindgren/dp/0698115910/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373923417&sr=1-1&keywords=the+tomten

Swedish Folk Tales is worth the price alone for Bauer's illustrations. I'd place reading age closer to 10-12, but again, the pictures are lovely. Some of the stories are appropriate for a younger age if you don't mind reading them.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0863154573/ref=oh_details_o04_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's the weekend already!?

There is the most excellent library book sale this afternoon, but before that goes down, I am dogsitting Baby Puppy and must get caught up on laundry (still in a heap from Arkansas), drywall, and NaNoWriMo. I am cheating again this year by adding to an existing project, but I am forcing myself to close gaps and write alternate subplots so it's Productive. I am, of course, behind word count because of a late start, but I'm kind of getting caught up. I love word sprints. They make me work through my frustration.

Also got a chance to blow through some good books instead of slogging through ones I don't like... Cinder was an android/Sailor Moon Cinderella mashup, and Tin Star (free preview) is Titan A.E. + religious cult. And the most recent Attack on Titan manga came out this week, so there's that too.

iPhone case, I have it in orange and white and it's awesome. And a book and music

Edit: and a keychain. Lists are apple, kindle, mp3s, and under 5

Thanks for the contest!

[I have this in my Books wish list] (http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Illustrated-Wonderful-Exclusive-ebook/dp/B00C448DL8/ref=cm_wl_huc_item)

Well the followup to The Devil Wears Prada came out and I haven't read it yet, and I am dying to! I read the preview and I can't wait to read the rest of it.

Harry Potter was amazing. Don't forget to get The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I'd like some butterbeer!

and now I've gone and bought [the book the reviewer recommended]
(http://www.amazon.com/Our-Fathers-Godsaga-Retold-Young/dp/0595299784/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420472352&sr=1-5&keywords=you+should+buy+this+book+maybe). It looks awesome and I was sold by the reviews.

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.

I used to read a collection of Russian fairly tales by a famous Russian illustrator when I was a kid, hiding from the grownups while visiting a great-aunt. Most (or all?) of them included Baba Yaga, the evil witch who had metal teeth for eating naughty children, "like others eat chickens." My favorite part was the illustrations, because they are gorgeous. Baba Yaga scared the crap out of me, but I was comforted by the stories because there were always spells or some other magic to combat her evil, wielded by a brave protagonist. I guess we all know why that resonated...

I am pretty sure it was this one, if my memory holds, and I see the first story in this book is the one mentioned in the OP. If you look inside the book online you can see some of the illustrations:

https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Fairy-Illustrated-Alexander-Afanasyev/dp/1908478683

I have to have some noise or I can't focus. I'll be like it's too silent in here... I need to do something. So I turn on some old movie or tv show that I have seen no shorter than 100 times and I'm not tempted to watch it because every time my brain taps into the movie, I can already picture it in my head! It works for me atleast =) Link

Something along these lines - Russian Fairy Tales, with rich illustrations?

If this isn't the one, check Raduga Publishers' and Mir Publishers' Russian folk tales catalogues. These folktales were translated in English and numerous other Indian languages, catering to the Indian audience as part of the Indo-Soviet cultural exchange back in the day.

There are technically 11 wizarding schools worldwide! There's all this background lore not directly mentioned in the series, but in the other littler stories like Tales of Beetle & The Bard (the children's book left to Hermione by Dumbledore that contained the story about the Deathly Hollows).

Interstellar Cinderella is a fabulous feminist fairytale.

Mocha!

Here's my item :)

Just got my copy in a few weeks ago from amazon, and I've got to say that I really enjoy it. If you haven't read Rydberg's Investigations Into Germanic Mythology then I'd highly recommend it as it would explain a lot of the interpretations. Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with a multitude of Rydberg's conclusions, but he does have some incredible insights that really caught me off-guard.

I have this one. It is slightly taller than the other two and has very different cover art. It looks like the new purple one matches the original ones a little better (I'm not sure about the size, though. Also, the contents are probably the same as the original, but I'm not 100% sure.

This. I've never read the entire series and I think it would be great.

Favorite quote is difficult as there are so many, but I'll go with, "If this gets any more cloying, I think I'll vomit." (Beldin from the Belgariad by David and Leigh Eddings). I don't know when I'll get a Labor Day off.

If you're looking for an intro, try Our Father's Godsaga by Viktor Rydberg. Other than that, you can't go wrong with the already mentioned one by Kevin Crossley-Holland.

Besides that, Dr. Jackson Crawford (Ph.D., Scandinavian Studies; Taught Old Norse, Norse myth, Sagas, Vikings, etc. at UCLA) is releasing a version of the Poetic Edda which is worth checking out. It's available for Pre-Order here

I also recommend the book Interstellar Cinderella and any of the other books in that series.

This book may help! I haven't personally read it, but I keep seeing it being referenced in a lot of pagan books I've read. https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X

Growing up, not having my reading material screened by parental units, I found this book to be a fairly decent "go to" for concise descriptions of a wide variety of topics on this subject: http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X

Don't get mad get gifty :) disparaging remarks are for loosers. ebook awesomeness

Pikachu me! Here's a set of 14 books for only 0.99

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Originally a Swedish folk tales book released each Christmas. I found this on amazon.

It may not have been in the movie but it might be an illustration from the book that accompanies it:

http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Beedle-Standard-Edition-Potter/dp/0545128285

Or this one?
https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X

Augie & the Green Knight, written by Zach Weinersmith & illustrated by Boulet (Wikipedia, Website)

Possibly https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X or https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Fairy-Alfred-Perceval-Graves/dp/1596050470/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

How about Augie and the Green Knight?

It was a Kickstarter project to explicitly write rationalist fiction for young children.

[Augie and the Green Knight] (http://www.amazon.com/Augie-Green-Knight-Zach-Weinersmith/dp/0978501691)

I have a $0.99 ebook on my Books list.

Book

Book 2

Book 3

Book 4

Book 5

Book 6

Book 7

Book 8

Book 9

Comes to about $91.

If you can get your hands on a copy of Russian Fairy Tales it is, essentially, the Brothers Grimm style collection of russian folklore.

Edit: the Wikipedia entry for the book can also do in a pinch.

Já apoiei 1 livro e 1 jogo em crowdfunding: Augie and the Green Knight no Kickstarter, e A Lenda do Herói no Catarse.

Eu só apoiaria projetos culturais (livros, jogos, música, etc), ou produtos que já estão prontos e só precisam ser produzidos em grande quantidade para serem viáveis. Nunca daria dinheiro pra alguém que só tem uma idéia ou só um protótipo em algum desses sites.