It is the man who changes, and the world he perceives is transformed.
With a tiny, cluttered house, giggling children, and a snoring wife, one man can't get a good night...
Two hungry travelers arrive at a village expecting to find a household that will share a bit of food, as has been the custom along their journey. To their surprise, villager after villager refuses to share, each one closing the door with a bang. As t...
Winner of PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult Readers and the Storytelling World Award
PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult Readers Selected for The Elementary School Library Collection Storytelling World Award
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Wisdom and wonder, the themes of Heather Forestf_(tm)s third audio recording for August House, are things that our culture actively seeks. FX studios spend millions creating fantasies that many choose to sit still for again and again. Publishers take...
Working together makes working fun.
A little Red Hen lived in a house, with a frisky dog, a cat, and a mouse. So begins this fresh look at a beloved old fable. The little Red Hen's frisky housemates―Dog, Cat, and Mouse―would rathe...
A beautifully illustrated tale that encourages gentleness and kindness.
Walking along a winding road, a man finds himself swept into a magical world where a contest of strength between the sun and the wind takes place. The sun and th...
A greedy baker learns a lesson about cutting corners.
The baker, Van Amsterdam is known in Colonial America for baking his St. Nicholas cookies; however, his greed drives him to become stingy in his business, selling people short of q...
According to this Scottish folktale, long ago sweet-toothed fairies flew into people s homes and feasted on leftover cake crumbs. But the King of the Fairies was annoyed that crumbs never remained from the very best cakes baked by the talented bakerw...
Heather Forest s artful prose and keen curatorial selection brings an array of ancient tales of adventure, quest and heroics to life for modern readers. This multicultural anthology presents pivotal episodes from epic tales such as Gilgamesh, Beowulf...