The Griffin

The Griffin
Author: Brothers Grimm
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 11
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8726590433

The king’s daughter gets sick and the only way for her to feel better is by eating apples. Now you would not be so surprised if we told you that the king announced that whoever brings apples to the princess, will get her hand and will become the next king in the kingdom. Things are however more complicated than they looked in the beginning as the king sets new conditions one after another. Hans, the youngest of three brothers, is with the purest heart and is at the same time determined to succeed. The last trial will either make him king or will endanger his life and future. Children and adults alike, immerse yourselves into Grimm’s world of folktales and legends! Come, discover the little-known tales and treasured classics in this collection of 210 fairy tales. Brothers Grimm are probably the best-known storytellers in the world. Some of their most popular fairy tales are "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Little Red Riding Hood" and there is hardly anybody who has not grown up with the adventures of Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Snow White. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s exceptional literature legacy consists of recorded German and European folktales and legends. Their collections have been translated into all European languages in their lifetime and into every living language today.

The Griffin and the Minor Canon

The Griffin and the Minor Canon
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2005-11-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 006029731X

The first of Frank Stockton's original fairytales re-illustrated by Maurice Sendak. When a griffin shows great fondness for the sculpture of himself above the great door of the church, and equal admiration for the Minor Canon, the townspeople fear that the terrifying creature will live among them forever.

The Griffin's Egg

The Griffin's Egg
Author: Cole Poindexter
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2024-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1509253505

Lost in a wild West Virginia forest, Phoebe Gray's world is upended when she finds an irritable goblin named Gnish-Gnash. She’s stumbled into Lerch Hollow, a place of magic and mystery where trolls lurk in shadows and mermaids sway with the tide. The young adventurer soon finds herself caught up in a race against time; the Dark Mistress Lucinda is on the hunt for the last Griffin's egg, for its power will make her unstoppable. It is up to Phoebe to protect the egg while discovering the secrets of her own magical connection to the mysterious wizard Thatcher. With Gnish at her side and her grandfather’s old cloak on her back, Phoebe must protect this enchanted world from destruction.

Very Willing Griffin

Very Willing Griffin
Author: David Blagden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 237
Release: 1973-01-01
Genre: Observer Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race
ISBN: 9780432014257

Wildspark: A Ghost Machine Adventure

Wildspark: A Ghost Machine Adventure
Author: Vashti Hardy
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407189859

A mind-bending adventure from the author of Brightstorm! A year after the death of her older brother, Prue Haywood's family is still shattered by grief. But everything changes when a stranger arrives at the farm. A new, incredible technology has been discovered in the city of Medlock, where a secretive guild of inventors have developed a way to capture spirits of the dead in animal-like machines, bringing them back to life. Prue knows that the "Ghost Guild" might hold the key to bringing her brother back, so she seizes the stranger's offer to join as an apprentice. But to find her brother, she needs to find a way to get the ghost machines to remember the people they used to be. Yet if Prue succeeds, all of society could come apart...