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Mythical Creatures by James Harpur Publisher Comments (back cover) Prepare to enter a realm of monsters and magical creatures--the stuff of dreams . . . and of nightmares! Here is a place where man-eating giants roam the earth, where sea monsters lurk in the oceans' darkness, and where fire-breathing... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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A Practical Guide to Dragon Riding (Dragonlance: The New Adventure) by Lisa Trut Trumbauer Publisher Comments Take flight with this sequel to The New York Times best-selling A Practical Guide to Dragons!! How do you hatch a dragon egg? Do dragon riders need reins? How do you say fly in Draconic? Once again, Sindri Suncatcher opens up his notebooks to share with... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Bunyans by Audrey Wood Publisher Comments Meet the Bunyan family--Paul, his giant wife Carrie, and their two king-sized children Little Jean and Teeny. As they frolic through early America, their footprints and adventures carve out infamous sites from the Rocky Mountains and Niagara Falls to... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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King Pom and the Fox by Jessica Souhami Synopsis Li Ming looks so proud guarding his one pomegranate tree that people laughingly call him “King Pom.” But when he catches a big red fox stealing a pomegranate, the fox makes a deal with him — “Get me out of here and Ill make you rich!... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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John Henry, an American Legend by Ezra Jack Keats Publisher Comments Illus. in full color. The Caldecott Medalist's powerful classic is now reissued in a handsome paperback edition, as well as a library edition.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Monsterologist: A Memoir in Rhyme by Bobbi Katz Publisher Comments Open this memoir…if you dare! For inside this rare collection of letters, notes, and interviews lie the choicest fruits of the monsterologists bone-chilling research. In engaging rhyme, the monster master tells all about Count Dracula (“When... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum by Ashley Bryan Publisher Comments Here are five Nigerian folktales, retold in language as rhythmic as the beat of the story-drum, and illustrated with vibrant, evocative woodcuts.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Practical Guide to Dragon Magic (Dungeons & Dragons) by Susan Morris Publisher Comments The two most popular fantasy topics--dragons and magic--combine in this fascinating new volume of the New York Times best-selling series... Do you wish you could fly on wings of your own? Breathe fire? Cast spells in the blink of an eye? These are the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Amazons!: Women Warriors of the World by Sally Clayton Synopsis Powerful women may be given short shrift in history books, but the worlds folklore is filled with tales of their heroic exploits. Durga the Demon-Slayer, Al-Datma of Egypt, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, are just a few of the legendary women who... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt by Tamara Bower Publisher Comments CAN WOMAN EVER CONQUER MAN? Queen Serpot rules the Land of Women, where the Amazon women live free, without men, and hunt and fight their own battles. But one day their peace is broken. An army of Egyptian soldiers is approaching their land, led by their... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Shapeshifters: Tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses by Adrian Mitchell Synopsis Recreated from Ovid's "Metamorphoses," these stories, ballads, and headline news articles let the Minotaur, King Midas, Arachne, Bacchus, Persephone, and many more haunting figures walk the Earth once more. Full color.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Big Book of Knights, Nobles & Knaves by Adria Fruitos Publisher Comments Magical lands inhabited by fire-breathing dragons, clever wizards casting their spells, valiant kings and gallant knights fighting for right, sly knaves eager to betray, kidnapped queens and maidens trapped in towers, merry bandits, and more: this is the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Clever Ali by Farmer Publisher Comments In the spirit of "The Arabian Nights" comes a suspenseful new story from a Newbery Honor author. Full color.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Trojan Horse by Albert Lorenz Publisher Comments Presents the story of how the Greek gods started a war between the Trojans and the Greeks, and how the war ended when Greeks snuck into the city of Troy inside a giant wooden horse.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Z Is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet (General Alphabet) by Helen Wilbur Publisher Comments Whose face launched a thousand ships? Who dropped an apple to win a race? What creature has the head of a woman, the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and always wakes up on the wrong side of the bed? The Oracle knows and so will young readers after... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Fabulous and Monstrous Beasts by Belinda Weber Publisher Comments Throughout time, myths and stories have been full of fantastical beasts, monsters, and legends, some wondrous and some downright scary. Learn about these creatures from around the world in this eye-popping compendium. From fairies and hobgoblins to... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Mamy Wata and the Monster Somali-English by Veronique Tadjo Publisher Comments When Mamy Wata, the queen of all waters, finds a supposedly frightening monster crying in his cave, she is touched by his tears and wonders how she can make him happy again.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $2.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Illustrated Guide to Mythical Creatures by Hammond Synopsis From the glance of a Cockatrice that can turn a person to stone to a Manticore luring unsuspecting travelers to their doom, noted illustrator David West, using 3-D computer-generated art, creates a visually stunning universe of legendary beasts. Full... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Anansi's Party Time by Eric A Kimmel Synopsis Anansi is throwing a party. He invites Turtle, but plays so many tricks on him that Turtle can't have any fun. So Turtle decides to get even and throws a party of his own. A companion to Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, Anansi Goes Fishing, Anansi and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $11.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Tales of Mystery and Magic W/CD by Hugh Lupton Synopsis A bewitching world of mystery and magic awaits you! Meet singing elves with magical feet; skeletons that move of their own accord; and a heroic blackbird who outwits a powerful king. Master storyteller Hugh Lupton is at his exceptional best as he shares... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Hardcover
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