What secrets belong only to a fish? Dive in and find out!Explore this a genre-bending anthology of 33 delightfully fishy tales. Fantasy, science fiction, retold folklore, new myths, and more await you.Contributors:Camille Alexa, “The Skin of Her Skin”M. Bennardo, “The Fish-Wife’s Tale”Polenth Blake, “Thwarting the Fiends”Shay Darrach, “I Know a Secret”Amanda C. Davis, “O How the Wet Folk Sing”Paul A. Dixon, “One Let Go”Corin...

Out of this deep respect for nature Aborigines have learned to live in remarkable harmony with the land and its animals.Here are a few stories, which relate to a culture we can all learn from. If we try harder we can all live in harmony with planet earth.

Why do big cats have pads on their feet?Which is the largest big cat?Which big cat lives at the highest elevation?Which is the only social cat?Which is the only cat that runs its prey to the ground?Find out the answers to these questions and more in this 15-minute book. Amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give child...

From the imagination behind the award-winning Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series comes a steampunk novella inspired by Hans Christian Andersen.The mermaid Lorelei is the youngest daughter of King Triton, but she has always been drawn to the Above world. Though she is revels in the joys of her tail and the underwater world, she has never felt she belongs there. The Sea Witch and her marvelous contraptions offer a way to pursue her dreams. What she will find the...

Jamaica Kincaid's At the Bottom of the River... inspired, lyrical short storiesReading Jamaica Kincaid is to plunge, gently, into another way of seeing both the physical world and its elusive inhabitants. Her voice is, by turns, naively whimsical and biblical in its assurance, and it speaks of what is partially remembered partly divined. The memories often concern a childhood in the Caribbean--family, manners, and landscape--as distilled and transformed by Kincaid's special...

In most fairy tales, the prince rescues the princess. It's not often she gets to return the favor.Mai Westenra is pulled into a centuries-old quest for vengeance and magic, never realizing that she'll find love in the midst of danger.Tyr Halvarsson has waited lifetimes to be rid of his curse. Resigned to his immortal half-life, one selfless act of humanity can redeem him. Or kill him.Together, Mai and Tyr must work against time and magic to perform the runespell tha...

Animal teeth are often very different from our own. They are not only shaped differently, they also work differently. Here are some strange things scientists have discovered about animal teeth.What animal has the strongest bite force of any mammal?What do lemurs use your teeth for?What is strange about the water deer's teeth?How much would a single mammoth tooth weigh?What color are a beaver's teeth?Who has the biggest teeth of any land animal?

An island girl encounters a previously unknown sea faring race and faces the ridicule of the rest of her village.

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Japanese fairy tales and other folk stories—providing insight into a rich literary culture.Playful goblins with long noses, magic tea kettles and a delightfully brave hero who just happens to be one inch tall-these are some of the wonderful characters you'll meet in this collection of the 20 best-loved Japanese children's stories. Drawn from folklore and passed down for generations, these classic ta...

Of Hearts and Souls is a collection of free verse poetry written over the past 15 years. It is about the journey of life and the different roads we walk down on that journey. The book includes both short micro-poems for those who prefer their poetry in bite-size snacks and longer more prosaic poetry for the avid poetry reader. Topics range the spectrum of life and form a vivid mosaic of images by the end of the book. The book culminates with a poem written as a wedding present for Robin's ...

Love transcends all barriers in this modern fairy taleWhen the Mer-Child learned the story of the Little Mermaid, he recognized it as the account of his mother and father, the beautiful mermaid and the human man for whom she sacrificed everything. But that love had left their offspring, the Mer-Child, stranded between worlds, as unwelcome in the realm of the sea as in the earth above. Never fitting in, he has been left to wander, searching for friends, his silvery t...

Metuaro is a simple fisherman whose quest to become king of his island kingdom takes him to the lair of a tentacled monster, the lonely guardian of an ancient treasure, who has long loved the fisherman from afar. Will Metuaro submit to the creature's desires and win the treasure?Short sex story of mm romance features tentacle sex erotica.