STORYTELLING BIBLIOGRAPHY
Janice M. Del Negro, PhD
Heroes & Heroines, Myths & Legends
Baldwin, James. Nordic Hero Tales from the Kalevala. Illus. by N. C. Wyeth. Dover, 2006. ISBN 0-4864-4748-0 and ISBN 9780486447483. [Scandinavian]
Belting, Natalie M. Moon Was Tired of Walking on Air. Illus. by Will Hillenbrand. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-53806-8 and ISBN 9780395538067. [South American]
Bierhorst, John. The Hungry Woman: Myths and Legends of the Aztecs. Morrow, 1993. ISBN 0-688-12301-5 and ISBN 9780688123017. [Mexican]
Blackwood, Gary L. Legends or Lies? Unsolved History Series. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2006. ISBN 0-7614-1891-1 and ISBN 9780761418917. [World]
Brown, Marcia. Dick Whittington and His Cat. Atheneum, 1988. ISBN 0-684-18998-4 and ISBN 9780684189987. [British] Bruchac, Joseph, reteller. The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story. Illus. by Anna Vojtech. Dial, 1993. ISBN 0-8037-1331-2 and ISBN 9780803713314. [Native American]
Buff, Mary, and Conrad Buff. The Apple and the Arrow. Houghton, 2001. Reissue (1951) ISBN 0-618-12807-7 and ISBN 9780618128075. [Swiss]
Cohen, Caren Lee. The Mud Pony. Illus. by Shonto Begay. Scholastic, 1988. ISBN 0-590-41525-5 and ISBN 9780590415255. Perfection Learning, 1992. ISBN 0-81247805-3 and ISBN 9780812478051. [Native American]
Colum, Padraic. The Children of Odin. Illus. by Willy Pogeny. IndyPublish, 2008. ISBN 1-4378-3630-5 and ISBN 9781437836301. [Scandinavian]
———. The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy. Illus. by Willy Pogeny. Simon Pulse, 1982. ISBN 0-0204-2520-1 and ISBN 9780020425205. [Greek]
Courlander, Harold. The Crest and the Hide: And Other African Stories of Heroes, Chiefs, Bards, Hunters, Sorcerers and Common People. Coward, 1982. ISBN 0-698-20536-7 and ISBN 9780698205369. [African]
Crossley-Holland, Kevin, ed. Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki. Candlewick, 2017. [Norwegian/Scandanavian]
Daly, Ita, adapter. Irish Myths and Legends. Illus. by Bee Willey. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-1927-5454-8 and ISBN 9780192754547. [Irish]
d’Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar d’Aulaire. Book of Greek Myths. Doubleday, 1980. Paperback ed. Delacorte, 1992. ISBN 0-440-40694-3 and ISBN 9780440406945. [Greek]
———. D’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths. Preface by Michael Chabon. The New York Review Children’s Collection, 2005. ISBN 1-59017-125-X and ISBN 9781590171257. [Scandinavian]
Demi. Shiva. Wisdom Tales, 2020. ISBN 9781937786830. [Hindu]
dePaola, Tomie. The Legend of the Bluebonnet: An Old Tale of Texas. Putnam, 1983. ISBN 0-399-20937-9 and ISBN 9780399209376 [Native American]
———. The Legend of the Poinsettia. Putnam, 2007. ISBN 0-399-25035-2 and ISBN 9780399250354. [Mexican]
Don, Lari. Fierce, Fearless, and Free: Girls in Myths and Legends from Around the World. Ills. by Eilidh Muldoon. Bloomsbury Education, 2020. ISBN 9781472967138.
Fleischman, Paul. First Light, First Life: A Worldwide Creation Story. Henry Holt and Co., 2016. [Religious]
Gerstein, Mordicai. I Am Pan! New York: Roaring Book Press, 2016.
