Best Selling Books by Barbara Leonie Picard

A contemplative and sensitive young boy, seen by his family to be unfit for the life of a fourteenth century nobleman, is sent to a monastery but he is determined to prove himself worthy of nobility and capable of being a knight. Original.

In early 14th-century England, young Alys de Renneville, unable to persuade any of her relatives that her father and brother are alive and being held for ransom in Scotland, determines to rescue them herself and, together with the fourteen-year-old servant boy Hugh, sets out on the perilous journey north.

Tales of the epic French heroes, courtly tales from the middle ages and various legends from the French provinces, retold in colloquial English. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary.

Classic story in Greek mythology of Odysseus'' heroic adventures and long journey home.

Presents the legends of the great German heroes, including the story of Gudrun, the saga of Siegfried, and the vengeance of Kriemhild with a lively collection of traditional folk tales.

A collection of fairy tales set in various regimes of the world: Europe, the Middle East and the Orient.

Persian legends of valor and heroism taken from the first part of Firdausi''s Shah-Hama, and epic poem covering the history of Persia through the seventh century.

The story of a young outlaw in the Forest of Arden during the lawless period when King Richard was away in Jerusalem fighting the Crusades. cf. Dust jacket.

Nine legendary tales brought to the British Isles by the different people who settled there. Grades 6-8.

Distinguished author Barbara Leonie Picard says that during World War II she sought to "forget the sad war days by writing fairy tales: simply because I had always liked fairy tales." After the war, she continued to create stories full of adventure and romance and tinged with melancholy in the best tradition of storytellers of old. Now, in this new book, she has chosen her favorites to be gathered together for the first time. The Sea King''s Daughter--the first fairy tale Ms. Picard ever wrote--is a concise and masterful tale of a prince, his new bride, and a scorned and powerful maiden from the sea. Promises are made and broken, and the prince learns the price true love demands. In Count Alaric''s Lady a young man discovers that his lady is not from his world, but from that of the "fairy people." Only by offering her a perfect love will he keep her by his side. Little Lady Margaret lives a lonely life that promises to get only gloomier until she learns to weave herself into her needlepoint tapestry. These stories and 13 others, full of magic and wonder, are distinguished by Ms. Picard''s gracefully simple prose and by the exquisite black and white line drawings of Julia Cobbold. This is a collection that will charm readers of all ages.

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Consists of original fairy tales by the author.