Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Enamored of bats ever since discovering a colony in a cave as a boy, Tuttle realized how sophisticated and intelligent bats are. He shares research showing that frog-eating bats can identify frogs by their calls, that vampire bats have a social order similar to that of primates, and that bats have remarkable memories. Bats also provide enormous benefits by eating crop pests, pollinating plants, and carrying seeds needed for reforestation; they are...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 19
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Washington D.C. in the 1860s where they meet Abraham Lincoln and collect a feather that will help break a magic spell.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Merlin the Magician has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century though the pages of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. But although the Merlin of literature and Arthurian myth is well known, Merlin the "historical" figure and his relation to medieval magic are less familiar. In this book Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores just who he was and what he has meant to Britain. The historical...
4) Mad Merlin
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the tradition of The Mists of Avalon and Mythago Wood, J. Robert King weaves an epic tale of Avalon, Excalibur, the Once and Future king, and the magician Merlin as he draws on the ideas and writings of Joseph Campbell to shape and interpret the legendary Arthurian mythos.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author
Series
Eighth day trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The day after he turns thirteen, orphan Jax Aubrey awakes to a world without people. His reaction? It must be the zombie apocalypse. When everything goes back to normal the next day, he's sure he's lost it. Then Riley Pendare, Jax's eighteen-year-old guardian, breaks the news: yesterday was the Eighth Day, an extra twenty-four hours between Wednesday and Thursday. "Transitioners," like Jax and Riley, live in all eight days. Others, like Evangeline,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Merlin, seer and wonder-worker at King Arthur's court, makes his debut in the highly inventive 'History of the Kings of Britain', written during the 1130s by an author known to posterity as Geoffrey of Monmouth. One of the most influential books of the Middle Ages, it planted Arthur himself in European minds. As for Merlin, he seems to be wholly a creation of Geoffrey's active brain. Or, was he? This new book by the leading Arthurian scholar of today...
Author
Series
Merlin prophecy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to discover his father's identity, Merlin, along with his band of loyal companions, travels across war-ravaged Europe, a trip that cements his reputation as a great healer.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Let me tell you a secret about the Knights of the Round Table: they don’t have much to do. The realm is at peace and dragons are few and far between. So Merlin decides to send the knights out on a real adventure to a world filled with the most terrible lizards of all: DINOSAURS!
Author
Series
Time jumpers volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At the flea market nine-and-a-half-year-old Chase and his younger sister Ava acquire an old suitcase filled with rows of carefully packed strange objects, and when they handle one of the objects (a dragon-headed doorknob) they find themselves in King Arthur's castle, on a mission to save the King--and pursued by a strange man whom they first saw at the flea market, who is after their suitcase.--
12) The wizard's dog
Author
Series
The wizard's dog volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his master and best friend, Merlin, is kidnapped, there is nothing Nosewise the dog will not do to get Merlin back, even if it means facing the strange Fae people and their magic-eating worms, or tangling with the mysterious Sword in the Stone.
13) No ordinary boy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
All Merlin knows is the village where he mixes potions for wary customers and dreams strange dreams that sometimes come true. Then a mysterious hooded man appears, seeking a boy with no mortal father. Merlin is taken far away, to a crumbling tower and a ruthless king. To a place where his is not the only magic. The Arthurian legends are retold, adapted and illustrated for children. All titles are leveled for classroom use. Illustrations.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Artist Laura Matthews finds her new home in the Welsh mountains to be a place so charged with tales and legends that she is able to reach through the gossamer-fine veil that separates her own world from that of myth and fable. She and her husband Dan have given up their city life and moved to Blaencwm, an ancient longhouse high in the hills. Here she hopes that the wild beauty will inspire her to produce her best art and will give her the baby they...
16) The dragon's boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Arthur meets a dragon and comes to accept him as a friend and mentor.
Author
Series
Lost years of Merlin volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having stumbled upon his hidden powers, the young wizard Merlin voyages to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself and the way to the realm of the spirit.
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot to save it from the problems it has seen. With the help of a beggar that has his own magic, the fight begins to find the Holy Grail, put it in its rightful place, and bring Camelot back to its glory days.
20) The crystal cave
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys -- or as he would later be known, Merlin -- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon ... and the conception of Arthur -- king for once and always.
Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Main Library Alliance members might be available in other libraries across New Jersey. You can search JerseyCat and place a request for the item to be sent to your library.
If your library doesn't permit JerseyCat requests or the item can't be found, you can also contact your library for assistance.Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request