Kate McMullan

A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.

Wiglaf is off to Dragon Slayers' Academy and in for a first day of school he will never forget.

Wiglaf and the other students of Dragon Slayers' Academy take a class trip to the Dark Forest into the Cave of Doom, which supposedly contains the gold of the dragon Seetha.

"He's a big red engine with a siren, a horn, a tank full of water, and whole lotta hose! He's a good-lookin' fire truck, and he's brave, too. When the alarm sounds, he's gotta drive through smoke and heat straight to a blazing fire!"--Front jacket flap.

Hades, king of the underworld, reveals the true story behind the myths. When he and his siblings were born, their father Cronus swallowed them whole because of a prophecy that said one of his children would be mightier than he. Can Hades and his brothers and sisters overthrow their big, bad dad?

La méchante Gorgone qui transformait en pierre tous ceux qui osaient la regarder? Qui a été décapitée par Persée ? Oui, cette Méduse-là. Et bien vous vous trompez. Tout d'abord, Méduse n'avait pas des serpents à la place des cheveux à sa naissance. C'est grâce à Athéna. Et aux dernières nouvelles, Méduse est bel et bien vivante.

Mais si jamais vous pensez que j'aurais fait ça, surtout à ma magnifique reine, c'est que vous avez cru aux mensonges de Zeus! Il a inventé cette histoire pour nuire à ma réputation. La vérité est que Perséphone tentait simplement d'échapper à sa mère surprotectrice. Elle s'est faufilée dans les Enfers toute seule. Mais ce n'est que le début de l'histoire.

You've heard of Hercules, right? Big, strong guy who did tons of amazing, heroic deeds? Well one part of that myth is correct. Hercules was big and strong. But he had an teeny-tiny brain. He couldn't have done any of those heroic deeds if it hadn't been for his friends telling him exactly what to do. Hades sets the record straight on the true story of Hercules.

The story about Atalanta losing a race because she stopped to collect the golden apples Melanion threw in her path is completely wrong. The myth most people know is a lie created by that myth-o-maniac Zeus. In reality, Atalanta could have won that race no matter what! Hades is back to reveal the truth behind another Greek myth.

The story about the handsome Greek god Cupid and how he met Psyche? Just another lie from that myth-o-maniac Zeus! The truth is, when Cupid met Psyche he was a gawky teen god with bad skin and braces. Psyche was so beautiful, Cupid was scared to even approach her. Instead, he and Zeus cooked up a plan to kidnap Psyche. Hades, King of the Underworld, is here to shine some light on what really happened.