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Gods and Heroes - Greek Genre
Books in the Gods and Heroes - Greek genre:
Anthology of Children’s Literature (1940)
An immense anthology with everything from Mother Goose to Eve Curie.
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Author(s):
Edna Johnson
Carrie E. Scott
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch’s Age of Fable (1942)
Thirty classic myths from Greece.
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Author(s):
Thomas Bulfinch
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Sun and The Wind and Mr. Todd (1943)
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Crown of Violet (1952)
Author(s):
Geoffrey Trease
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Children’s Hour Volume 8 (1953)
A collection of myth, legend and folktale.
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Old Greek Fairy Tales (1958)
A retelling of sixteen Greek myths.
Author(s):
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Rumpelstiltskin (1958)
Beacon Reader book five. Includes fairy tales and folk tales from Briar Rose.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
James H. Fassett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Tale of Troy (1958)
Author(s):
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Best in Children’s Books Volume 21 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Author(s):
Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Feodor Rojankovsky
Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 30 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best In Children’s Books Volume 31 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 40 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
Hero Tales From Many Lands (1961)
A collection of stories about the great heroes of mythology and history.
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Howard Pyle
Kate Seredy
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Laite
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 7 (1962)
A collection of myths, epics and tall tales.
The Flowers of Adonis (1969)
Author(s):
Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Spirit of Spring: A Tale of the Greek God Dionysos (1970)
The tale of Dionysos’ adventures among men.
Author(s):
Penelope Proddow
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Nothing Said (1971)
On a visit with her mother’s friend Maud, Libby meets water nymphs and dryads.
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Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
Arcadian Ballads (1977)
A collection of poems based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream (1977)
Calligraphy by Graily Hewitt accompanies the Rackham illustrations.
Author(s):
William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Tales of the Greek Heroes (1979)
A collection of the most famous Greek hero tales.
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Author(s):
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Betty Middleton-Sandford
A Companion to World Mythology (1980)
An exhaustive listing of the mythologies of diverse cultures.
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Author(s):
Richard W. Barber
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Monster Myths of Ancient Greece (1981)
The stories of six strange and deadly monsters that challenged the Greek heroes.
Author(s):
William Wise
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea Folk (1982)
A collection of stories and poems about the merfolk.
Author(s):
Jane Yolen
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
The Thief (1996)
Gen boasts he can steal anything, and the King’s Magus takes him up on it.
Author(s):
Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s):
Walter Gaffney-Kessell
The Queen of Attolia (2000)
Eugenides, the Queen’s thief of Eddis sets out to steal the Queen of Attolia’s heart.
Author(s):
Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s):
Walter Gaffney-Kessell
The King of Attolia (2006)
Married to the Queen of Attolia, Eugenides must consolidate their power before the Medes return.
Author(s):
Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s):
Vince Natale