Stuck for reading inspiration over the summer? Try this myths and legends list when you take the Summer Reading Challenge – reserve and collect from your library:
Picture books
- Sir Scallywag and the Deadly Dragon Poo by Giles Andrea & Korky Paul
- The Very Messy Mermaid by Tracey Corderoy
- The Troll by Julia Donaldson
- The Day Louis Got Eaten by John Fardell
- How to Catch a Dragon by Caryl Hart
- Supertato by Sue Hendra
- Very Little Red Riding Hood by Teresa Heapy
- Giant by Colin McNaugthon
- Jack and the Jelly Bean Stalk by Rachael Mortimer
- The Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt
- Dragon Stew by Steve Smallman
- Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere
- That’s not my Dragon by Fiona Watt
- George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell
Beginner reads and short chapter books
- The Frog Emperor by Anne Adeney
- The Monster Crisp Guzzler by Malorie Blackman
- Too Many Webs for Anansi by Malachy Doyle
- Robin Hood’s Day by Josephine Feeney
- Cara and the Wizard by Liz Flanagan
- The Gold-giving Snake by Mick Gowar
- Benny and the Monster by Sue Graves
- The Wooden Horse by Russell Punter
- Big Fright by A B Saddlewick
Junior novels
- Arrowhead by Ruth Eastham
- Dragon Shield by Charlie Fletcher
- Muncle Trogg by Janet Foxley
- Blackberry Blue by Jamila Gavin
- Young Knights of the Round Table by Julia Golding
- Let Sleeping Monsters Lie and Other Cautionary Tales by Eva Ibbotson
- The Dragonsitter’s Island by Josh Lacey
- First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts by Don Lari
- Sea Monsters and Other Delicacies by Matthew Morgan
- The Secret Kingdom by Jenny Nimmo
- Goblins by Philip Reeve
- The Sword of Kuhomi by Jason Rohan
- Really Weird Removals by Daniela Sacerdoti
- Hagurosan by Darren Shan
- Muddle Earth by Paul Stewart
- The Dragon’s Song by Claire Taylor-Smith
- Fleeced by Julia Wills
- Emily Feather and the Enchanted Door by Holly Webb