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Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythological figures in simple, easy-to-understand language appropriate for intermediate readers and listeners of all ages. Contained within are the fascinating and thrilling stories from science and myth, from Camelot and Rome, that every child should know. In James Baldwin's introduction he explains that: "Nearly all the stories are true, and there are not more than three or four that might not have happened. In every one there is something worth learning and remembering." - Summary by Introduction & Jill Engle

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Dedication; To the Boys and Girls (Jill Engle)
Columbus and the Egg (Kenneth Thompson Marchesi)
Upon A Peak in Darien--First Story (Adzuom)
Upon A Peak in Darien--Second Story (Adzuom)
The Fountain of Youth (Ian Quinlan)
Eureka! (Leonard Wilson)
Galileo and the Lamps (Greg Giordano)
Sir Isaac Newton and the Apple (Leonard Wilson)
The First Printer (Emily Maynard)
John Gutenberg and the Voices (Greg Giordano)
James Watt and the Teakettle (mhaudio)
Dr. John and His Father (Lynne T)
Webster and the Woodchuck (Leonard Wilson)
Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head (Jon Smith)
As Rich as Croesus (James Koss)
The Gordian Knot (Greg Giordano)
Why Alexander Wept (mhaudio)
King Richard and Blondel (Leonard Wilson)
King John and Prince Arthur (Carina Pereira)
King John and the Magna Charta (Greg Giordano)
Frederick Barbarossa (Greg Giordano)
The Man in the Iron Mask (Carina Pereira)
The Fall of Troy (Jennifer Dallman)
Penelope's Web (Leonard Wilson)
How Rome Was Founded (Steve Kleiser)
How Decius Mus Saved Rome (Greg Giordano)
Delenda est Carthago! (Greg Giordano)
Hannibal, the Hero of Carthage (Kenneth Thompson Marchesi)
Crossing the Rubicon (Greg Giordano)
The White-headed Zal (Lynne T)
Peter Klaus the Goatherd (Leonard Wilson)
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