Books with title Tales Of Heroes: Retold Timeless Classics

Offers young readers a look at Jason, King Arthur, and other heroes of myth, history, and literature.

Offers young readers a look at the powers of fate and how they effect human lives as seen in a Greek myth and in stories by Saki, Frank R. Stockton, Anton Chekhov, and Guy de Maupassant.

Offers young readers a look at four adventures of the famous English detective, Sherlock Holmes, from stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Offers young readers a look at nine traditional stories from Ethiopia, South Africa, and places in between.

Offers young readers a look at five traditional stories from Mexico and South America.

Offers young readers retellings of works by Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Mrs. Molesworth, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Offers young readers a look at five traditional German tales from the works of the Brothers Grimm.

Offers young readers a look at the origins of the tombs, temples, statuary, and other ancient creations known as the "Seven Wonders of the World" and what became of them.

Offers young readers a look at Vermont soldier William Scott, African American spies Dabney and his wife, drummer Johnny Clem, and other figures from the Civil War.

Offers young readers a look at the myths of Midas, Aphrodite, Adonis, Echo, Narcissus, and Oedipus.

Offers young readers a look at six traditional myths and legends from different Native American peoples.

Offers young readers a look at Mark Twain's distinctive sense of humor as revealed in tales of the old West, Missouri, and medieval Europe.