Beneath the Moon

Beneath the Moon

Yoshi Yoshitani 2020

We recently took a little trip to Maryland to see my new baby niece.  The hotel we stayed in was within walking distance to a diner and a Barnes and Nobel.  Breakfast and books, perfect!  We spent a long time in the YA section suggesting books to Charlotte.  She's my pickiest reader but when she gets a book she likes she often reads it in a day and will re-read it over and over again.  I found this book and kept picking it back up again to see the pictures.  They're just stunning!  I ended up buying it just for me!  I like that the stories are condensed to just one page.  It's like a little "snack" of reading.  The collection is pretty diverse and includes some rather odd tales (but then aren't most fairy tales/myths pretty odd!).  "The Woman Who was Kind to Insects" was my favorite story.

This was a slightly different version of Tam Lin than what I'm used to.

I've always loved the Crane Wife (it also makes me think of the Decemberists' song).

Women of Camelot

Women of Camelot

Mary Hoffman

illustratted by Christinia Balit 2000

Engrossing tales told by the women associated with the legends of Camelot and King Arthur.  Makes a nice companion to Le Morte d'Arthur and is an intriguing way to tell the classic legends through the eyes of the women involved.  I also really liked Balit's Klimt-like illustrations (we have her illustrated version of Egyptian mythology as well.)