Do you have a cherished story from childhood that has been reworked into something different yet still familiar? Everything old becomes new again when it comes to retellings of classic myths, legends, and fairy tales. By taking treasured stories and characters and adding a new twist, such as a different setting or a varied narrative perspective, a favorite story is given a new life. Join in on the fun by reading a reimagined myth, reshaped legend, or fractured fairy tale from this month's display.
Birth of the fifth sun : and other Mesoamerican tales
The Golden Hoard
Llama and the great flood : a folktale from Peru
Perseus
Theseus and the Minotaur
The Great Race of the Birds and Animals
Storm Maker's Tipi
Rapunzel's Revenge
The Sleeper and the Spindle
Olympians : Athena
Princess of the Midnight Ball
The Bearskinner : a tale of the Brothers Grimm
Toads and Diamonds
Beauty and the Beast
The origin of life on earth : an African creation myth
Martina, the beautiful cockroach : a Cuban folktale
Chicken Little
Gilgamesh the Hero
Arrow to the sun : a Pueblo Indian tale
Way up and over Everything
Beowulf : a hero's tale retold
Me and You
The Lion and the Mouse
Sleepless Beauty
Beauty and the beast : an interactive fairy tale adventure
Sleeping beauty : an interactive fairy tale adventure
War music : an account of Homer's Iliad
The King Must Die
The Silence of the Girls
After Troy
Weight
One thousand and one nights : a retelling by Hanan al-Shaykh
The Penelopiad
Home Fire
Ransom
A wild swan : and other tales
The Feast
The Raid
Jason and Medeia
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
Brendan
Mirror, Mirror
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
The Mere Wife
Circe
The Lost Books of the Odyssey
The Song of Achilles
Do you have a cherished story from childhood that has been reworked into something different yet still familiar? Everything old becomes new again when it comes to retellings of classic myths, legends, and fairy tales. By taking treasured stories and characters and adding a new twist, such as a different setting or a varied narrative perspective, a favorite story is given a new life. Join in on the fun by reading a reimagined myth, reshaped legend, or fractured fairy tale from this month's display.