Cynthia Bishop

Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.

When the goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, discovers her husband's mortal son Hercules, she vows to destroy him. Thus begins Hercules's legendary and epic journey in which he is forced to take on a series of seemingly impossible tasks. He battles an array of both amazing and terrifying beasts, including the mighty Cretan Bull, the many-headed Hydra, the ferocious Nemean Lion, and the three-headed guardian of hell, Cerberus. With the help of the gods Athena...

Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hill.

When her beloved forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting women, she happily accepts, only to discover her own strength comes from places both expected and unexpected.

In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.

When a boy is given a box by an angel who asks him to care for it, the task shapes his entire life.

"Warm and real . . . packed with incident, country magic, family lore, and people to remember."--The New York Times Book Review "Vivid descriptions . . . and excellent characterization mark each page of the book."--Chicago Tribune -

Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city is a thrill to Miri. She and her princess academy friends have been brought to Asland to help the future princess Britta prepare for her wedding. There, Miri also has a chance to attend school-at the Queen's Castle. But as Miri befriends students who seem sophisticated and exciting, she also learns that they have some frightening plans. Torn between loyalty to the princess and her new friends'...

Experience all the power, poetry, and passion of one of the Bible's most moving stories as God and Satan contest for the soul of a good and faithful man-a man whose faith is about to be tested in ways most of us can scarcely imagine. This full cast recording makes the language-and the emotions-of this great text accessible in a completely new way.