Legends, Tales, and Myths Matrix (last updated July 2012) Author Ada, A Allen, Judy Anno, M + Anno, M. Bang, M. Baylor, Byrd Bedard, Michael Bing, Christopher Bodkin, Odds Bouchard, D. Bouchard, D. Bruchac, J. Buehner, C. Bunting, E. Burns, Kephra Byrd, Robert Chocolate, D. Climo, S. Coombs, Kate Craft, M. C. Fisher, L. E. Fleischman, P. Fleming, C. Fletcher, Susan Gregory, V. Hamilton, V. Hamilton, V. Hamilton, V. Hamilton, V. Hausman, G. & Hausman, L. Hazell, Rebecca Hazell, Rebecca Title Difficulty *Gold Coin, The Unexplained *Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar *Dawn Way to Start the Day, The *Wolf of Gubbio, The *Casey at the Bat *Ghost of the Southern Belle *Dragon New Year, The *Great Race, The *First Strawberries, The *Fanny’s Dream *December Mansa Musa Hero and the Minotaur, The *Talk, Talk *Atalanta’s Race Secret-Keeper, The *Cupid & Psyche *Kinderdike Dateline: Troy *Hatmaker’s Sign, The Shadow Spinner *Through the Mickle Woods *Drylongso Her Stories *Many Thousand Gone *People Could Fly, The *Dogs of Myth Easy Medium Medium Easy Easy Easy Medium Medium Medium Medium Easy Easy Easy Difficult Medium Easy Medium Medium Medium Easy Difficult Medium Difficult Medium Medium Difficult Medium Medium * Heroes *Heroines Medium Medium Ancient Myths Tales Modern By Author SuperNatural X X Geographical/Cultural Origin Central America World X X X X Canadian World Italian American American Chinese Chinese Native American X X X X X X X Taureg (Saharan Africa) Greece African Greek X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Greek European Greek American Middle Eastern European African American African American African American African American Greek Greek Legends, Tales, and Myths Matrix (last updated July 2012) Author Title Difficulty Helprin, M. Henderson, Kathy Hogrogian, N. Hooks, William Johnson, Angela Keyser, Samuel Jay Kimmel, Eric Kimmel, Eric Lasky, K. Lasky, K. Leaf, M. Lee, J. Lester, J. Lester, Julius Maughm, S. McLean, Mollie and Wiseman, Anne McDermott, G. McDermott, G. Melville, Herman/Needle, Jan Morpurgo, Michael *Veil of Snows, The Lugalbanda *Contest, The *Freedom’s Fruit I Dream of Trains Pond God and Other Stories, The Don Quixote and the Windmills *Hero Beowulf, The *Cloud Eyes Surtsey *Eyes of the Dragon *Toad Is the Uncle of Heaven *John Henry Old African, The *Appointment Adventures of the Greek Heroes Difficult Medium Medium Medium Medium Difficult Medium Medium Easy Difficult Medium Easy Medium Medium Easy Medium *Musicians of the Sun *Stone-Cutter, The Moby Dick Easy Easy Difficult Joan of Arc Difficult Morpurgo, Michael Sir Gawain & the Green Knight Difficult Ancient Myths Tales Modern By Author SuperNatural Geographical/Cultural Origin X X X X X X X X X X X X Iraq (Ancient Mesopotamia) Middle Eastern American US Continental USA Spain Nordic Native American European Asian Asian African American Africa- American Middle Eastern Ancient Greece Latin American Latin American X Embellished historical figure of French heroine From the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable Legends, Tales, and Myths Matrix (last updated July 2012) Author Moser, B. Moses, Will Myers. W. D. Myers, Walter Dean Nolan, Dennis Nolen, Jerdine Pinkney, Jerry Price, L. Pyle, H. Place, F. Rumford, R. Rylant, Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Sage, J. Sara San Souci, R. San Souci, R. San Souci, R. Say, Allen Schurr, S. Shulevitx, U. Sutcliff, R. Title *Tucker Pfeffercorn *Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The *Story of Three Kingdoms *Time to Love, A Androcles and the Lion *Big Jabe *Noah’s Ark *Aida *Bearskin *Last Giants, The *Cloudmakers, The *Bird House, The *Dreamer, The *Coyote Makes Man *Rabbit, the Fox, and the Wolf, The *Faithful Friend, The *Hired Hand, The *Weave of Words, The *Home of the Brave, The Shadow Children, The *Secret Room, The *Black Ships Before Troy Difficulty Medium Medium Easy Medium Easy Medium Medium Medium Medium Difficult Easy Medium Easy Wordless Medium Medium Medium Medium Difficult Easy Difficult Ancient Myths Tales Modern By Author SuperNatural X X X X X X X X X Geographical/Cultural Origin European American African American Bible stories Greek American Middle Eastern Egyptian European European Asian X Native American X X X X X Caribbean American Asian American European Middle Eastern Greek Legends, Tales, and Myths Matrix (last updated July 2012) Author Title Difficulty Tornqvist, Rita Van Allsburg, C. Volkmer, J. A. *Old Musician, The *Widow’s Broom, The *Song of the Chirimia Waldherr, K. Waldman, N. Washington, Irving *Persephone and the Pomegranate *Two Brothers Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Medium Medium Easy Bilingual Medium Easy Medium Wisniewski, D. Wisniewski, D. Wolkstein, D. Xerxa, L. Yee, P. *Golem *Sundiata *White Wave *Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall *Ghost Train Medium Medium Easy Easy Medium * = Picture book Easy = Level 1 Ancient Myths Tales Modern By Author SuperNatural X X X X X X X X Medium = Level 2 Geographical/Cultural Origin European European Latin American Greek Middle Eastern 19th Century New York State Eastern Europe African Asian Native American Asian American Difficult = GED-level