Gibfried, Diane. Brother Juniper. Illus. by Meilo So. Clarion, 2006. ISBN 0-6185-4361-9 and ISBN 9780618543618. [Religious]
Goble, Paul. Her Seven Brothers. Simon & Schuster, 1988. ISBN 0-02-737960-4 and ISBN 9780027379600. [Native American]
———. Love Flute. Bradbury, 1992. ISBN 0-02-736261-2 and ISBN 9780027362619. [Native American]
Graham, Pita, adapter. Maori Legends of the Land: Maori Tales and Traditions. Engravings by W. L. Dittmer; photographs by Gordon Ell. Bush Press of New Zealand, 2002. ISBN 0-9086-0887-X and ISBN 9780908608874. [New Zealand] Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes, God, and Monsters of Ancient Greece. Ills. by Katie Ponder. D Publishing, 2020. ISBN 9781465491534. [Greek]
Greene, Ellin. The Legend of the Cranberry: A Paleo-Indian Tale. Illus. by Brad Sneed. Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 0-671-75975-2 and ISBN 9780671759759. [Native American]
Hamilton, Virginia. In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World. Illus. by Barry Moser. Harcourt, 1988. ISBN 0-15-238740-4 and ISBN 9780152387402. [World]
Hansen, William F. The Book of Greek & Roman Folktales, Legends, & Myths. Illus. by Glynnis Fawkes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780691170152 and 0691170150 [Greek; Roman]
Hastings, Selina, reteller. Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady. Illus. by Juan Wijngaard. Lothrop, 1985. ISBN 0-688-05823-X and ISBN 9780688058234. [British]
Hazeltine, Alice. Hero Tales from Many Lands. Abingdon, 1961. ISBN 0-687-16943-7 and ISBN 9780687169436. [World] Heaney, Marie. The Names upon the Harp: Irish Myth and Legend. Illus. by Patrick J. Lynch. Arthur A. Levine, 2000. ISBN 0-5906-8052-8 and ISBN 9780590680523. [Irish]
Helfand, Harriet. And There Was Evening and There Was Morning. Kar-Ben Publishing, 2018. [Jewish]
Hodges, Margaret. Saint George and the Dragon. Illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Little, Brown, 1990. ISBN 0-316-36795-8 and ISBN 9780316367950. [British]
Jaffrey, Madhur. Seasons of Splendour: Tales, Myths, and Legends of India. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Puffin, 1992. ISBN 0-14-034699-6 and ISBN 9780140346992. [Indian]
Kanawa, Kiri Te. Land of the Long White Cloud: Maori Myths, Tales and Legends. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Arcade, 1990. ISBN 1-55970-046-7 and ISBN 9781559700467. [New Zealand]
Kershaw, Stephen, and Victoria Topping. Mythologica. Wide Eyed Editions, 2019. [Greek]
Keyser, Samuel Jay. The Pond God and Other Stories. Drawings by Robert Shetterly. Front Street, 2003. ISBN 1-8869-1096-0 and ISBN 9781886910966. [Original]
Krasno, Rena, and Yeng-Fong Chiang. Cloud Weavers: Ancient Chinese Legends. Illustrations from the collection of Yeng-Fong Chiang. Pacific View Press, 2003. ISBN 1-8818-9626-9 and ISBN 9781881896265. [Chinese]
Lester, Julius. John Henry. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1994. ISBN 0-8037-1606-0 and ISBN 9780803716063. [African American]
Lewis, J. Patrick. Blackbeard the Pirate King: Several Yarns Detailing the Legends, Myths, and Real-Life Adventures of History’s Most Notorious Seaman. National Geographic Society, 2006. ISBN 0-7822-5585-2 and ISBN 9780792255857. [English] Low, Alice. The Macmillan Book of Greek Gods and Heroes. Illus. by Arvin Stewart. Macmillan, 1994. ISBN 0-689-71874-8 and ISBN 9780689718748. [Greek]
Lunge-Larsen, Lise. The Adventures of Thor the Thunder God. Illus. by Jim Madsen. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. ISBN 0-6184-7301-7 and ISBN 9780618473014. [Norwegian]
———. The Race of the Birkebeiners. Illus. by Mary Azarian. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ISBN 0-618-10313-9 and ISBN 9780618103133. [Norwegian]
McBratney, Sam. One Voice, Please. Illus. by Russell Ayto. Candlewick, 2008. ISBN 0-7636-3479-4 and ISBN 9780763634797. [World]
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Odysseus. Cricket, 2004. ISBN 0-8126-2721-0 and ISBN 9780812627213. [Greek]
———. Perseus. Cricket, 2005. ISBN 0-8126-2735-0 and ISBN 9780812627350. [Greek]
———. Roman Myths. Illus. by Emma Chichester Clark. McElderry, 2001. ISBN 0-689-83822-0 and ISBN 9780689838224. [Roman]
———. Theseus. Cricket, 2005. ISBN 0-8126-2739-3 and ISBN 9780812627398. [Greek]
