Warm, humorous story of a boy's family Christmas, by the famous Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas. "December, in my memory, is white as Lapland, though there were no reindeer. But there were cats." A gem, imaginatively illustrated! (Chapter book)

A selkie, one of the sea people, falls in love with a Welsh fisherman, and sets aside her salty sealskin to live on land. She sings songs to her children of foam palaces and cities of gold and pearls beneath the ocean, but the day comes when the selkie must return to the sea. Exquisite, spellbinding watercolor illustrations. (Picture book)

Present day. When twelve-year old Peter Morgan finds a silver key in the rocks above the sea, it unlocks a parallel world, a place of magic and Taliesin, the renowned 6th century Welsh storyteller. Peter and his two sisters become part of a pattern, to complete Taliesin's story, begun long ago in The Mabinogion. (Chapter book)

In The Grey King, young Will Stanton and the boy Bran go up to Cader Idris to claim the golden harp and awaken the Sleepers, riding on the wind. Will, Bran, and the three Drew children seek the crystal sword of Eirias in Silver on the Tree, the final book of The Dark is Rising. A captivating series that weaves Welsh lore with the King Arthur legends. (Chapter books)

Young Merlin in Wales, as the boy Emrys, dreams of a stone tower that cannot stand and two dragons that foretell the future of King Vortigern. (Picture book)

Emrys, a young boy, washes up on the coast of Wales with no memory, but discovers he has the power of second sight. In the epic battle between Dagda and the evil Rhita Gawr, Emrys is the key. A super Merlin fantasy story. (Chapter book)

In this Welsh tale, while a boy strums his harp, a silver cow comes from the lake, a gift from the magic people, the Tylwyth Teg. The cow gives rich milk and cream, but the boy's greedy father hoards everything for himself, until one day, a sweet voice calls the cows home. (Picture book)

How 13th century Welsh castles were built – choosing the site, stone work, fortifications, and where to put all the bathrooms (garderobes). A great read before you explore ruined castles in Wales. (Picture book)

This is a terrific pop-up book of castles and knights, daily life (lots of detail), jousts and feasting, with a tall castle keep, like the castles you'll see in Wales. "Behold the castle!" (Pop-up book)

"Join with me to hear the songs, the theme is old, The Mabinogi." Pop music collection of The Mabinogion, legends of Celtic kings, queens and heroes, tales of magic, spells and mists of the underworld, sung in Welsh (with English translations in the liner notes). (Audio CD)