Neil Philip
1) Mythology
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents a full-color illustrated history of ancient mythology from Greece, Rome, Egypt, and other parts of the world and includes creation and flood stories, worship of the sun and stars, gods and goddesses, and more. Surveys the treatment of gods, goddesses, the heavens, creation, death, and evil as expressed in various mythologies around the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
From the ancient Greeks to the Aztecs, people across the world have created a rich tapestry of stories, characters, and beliefs to explain the mysteries of creation and the forces of nature and death. Mythology of the World examines both ancient and contemporary cultures and explores their unique myths and legends, carrying every myth across centuries to today"s readers. Mythology of the World"s sparkling, readable text covers more than fifty myths...
6) Robin Hood
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Drawing on documentary sources and illustrated with classic photographs and engravings, this book presents a history of the First Nations, also called Native Americans, from their beginnings to the arrival of the Europeans to the resurgence of Native American cultures today.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
An Irish proverb tells us. zA tale is more precious than the wealth of the world,y and judging from the richness of their storytelling traditions, the Celts have always believed this. In In fairy tales, as in music, the romantic artistry of the Celts came to full flower. In this wonderful collection of fairy tales from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, The Isle of Man, and Brittany, we meet heroes and villains, princes and paupers, enchanting creatures...
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Mexican folktales invite us into a magical world of enchantment and transformation, populated by cats and kings, priests and tricksters, ordinary people and supernatural beings. A witch turns seven brothers into seven little blue oxen; the Virgin Mary rewards a good girl with a gold star on her forehead but adorns her wicked stepsister with a pair of horns; a young man, thrown overboard to drown, is rescued by a mysterious shadow. Drawing from authentic...
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents English interpretations of a selection of lullabies from the Native American peoples of the Northeast, the Plains, the Southwest, the Northwest, and the Arctic, and includes duotone photographic images by Edward S. Curtis.
19) DK illustrated dictionary of mythology: heroes, heroines, gods, and goddesses from around the world
Author
Description
A guide to mythology divided into nie sections, each focusing on the mythology of a particular civilization or region, with special feature boxes on major figures, events, and places.