Children’s Books

The Adventures of Odysseus by Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden and Christina Balit

The Adventures of Thor the Thunder God by Lise Lunge-Larsen and Jim Madsen

Amazons! Women Warriors of the World by Sally Pomme Clayton and Sophie Herxheimer

Atalanta’s Race: A Greek Myth by Shirley Climo and Alexander Koshkin

Atlantis: The Legend of a Lost City by Christina Balit

Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer and KY Craft

The Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greek Myths, Retold by Cynthia Rylant and Carson Ellis

Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie dePaola

Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt by Ruth Fosdick Jones

Casting the Gods Adrift: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by Geraldine McCaughrean and Patricia D Ludlow

Changing Woman and Her Sisters: Stories of Goddesses From Around the World by Katrin Hyman Tchana and Trina Schart Hyman

A Child’s Eye View of Heathenry by Galina Krasskova

The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum and Willy Pogany

The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum and Willy Pogany

Children’s Treasury of Mythology by Margaret Price Evans

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions by Starhawk

Cry of the Benu Bird: An Egyptian Creation Story by C Shana Greger

Cupid and Psyche by Charlotte M and KY Craft

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

Cyclops by Leonard Everett Fisher

d’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

d’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

Demeter and Persephone by Hugh Lupton, Daniel Modren and Carole Henaff

The Detectives in Togas series by Henry Winterfeld

Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson and Leo and Diane Dillon

The Emily Windsnap series by Liz Kessler

Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods and Heroes by Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda

Escape From Pompeii by Christina Balit

A Fair Wind for Troy by Doris Gates

Favorite Norse Myths by Mary Pope Osborne and Troy Howell

The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick

A Gift From Zeus: Sixteen Favorite Myths by William Steig and Jeanne Steig

Gift of the Nile: An Ancient Egyptian Legend by Jan M Mike

Gifts From the Gods: Ancient Words and Wisdom from Greek and Roman Mythology by Lise Lunge-Larsen and Gareth Hinds

Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean and David Parkins

The Gilgamesh Trilogy by Ludmila Zeman

Goddesses: A World of Myth and Magic by Burleigh Muten and Rebecca Guay

The Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient China by Leonard Everett Fisher

The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Leonard Everett Fisher

The Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Maya by Leonard Everett Fisher

The Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Norse by Leonard Everett Fisher

The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus by Aliki

The Golden Fleece, and the Heroes Who Came Before Achilles by Padraic Colum and Willy Pogany

The Golden God: Apollo by Doris Gates

Greek Myths by Ann Turnbull and Sarah Young

Greek Myths: Stories of Sun, Stone, and Sea by Sally Pomme Clayton and Jane Ray

The Hero Beowulf by Eric Kimmel and Leonard Everett Fisher

Herodotus and the Road to History by Jeanne Bendick

The Heroes series by Geraldine McCaughrean

Heroes in Training series by Joan Holub, et al

The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan

His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut by Dorothy Sharp Carter

Iduna and the Magic Apples by Marianna Mayer and Laszlo Gal

In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid by Penelope Lively

The Incredible Voyage of Ulysses by Bimba Landmann

The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan

Kindertales by John Mainer and Freydis Heimdallson

Lammas: Celebrating the Fruits of the First Harvest by Anna Franklin

The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky

Lord of the Sky: Zeus by Doris Gates

Mabon: Celebrating the Autumn Equinox by Kristen Madden

Medusa by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Medusa Jones by Ross Collins

The Mighty Twelve: Superheroes of Greek Mythology by Charles R Smith Jr and  Craig Russell

Mother Earth, Father Sky: Poems of Our Planet by Jane Yolen and Jennifer Hewitson

The Mythic Misadventures series by Carolyn Hennessy

Mythology (from the Ologies series) by Lady Hestia Evans

The Myth-o-mania series by Kate McMullen and Denis Zilber

Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia by D Anne Love and Pam Paparone

The Olympians: Great Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece by Leonard Everett Fisher

Once Upon a Starry Sky: A Book of Constellations by Jacqueline Mitton and Christina Balit

Orpheus and Eurydice by Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden and Carole Henaff

Pegasus by Marianna Mayer and KY Craft

Pegasus the Flying Horse by Jane Yolen, et al

Pepi and the Secret Names: Help Pepi Crack the Hieroglyphic Code by Jill Paton Walsh and Fiona French

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

Persephone by Sally Pomme Clayton and Virginia Lee

Persephone and the Pomegranate by Kris Waldherr

The Planet Gods: Myths and Facts About the Solar System by Jacqueline Mitton and Christina Balit

The Prince and the Golden Ax: A Minoan Tale by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

The Prince of the Dolomites: An Old Italian Tale by Tomie dePaola

The Race of the Golden Apples by Claire Martin and Leo and Diane Dillon

Rama and Sita: Path of Flames by Sally Pomme Claton and Sophie Herxheimer

Roman Myths by Geraldine MacCaughrean and Emma Chichester

Sacred Animals by Kris Waldherr

Sacred Places by Jane Yolen and David Shannon

The Sailor Who Captured the Sea: A Story of the Book of Kells by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

The Scarab’s Secret by Nick Would and Christina Balit

Science in Ancient Egypt by Geraldine Woods

The Sea of Trolls Trilogy by Nancy Farmer

Selene The Most Famous Bull-Leaper on Earth by Zsuzanna E Budapest and Carol Clement

Shapeshifters: Tales from Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Adrian Mitchell and Alan Lee

Song to Demeter by Cynthia and William Birrer

The Star-Bearer: A Creation Myth From Ancient Egypt by Diane Hofmeyr and Jude Daly

Stephanides Brothers’ Greek Mythology by Menelaos and Yannis Stephanides

Stolen Thunder: A Norse Myth by Shirley Climo and Alexander Koshkin

Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

The Story of Greece by Mary MacGregor

Tales From the Odyssey series by Mary Pope Osborne

The Theodosia series by RL LaFevers

There Is No Arguing in Heaven: A Mayan Myth by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Theseus and the Minotaur by Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden and Carole Henaff

Theseus and the Minotaur by Leonard Everett Fisher

Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters by Donna Jo Napoli and Christina Balit

The Trojan War by Olivia Coolidge

The Twelve Labors of Hercules by James Riordan and Christina Balit

The Two Mountains: An Aztec Legend by Eric Kimmel and Leonard Everett Fisher

Two Queens of Heaven: Aphrodite and Demeter by Doris Gates and Trina Schart Hyman

The Warrior Goddess: Athena by Doris Gates

We Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera by Doris Orgel and Marilee Heyer

The Well of Sacrifice by Chris Eboch and Bryn Barnard

Wind Child by Shirley Rousseau Murphy and Leo and Diane Dillon

The Winged Cat by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Witch Poems by Daisy Wallace and Trina Schart Hyman

The Woman in the Moon And Other Tales of Forgotten Heroines by James Riordan and Angela Barrett

Women of Camelot: Queens and Enchantresses at the Court of King Arthur by Mary Hoffman and Christina Balit

Zekmet the Stone-Carver: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by Mary Stolz and Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet by Helen L Wilbur and Victor Juhasz

Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations by Jacqueline Mitton and Christina Balit

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