World’s Greatest Myths: A Young Explorer's Guide to Gods, Creatures, Legends, and Lost Empires (B&W Edition)

25 strange but true stories from ancient history. 25 mysteries that historians, archaeologists, and scientists still can't fully explain.

World's Greatest Myths is a nonfiction history book for curious kids and teens — built around one idea most mythology books ignore: some of these ancient stories might actually be real.

A flood remembered by over 200 unconnected cultures across every inhabited continent. A creature drawn identically in Asia, Europe, and the Americas by civilizations that never made contact. A city so advanced it shouldn't have existed — and then vanished without a trace.

These aren't just old legends. They're unsolved historical mysteries with thousands of years of evidence behind them.

Some of the 25 investigations inside:

The Aztec god who walked into fire — and the astronomical event ancient records suggest actually happened.

The spider who outsmarted the sky god — and what it reveals about how West African oral history survived intact across centuries and continents.

The dragon myth, repeated on every continent — by people with no contact, no shared language, and no known explanation for why their versions match.

Greek gods with disturbingly human flaws. Norse giants guarding the roots of reality. Lost empires that mainstream archaeology took centuries to confirm were real.

Every chapter follows the same Case File structure:

• The Myth: told fast, vivid, and exactly as wild as it deserves
• But Wait... Was It Real?: where ancient legend meets real archaeology, science, and geography
• Your Mission: one hands-on challenge that turns the reader into an investigator

Guiding every case file is LORE — an ancient stone tablet, keeper of ten thousand stories, and the most unexpectedly funny narrator in the ancient world.

Covers ancient civilizations and world mythology from five regions:

Greek and Roman. Norse and Celtic. Aztec, Mayan, and Incan. West African and Egyptian. East Asian and Oceanic.

Twenty-five myths. Twenty-five real mysteries underneath them. World history, ancient civilizations, strange facts, and unexplained events — all in one book.

Written for kids and teens who ask questions adults can't easily answer. Used in classrooms, homeschool programs, and by families who want history books that don't feel like homework.

Buy now and open the first Case File.