Aesop’s Modern Fables
These confusing times of Internet trolls, one-percenters, toxic fame, and impending singularity cry out for clarity—the clarity found in Aesop’s 2,500 year old fables.
70 writers from across the creative spectrum bring their modern sensibilities to this classic format. Zombies, dog-men and robot wasps mingle with cats, coyotes and cockroaches. Parables ranging from the... [click here for more]
A boy and a talking cat hunt for a dragon on Wild Island, encountering boars, monkeys, lions, crocodiles, a rhinoceros, and more!
A Newbery Honor Book (1949).
Note: This digital edition includes the PDF, EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) versions of the book.
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This would be a birthday she would never forget.
Most girls look forward to their sweet sixteenth birthday. For Bianca Flynn, she believed hers would be an average celebration, one where she would be stuck at home with the stepmother she dislikes. Then things start happening. A strange reaction to apples and an odd phobia of mirrors quickly spirals out of control, throwing... [click here for more]