Ages 9-12
Complex tales exploring justice, courage, and wisdom. Ideal for developing critical thinking.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose)
Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose): On the morning that the princess was christened, the entire kingdom gathered in the grand cathedral of the castle to celebrate
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Fisherman and His Wife: A Brothers Grimm Tale
The Fisherman and His Wife: A Brothers Grimm Tale: In a small cottage on the edge of a vast sea lived a fisherman named Heinrich and his wife Margaretta. The
Norse Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Apples of Idun
The Apples of Idun: In Asgard, the home of the gods, there existed a treasure more valuable than all the gold in the nine worlds - the golden apples of Idun.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: In a kingdom where mountains touched the clouds and forests stretched endlessly, there lived a king and queen who ruled with
Norse Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Ragnarok: The Twilight of the Gods
Ragnarok: The Twilight of the Gods: The seer stood before Odin in the great hall Asgard, and she spoke of a future that all the gods wished not to hear, yet
Norse Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Sigurd and the Dragon Fafnir
Sigurd and the Dragon Fafnir: In the northern lands, in a place where mountains rose like the spears of giants and forests spread like dark green cloaks across
Norse Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Theft of Thor’s Hammer (Thrymskvida)
The Theft of Thor's Hammer (Thrymskvida): Thor, the mighty god of thunder, woke one morning in his hall Bilskirnir with a start of alarm that was rare for one
Arabian Nights
Ages 9-12
Hassan of Basra and the Bird Maiden
Hassan of Basra and the Bird Maiden: In the city of Basra, there lived a young merchant named Hassan ibn Ibrahim, known throughout the marketplace for his
Arabian Nights
Ages 9-12
The Barber’s Tale of His Sixth Brother
Shakashik the starving beggar of Baghdad accepts an imaginary feast from a Barmecide nobleman, plays through the cruel charade with patience, and wins both real food and a place in the great house - the Arabian Nights tale that gave English the word 'Barmecide.'
Norse Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Creation of the World from Ymir’s Body
The Creation of the World from Ymir's Body: In the beginning, before the world was formed and before time itself had meaning, there existed only Muspelheim and
Arabian Nights
Ages 9-12
Scheherazade and the Sultan
Scheherazade and the Sultan: In the great city of Baghdad, there lived a Sultan named Shahriar who had been betrayed by his first wife. In his grief and rage
Arabian Nights
Ages 9-12
The Enchanted Garden of Iram
The Enchanted Garden of Iram: On the edge of the great desert that stretches eastward from Damascus, there lived a poor merchant named Zaid. He had once been