McCaughrean, Geraldine, reteller. Greek Myths. Illus. by Emma Chichester Clark. Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 0-689-50583-3 and ISBN 9780689505836. [Greek] Mandela, Nelson. Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales. Norton, 2002. ISBN 0-393-05212-5 and ISBN 9780393052121. [African]
Matthews, John. The Barefoot Book of Knights. Illus. by Giovanni Mann. Barefoot, 2002. ISBN 1-8414-8064-9 and ISBN 9781841480640. [World]
Matthews, John, and Caitlin Matthews. Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales. Illus. by Tomislav Tomiâc. Candlewick, 2008. ISBN 0-7636-3646-0 and ISBN 9780763636463. [World]
Mayer, Marianna. Women Warriors: Myths and Legends of Heroic Women. Illus. by Julek Heller. Morrow Junior, 2000. ISBN 0-6881-5522-7 and ISBN 9780688155223. [World]
Moses, Will. Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend. Philomel, 2001. ISBN 0-399231-53-6 and ISBN 9780399231537. [North America]
O’Connor, George. Hephaistos: God of Fire. First Second, 2019. [Greek]
_____. Hermes: Tales of the Trickster. First Second, 2018. [Greek]
_____. Zeus: King of the Gods. First Second/Roaring Brook, 2011. [Greek]
Nordvig, Mathias. Norse Mythology for Kids: Tales of Gods, Creatures, and Quests. Rockridge Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1646118533. [Norse]
Oliver, Narelle, adapter and illustrator. Mermaids Most Amazing. Putnam, 2005. ISBN 0-3992-4288-0 and ISBN 9780399242885. [World]
Osborne, Mary Pope, reteller. Favorite Greek Myths. Illus. by Troy Howell. Scholastic, 1989. ISBN 0-590-41338-4 and ISBN 9780590413381. [Greek]
Oughton, Jerrie. How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend. Illus. by Lisa Desmini. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-58798-0 and ISBN 9780395587980. [Native American]
Picard, Barbara Leonie, reteller. French Legends, Tales and Fairy Stories. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-19-274149-7 and ISBN 9780192741493. [French] ———. The Iliad of Homer. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-274147-0 and ISBN 9780192741479. [Greek]
———. The Odyssey of Homer. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-274146-2 and ISBN 9780192741462. [Greek]
———. Tales of the Norse Gods. Retold by Barbara Leonie Picard. Illus. by Rosamund Fowler. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-1927-5116-6 and ISBN 9780192751164. [Scandinavian]
Pinard, Chris. Celtic Mythology for Kids: Tales of Selkies, Giants, and the Sea. Rockridge Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1646116263. [Celtic]
Pyle, Howard. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire. Dover, 1968. ISBN 0-486-22043-5 and ISBN 9780486220437. [English]
———. The Story of King Arthur and His Knights. Dover, 1965. ISBN 0-486-21445-1 and ISBN 9780486214450. [British] Robinson, Gail. Raven the Trickster: Legends of the North American Indians. Illus. by Joanna Troughton. Atheneum, 1982. ISBN 0-6895-0247-8 and ISBN 9780689502477. [Native American]
Roza, Greg. Incan Mythology and Other Myths of the Andes. Rosen, 2008. ISBN 1-4042-0739-2 and ISBN 9781404207394. [Incan]
Sanderson, Ruth. More Saints: Lives & Illuminations. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2007. ISBN 0-8028-5272-6 and ISBN 9780802852724. [Religious]
———. Saints: Lives & Illuminations. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2003. ISBN 0-8028-5220-3 and ISBN 9780802852205. [Religious]
Sattar, Arshia. Ramayana: An Illustrated Retelling. Restless Books, 2018. [Indian]
Schwartz, Howard. Next Year in Jerusalem: 3,000 Years of Jewish Stories. Illus. by Neil Waldman. Viking 1996. ISBN 0-670-86110-3 and ISBN 9780670861101. [Jewish] Sierra, Judy. The Gruesome Guide to World Monsters. Illus. by Henrik Drescher. Candlewick, 2005. ISBN 0-7636-1727-X and ISBN 9780763617271. [World]
Simpson, Margaret. Arthurian Legends. Illus. by Michael Tickner. Scholastic Canada, 2006. ISBN 0-4399-6358-3 and ISBN 9780439963589. Arthurian legends told with tongue in cheek and twist in text. [British]
Souhami, Jessica. Mrs. McCool and the Giant Cuhullin: An Irish Tale. Henry Holt, 2002. ISBN 0-8050-6852-X and ISBN 9780805068528. [Irish]
Spires, Elizabeth. I Am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths. Illus. by Mordicai Gerstein. Square Fish, 2009. ISBN 0-3125-6125-3 and ISBN 9780312561253. [Greek/Roman]
Synge, Ursula. The Giant at the Ford and Other Legends of the Saints. Macmillan, 1980. ISBN 0-689-50168-4 and ISBN 9780689501685. [Christian]
———. Land of Heroes: Retelling of the Kalevala. Macmillan, 1978. ISBN 0-68950094-7 and ISBN 9780689500947. [Finnish]
