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The Fisherman and His Wife: A Brothers Grimm Tale 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

The Apples of Idun 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.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 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

Ragnarok: The Twilight of the Gods 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

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Sigurd and the Dragon Fafnir 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

The Theft of Thor’s Hammer (Thrymskvida) 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

Hassan of Basra and the Bird Maiden 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

The Barber’s Tale of His Sixth Brother 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.'

The Creation of the World from Ymir’s Body 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

Scheherazade and the Sultan 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

The Enchanted Garden of Iram 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

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage

Sinbad outfits his own ship and sails to an uninhabited isle where his crew breaks the egg of the roc. The parent birds destroy the ship with boulders. Shipwrecked alone, Sinbad meets the Old Man of the Sea and escapes only by patient cunning; in the City of Apes he refills his fortune with coconuts and returns to Baghdad.

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