Lise Lunge-Larsen

Brief stories featuring such creatures as flower fairies, elves, dwarves, and river sprites.

Ancient names come to rich and fascinating life in this lavishly illustrated book for mythology fans and word lovers. Did you know that "museums" were initially temples built to worship the nine muses, the goddesses of the arts? That "Janus" was the god of the doorways and hallways, and we have named our janitors after him? Where did these words - and other words, such as chaos, genius, nemesis, panic, echo, and narcissus - come from? From the ancient...

Stories of Norse Thunder God Thor, adapted for modern young audiences.

During the long, arduous voyage of the ark, Noah discovers that the sheep's wool has become matted into a strange material, for which he finds a practical use once the ark has come to rest atop a mountain.