Tonatiuh, Duncan. Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth. Harry N. Abrams, 2020. ISBN 9781419746772. [Mesoamerican]
Turnbull, Ann, ad. Greek Myths. Candlewick, 2010. [Greek]
Turner, Pamela S. Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog. Illus. by Yan Nascimbene. Sandpiper, 2009. ISBN 0-5472-2755-3 and ISBN 9780547237558. [Japanese]
Utkin, Alexander, and Lada Morozova. The King of Birds. Nobrow, 2018. [Slavic] Vafaʼ̄iyan,̄ Marjan̄. The Parrot and the Merchant. Tiny Owl, 2019. [Persian]
Van Laan, Nancy. Buffalo Dance: A Blackfoot Legend. Illus. by Beatriz Vidal. Little, Brown, 1994. ISBN 0-316-89728-0 and ISBN 9780316897280. [Native American]
Verma, Jatinder. Prince of Fire: The Story of Diwali. Barefoot Books, 2016. [Hindi]
Wagnon, Brad. The First Fire: A Cherokee Story. Ills. by Alex Stephenson. 7th Generation, 2020. ISBN 9781939053275. [Cherokee] Waldherr, Kris. Sacred Animals. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0-6881-6379-3 and ISBN 9780688163792. [Religious] Ward, Marchella. A Journey through Greek Myths. Ills. by Sander Berg. Flying Eye, 2020. ISBN 9781911171577. [Greek] Yolen, Jane, et al. Meet Me at the Well: The Girls and Women of the Bible. Charlesbridge, 2018. [Religious]
Yolen, Jane. Sherwood: Original Stories from the World of Robin Hood. Illus. by Dennis Nolan. Philomel, 2000. ISBN 0-6981-1953-3 and ISBN 9780698119536. [English]
Young, Ella. The Tangle-Coated Horse. Dufour, 1999. ISBN 0-86315517-0 and ISBN 9780863155178. [Celtic/Irish] Zarin, Cynthia. Saints Among the Animals. Illus. by Leonid Gore. Atheneum, 2005. ISBN 0-6898-5031-X and ISBN 9780689850318. [Religious]
Belting, Natalie M. Moon Was Tired of Walking on Air. Illus. by Will Hillenbrand. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-53806-8 and ISBN 9780395538067. [South American]
Bierhorst, John. The Hungry Woman: Myths and Legends of the Aztecs. Morrow, 1993. ISBN 0-688-12301-5 and ISBN 9780688123017. [Mexican]
Blackwood, Gary L. Legends or Lies? Unsolved History Series. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2006. ISBN 0-7614-1891-1 and ISBN 9780761418917. [World]
Brown, Marcia. Dick Whittington and His Cat. Atheneum, 1988. ISBN 0-684-18998-4 and ISBN 9780684189987. [British] Bruchac, Joseph, reteller. The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story. Illus. by Anna Vojtech. Dial, 1993. ISBN 0-8037-1331-2 and ISBN 9780803713314. [Native American]
Buff, Mary, and Conrad Buff. The Apple and the Arrow. Houghton, 2001. Reissue (1951) ISBN 0-618-12807-7 and ISBN 9780618128075. [Swiss]
Cohen, Caren Lee. The Mud Pony. Illus. by Shonto Begay. Scholastic, 1988. ISBN 0-590-41525-5 and ISBN 9780590415255. Perfection Learning, 1992. ISBN 0-81247805-3 and ISBN 9780812478051. [Native American]
Colum, Padraic. The Children of Odin. Illus. by Willy Pogeny. IndyPublish, 2008. ISBN 1-4378-3630-5 and ISBN 9781437836301. [Scandinavian]
———. The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy. Illus. by Willy Pogeny. Simon Pulse, 1982. ISBN 0-0204-2520-1 and ISBN 9780020425205. [Greek]
Courlander, Harold. The Crest and the Hide: And Other African Stories of Heroes, Chiefs, Bards, Hunters, Sorcerers and Common People. Coward, 1982. ISBN 0-698-20536-7 and ISBN 9780698205369. [African]
Crossley-Holland, Kevin, ed. Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki. Candlewick, 2017. [Norwegian/Scandanavian]
Daly, Ita, adapter. Irish Myths and Legends. Illus. by Bee Willey. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-1927-5454-8 and ISBN 9780192754547. [Irish]
d’Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar d’Aulaire. Book of Greek Myths. Doubleday, 1980. Paperback ed. Delacorte, 1992. ISBN 0-440-40694-3 and ISBN 9780440406945. [Greek]
———. D’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths. Preface by Michael Chabon. The New York Review Children’s Collection, 2005. ISBN 1-59017-125-X and ISBN 9781590171257. [Scandinavian]
Demi. Shiva. Wisdom Tales, 2020. ISBN 9781937786830. [Hindu]
dePaola, Tomie. The Legend of the Bluebonnet: An Old Tale of Texas. Putnam, 1983. ISBN 0-399-20937-9 and ISBN 9780399209376 [Native American]
———. The Legend of the Poinsettia. Putnam, 2007. ISBN 0-399-25035-2 and ISBN 9780399250354. [Mexican]
Don, Lari. Fierce, Fearless, and Free: Girls in Myths and Legends from Around the World. Ills. by Eilidh Muldoon. Bloomsbury Education, 2020. ISBN 9781472967138.
