A collection of short stories featuring tales of characters from the Wicked Lovely novels that mix with accounts of new characters.
“I AM A BEAUTIFUL MERMAID!” declares the Dugong, and she shows Benji and Bel her mermaid tail (rather big) and her mermaid singing (very bad). Is she really just a “sea-cow” – or could the Dugong be a mermaid after all?
Why does Mulla Nasruddin spoon yoghurt into the river? What is the reason he rides his donkey backwards? Why does he paint a picture that is blank? And is he crazy to move into the house of the man who's just burgled him? Find out all about the amazing antics of Nasruddin in these twenty-one hilarious stories and riddles, famous throughout the Middle East for their jokes, riddles and wisdom.
Greece (Stories from Ancient Civilisations S.) (Stories from Ancient Civilizations)
by Shahrukh Husain
Mordred is the nephew and son of King Arthur, by his half-sister Morgause. Conceived in sin, Mordred is fated to kill his father and king. As a threat to the throne and his holy office, Arthur sets the newborn child adrift on the sea, hoping death will follow quickly. Yet the infant Mordred survives. Coming of age, he travels to Camelot to become a Knight of the Round Table for a king who can never recognise him as his son. But Arthur is a good king - wise, generous to his subjects and to t...
Gesammelte Norwegische Volksmärchen
by Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe, and Friederich Bresemann
Do You Know The Muffin Scam? (Once Upon a Rhyme, #4)
by Abigail Manning
The Darkwood Trilogy (The Darkwood Trilogy, Books 1-3)
by Anthea Sharp
The Night of Demons and Saints (Sisters Grimm, #2)
by Menna Van Praag
There is a moment, while the clock strikes twelve, when October ticks into November, as All Hallows' Eve transforms into All Saints' Day, that the sisters Grimm are born and anything is possible . . . It is almost 3 years since the fours sisters Grimm confronted their father in that strange place called Everwhere. In a month, sisters Goldie, Scarlet and Liyana will be twenty-one. Goldie is still mourning Leo, her waking life barely bearable and she is becoming increasingly estranged from her s...
The Red Fairy Book (Fairy Books of Many Colors) (Golden Classics, #59)
by Andrew Lang
Fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Russia and Scandinavia.
The Four Kingdoms Box Set 2 (Four Kingdoms Series , #3)
by Melanie Cellier
The Language of Thorns (The Language of Thorns)
by Leigh Bardugo
From bestselling author of SIX OF CROWS, Leigh Bardugo, comes a lavishly illustrated collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice and love. Inspired by myth, fairy tale and folklore, THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS will transport you to both lands familiar and strange that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking be...
The Clock Strikes (Everbeach, #4)
by Sorboni Banerjee and Dominque Richardson
