Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America's favorite sex therapist, analyzes ancient myth and its relevance to 21st century relationships in her new book "Myths of Love: Echoes of Greek and Roman Mythology in the Modern Romantic Imagination." From humanity's earliest beginnings, people have puzzled over the dual nature of love. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, love was sweet, but it was also irrational, cruel, and often deadly. Faced with the terrible paradox...

Up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, north of Baton Rouge live three billy goats named Gruff. They want to cross Thompson's Creek to reach the lush pastures on the other side, but there's a very scary troll under the bridge who wants to gobble up those billy goats. Told in Coleen Salley's spirited style, with vibrant illustrations by Amy Jackson Dixon, this new version of the Norwegian folktale adds Louisiana spice to an old classic.

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En lo más alto de la más alta de las colinas, encaramado en su trono con su corona en la cabeza, un león gobernaba a todo el mundo, todo el tiempo. Hasta que un día... From the highest part of the tallest hill, perched on his throne with his crown on his head, a lion reined everything and everyone all the time. Until one day...

Think there's just one fairy tale with a beautiful girl and an evil stepmother? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Snow White stories. Visit Albania, Germany, Mozambique, and Turkey, and find out who meets 40 dragons instead of "seven dwarfs," and on whose forehead a bright star shines. Fully translated Spanish text.

Think there's just one fairy tale with a girl who meets danger in disguise? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Little Red Riding Hood stories. Visit Germany, Italy, and Taiwan, and find out whose "sick grandmother" is a tiger, and who is saved not by a "kind hunter" but by a talking river. Fully translated Spanish text.

Think there's just one fairy tale with a beautiful girl and a monster? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Beauty and the Beast stories. Visit France, China, and Switzerland, to find out who asks for a grape instead of a rose, and whose beast is a snake. Fully translated Spanish text.

Think there's just one fairy tale with a girl locked away in a tall tower? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Rapunzel stories. Visit Germany, Italy, and the Philippines, and find out who is guarded by a flesh-eating monster, and whose hero flies off on a magical winged horse. Fully translated Spanish text.

In the land of Handily, lived an Ice Horse named Fiory. Her family was turned to stone by the evil sorcerer named Thernius. Fiory, however, managed to escape with her family's magical diamond heart necklace. Come join Fiory and the friends she meets along the way to help break Thernius' spell and save her family.d save her family.

The Nightingale and the Emperor is one of Hans Christian Andersen's best-known stories. It deals with simplicity with complex themes, such as the relations of power and hierarchy, the superficiality of the old courts in contrast with the beauty of the natural world and the possible exchanges between beings from different social classes. Taisa Borges' imagery reading for this fairy tale is part of the world commemorations for the bicentennial of Andersen's...