Fleischman, Paul. First Light, First Life: A Worldwide Creation Story. Henry Holt and Co., 2016. [Religious]
Gerstein, Mordicai. I Am Pan! New York: Roaring Book Press, 2016.
Gibfried, Diane. Brother Juniper. Illus. by Meilo So. Clarion, 2006. ISBN 0-6185-4361-9 and ISBN 9780618543618. [Religious]
Goble, Paul. Her Seven Brothers. Simon & Schuster, 1988. ISBN 0-02-737960-4 and ISBN 9780027379600. [Native American]
———. Love Flute. Bradbury, 1992. ISBN 0-02-736261-2 and ISBN 9780027362619. [Native American]
Graham, Pita, adapter. Maori Legends of the Land: Maori Tales and Traditions. Engravings by W. L. Dittmer; photographs by Gordon Ell. Bush Press of New Zealand, 2002. ISBN 0-9086-0887-X and ISBN 9780908608874. [New Zealand] Greek Myths: Meet the Heroes, God, and Monsters of Ancient Greece. Ills. by Katie Ponder. D Publishing, 2020. ISBN 9781465491534. [Greek]
Greene, Ellin. The Legend of the Cranberry: A Paleo-Indian Tale. Illus. by Brad Sneed. Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 0-671-75975-2 and ISBN 9780671759759. [Native American]
Hamilton, Virginia. In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World. Illus. by Barry Moser. Harcourt, 1988. ISBN 0-15-238740-4 and ISBN 9780152387402. [World]
Hansen, William F. The Book of Greek & Roman Folktales, Legends, & Myths. Illus. by Glynnis Fawkes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780691170152 and 0691170150 [Greek; Roman]
Hastings, Selina, reteller. Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady. Illus. by Juan Wijngaard. Lothrop, 1985. ISBN 0-688-05823-X and ISBN 9780688058234. [British]
Hazeltine, Alice. Hero Tales from Many Lands. Abingdon, 1961. ISBN 0-687-16943-7 and ISBN 9780687169436. [World] Heaney, Marie. The Names upon the Harp: Irish Myth and Legend. Illus. by Patrick J. Lynch. Arthur A. Levine, 2000. ISBN 0-5906-8052-8 and ISBN 9780590680523. [Irish]
Helfand, Harriet. And There Was Evening and There Was Morning. Kar-Ben Publishing, 2018. [Jewish]
Hodges, Margaret. Saint George and the Dragon. Illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Little, Brown, 1990. ISBN 0-316-36795-8 and ISBN 9780316367950. [British]
Jaffrey, Madhur. Seasons of Splendour: Tales, Myths, and Legends of India. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Puffin, 1992. ISBN 0-14-034699-6 and ISBN 9780140346992. [Indian]
Kanawa, Kiri Te. Land of the Long White Cloud: Maori Myths, Tales and Legends. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Arcade, 1990. ISBN 1-55970-046-7 and ISBN 9781559700467. [New Zealand]
Kershaw, Stephen, and Victoria Topping. Mythologica. Wide Eyed Editions, 2019. [Greek]
Keyser, Samuel Jay. The Pond God and Other Stories. Drawings by Robert Shetterly. Front Street, 2003. ISBN 1-8869-1096-0 and ISBN 9781886910966. [Original]
Krasno, Rena, and Yeng-Fong Chiang. Cloud Weavers: Ancient Chinese Legends. Illustrations from the collection of Yeng-Fong Chiang. Pacific View Press, 2003. ISBN 1-8818-9626-9 and ISBN 9781881896265. [Chinese]
Lester, Julius. John Henry. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1994. ISBN 0-8037-1606-0 and ISBN 9780803716063. [African American]
Lewis, J. Patrick. Blackbeard the Pirate King: Several Yarns Detailing the Legends, Myths, and Real-Life Adventures of History’s Most Notorious Seaman. National Geographic Society, 2006. ISBN 0-7822-5585-2 and ISBN 9780792255857. [English] Low, Alice. The Macmillan Book of Greek Gods and Heroes. Illus. by Arvin Stewart. Macmillan, 1994. ISBN 0-689-71874-8 and ISBN 9780689718748. [Greek]
