Books like Pegasus: A Timeless Greek Tale About Trust, Friendship, and the Legendary Winged Horse for Kids
By Marianna Mayer
For kids captivated by mythical creatures and the idea that a wild, magnificent animal might choose to trust just one person, this retelling turns that bond into the whole adventure. Sweeping, mythic, and richly painted, with quiet tenderness inside the grand adventure.
An aging donkey, dog, cat, and rooster, each cast off by masters who no longer want them, set out together for Bremen-Town to become street musicians and find a robbers' cabin standing in their way.
An imaginary friend waits and waits to be chosen by a child, and when no one picks him, he does the unimaginable — he leaves his island to find his perfect match himself.
A small boy is invited to tea at the palace and always asks the same question — may he bring a friend? — and each time, a surprising animal guest shows up beautifully behaved.
A small owl who has always dreamed of knighthood gets his chance during Knight Night Watch, when a huge, frightening intruder appears at the castle he's sworn to protect.
Moomintroll and his friends set out to find the legendary Ocean's Song, hidden inside a shell only its finder can hear, but a sudden thunderstorm forces them to turn back before reaching home safely.
A little girl waits eagerly for a new hat from her favorite aunt, but when it arrives plain and ordinary, she sets out to make it beautiful herself.
A fish and his best friend, a tadpole, grow up together in a pond until the tadpole becomes a frog and hops off to explore dry land, leaving the fish desperate to follow.
A bear cub finds a piano in the forest and, drawn back again and again, teaches himself to play beautiful music — then must choose between city fame and the friends who love him at home.
When an evil spider queen threatens to destroy a kindly old woman's garden, the good bugs call on the tiny warrior Leaf Men for help — and race to recover a Long Lost Toy that might save her.
A curious fox named Marco joins a ship captained by a deer and crewed by pigeons, sailing off in search of a wondrous island and answers to his endless questions.
On a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is whisked away by a mischievous cloud to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7, where he starts sketching wild new cloud shapes for bored clouds.
A pig named Pearl finds a talking bone on her way home from school, and their new friendship is soon tested by robbers and a hungry fox with unexpected powers.
