Armageddon Summer

By Jane Yolen

Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they th...

The hurrying child

By Jane Yolen

Maddy and her grandmother recount the story of the granddaughter's birth and how she was a hurrying child from the very first day she came into the world.

Harvest home

By Jane Yolen

A young farm girl and her family bring in the new harvest and celebrate with prayers, songs, and a festive meal. Includes instructions for making a harvest doll from corn husks.

Eeny Up Above

By Jane Yolen

The Ballad of the Pirate Queens

By Jane Yolen

Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls

By Jane Yolen

A collection of thirteen traditional tales from various parts of the world, with the main character of each being a fearless, strong, heroic, and resourceful woman.

The wizard's map

By Jane Yolen

Three children visiting relatives in Scotland become involved in the plans of a diabolical wizard.

Wizard's Hall

By Jane Yolen

A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.

The Pictish child

By Jane Yolen

While visiting relatives in Scotland, three children come to the aid of a refugee from the distant past, a young Pict girl escaping a massacre of her people.

Armageddon summer

By Jane Yolen

Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they th...