Lunge-Larsen, Lise. The Adventures of Thor the Thunder God. Illus. by Jim Madsen. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. ISBN 0-6184-7301-7 and ISBN 9780618473014. [Norwegian]
———. The Race of the Birkebeiners. Illus. by Mary Azarian. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ISBN 0-618-10313-9 and ISBN 9780618103133. [Norwegian]
McBratney, Sam. One Voice, Please. Illus. by Russell Ayto. Candlewick, 2008. ISBN 0-7636-3479-4 and ISBN 9780763634797. [World]
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Odysseus. Cricket, 2004. ISBN 0-8126-2721-0 and ISBN 9780812627213. [Greek]
———. Perseus. Cricket, 2005. ISBN 0-8126-2735-0 and ISBN 9780812627350. [Greek]
———. Roman Myths. Illus. by Emma Chichester Clark. McElderry, 2001. ISBN 0-689-83822-0 and ISBN 9780689838224. [Roman]
———. Theseus. Cricket, 2005. ISBN 0-8126-2739-3 and ISBN 9780812627398. [Greek]
McCaughrean, Geraldine, reteller. Greek Myths. Illus. by Emma Chichester Clark. Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 0-689-50583-3 and ISBN 9780689505836. [Greek] Mandela, Nelson. Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales. Norton, 2002. ISBN 0-393-05212-5 and ISBN 9780393052121. [African]
Matthews, John. The Barefoot Book of Knights. Illus. by Giovanni Mann. Barefoot, 2002. ISBN 1-8414-8064-9 and ISBN 9781841480640. [World]
Matthews, John, and Caitlin Matthews. Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales. Illus. by Tomislav Tomiâc. Candlewick, 2008. ISBN 0-7636-3646-0 and ISBN 9780763636463. [World]
Mayer, Marianna. Women Warriors: Myths and Legends of Heroic Women. Illus. by Julek Heller. Morrow Junior, 2000. ISBN 0-6881-5522-7 and ISBN 9780688155223. [World]
Moses, Will. Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend. Philomel, 2001. ISBN 0-399231-53-6 and ISBN 9780399231537. [North America]
O’Connor, George. Hephaistos: God of Fire. First Second, 2019. [Greek]
_____. Hermes: Tales of the Trickster. First Second, 2018. [Greek]
_____. Zeus: King of the Gods. First Second/Roaring Brook, 2011. [Greek]
Nordvig, Mathias. Norse Mythology for Kids: Tales of Gods, Creatures, and Quests. Rockridge Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1646118533. [Norse]
Oliver, Narelle, adapter and illustrator. Mermaids Most Amazing. Putnam, 2005. ISBN 0-3992-4288-0 and ISBN 9780399242885. [World]
Osborne, Mary Pope, reteller. Favorite Greek Myths. Illus. by Troy Howell. Scholastic, 1989. ISBN 0-590-41338-4 and ISBN 9780590413381. [Greek]
Oughton, Jerrie. How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend. Illus. by Lisa Desmini. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-58798-0 and ISBN 9780395587980. [Native American]
Picard, Barbara Leonie, reteller. French Legends, Tales and Fairy Stories. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-19-274149-7 and ISBN 9780192741493. [French] ———. The Iliad of Homer. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-274147-0 and ISBN 9780192741479. [Greek]
———. The Odyssey of Homer. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-274146-2 and ISBN 9780192741462. [Greek]
———. Tales of the Norse Gods. Retold by Barbara Leonie Picard. Illus. by Rosamund Fowler. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-1927-5116-6 and ISBN 9780192751164. [Scandinavian]
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