Myth Genre
Books in the Myth genre:
The Golden Wedge (1942)
Author(s):
Delos W. Lovelace
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Anne Chase
Mythical Monsters (1942)
Author(s):
Powell Perry
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Superstitious? Here’s Why! (1954)
Common superstitions and how they originated.
Read online at achive.org.
Author(s):
Julie Forsyth Batchelor
Claudia de Lys
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Little Mermaid Who Could Not Sing (1956)
Sometimes having a voice like a foghorn is not such a bad thing!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Old Greek Fairy Tales (1958)
Author(s):
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Martin’s Dinosaur (1959)
Author(s):
Reda Davis
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Stories of Strange Happenings (1959)
A collection of stories and poems about strange events. Includes Helpful Henry and The Left-Over Hat illustrated by Tibor Gergely.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Flavia Gág
Grace Paull
Kurt Wiese
Best in Children’s Books Volume 35 (1960)
Hero Tales From Many Lands (1961)
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Howard Pyle
Kate Seredy
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Laite
Mogo’s Flute (1966)
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Robin Jacques
The Black Stallion’s Ghost (1969)
While between races at a Florida horse farm, Alex Ramsay and the Black meet the Ghost and her trainer and are caught up in a supernatural horror story.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
The Book of Wishes and Wishmaking (1971)
A listing of the many occasions on which to wish, like saving the tip of your cherry pie for last and making a wish on it.
Author(s):
Duncan Emrich
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Tales and Legends (1971)
Twenty-one classic tales from European literature from Gogmagog to Melusine.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jennifer Westwood
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Spin Straw to Gold (1974)
A collection of fairy tales and legends from around the world. This may be an abridged edition of North of Nowhere.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Victor Ambrus
Tales of the Greek Heroes (1979)
A collection of the most famous Greek hero tales.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Betty Middleton-Sandford
Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Tales (1979)
Author(s):
Rosebud Yellow Robe
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Welsh Legends and Folk-Tales (1979)
Author(s):
Gwyn Jones
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
A Companion to World Mythology (1980)
An exhaustive listing of the mythologies of diverse cultures.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard W. Barber
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Black Stallion Legend (1983)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Sanderson
How Dog Began (1985)
Author(s):
Pauline Baynes
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Drylongso (1992)
Author(s):
Virginia Hamilton
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Morgoth’s Ring (1993)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
None
Journeys with Elijah (1999)
Author(s):
Barbara Diamond Goldin
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Two Towers (1999)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Rama and Sita (2002)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Legendary Creatures of Myth and Magic (2006)
Author(s):
Marianna Mayer
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Tales from the Perilous Realm (2008)
An anthology containing Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wooton Major, Leaf by Niggle, and the essay ‘On Fairy-Stories’.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Alan Lee
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