Timothy Banks

2020 EUREKA Excellence in Nonfiction Awards - Gold Winner 2020 Feather Quill Reviewer's Choice Award Mei hates springtime. Why? Because it's only in the spring that Nian, a fierce dragon, is able to leave his mountain prison under the sea to terrorize the local village. When the villagers hear the rumblings of Nian's hungry stomach, they know that winter has ended and spring is coming. But this year on the night before the first day of spring, a...

The son of Frankenstein's monster goes in search of the individual whose feet became his father's feet in hopes of connecting with a long lost relative.

In this humorous adaptation of a lesser-known Grimm fairy tale, Forest Ranger Dan finds a strange baby in a bird's nest and raises him along with his own baby daughter, Cassie; Birdy proves to have magic powers, and the cook at the Dark Woods Station (who is a witch, and makes really horrible food) wants to use him as an ingredient in her latest magic brew--so it is up to Birdy and Cassie to find a way to defeat her, save themselves, and enable the...

In this humorous adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale, Abe Spoke is the young tailor who sews the words "seven in one stroke" on his belt, but neglects to tell the people he meets that it was seven flies, not seven giants--his cleverness (and chutzpah) win him the hand of the princess, but unfortunately he has a bad habit of muttering about cloth and tailoring in his sleep.

In this humorous adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale, "lucky" Hans Pumpernickel takes the gold brick which is his payment for seven years of work and heads home, but finding it too heavy to carry he trades it for a horse--and through a series of encounters and trades he ultimately ends up with nothing at all, but remains convinced that he is the luckiest man alive.

On the day the orphanage where he has grown up closes, J.D. discovers that he is the son of Frankenstein's monster, so he sets out to find the people that all the mismatched parts that he inherited came from--and do it before Frankenstein's creepy daughter, who wants to outdo her father, can find them.

Simple rhyming text and full-color illustrations introduce counting 1 to 10 using The Wizard of Oz movie.

While the other members of his clan enjoy wrestling, throwing spears, and fighting, Leif prefers to hike up the mountain and enjoy the peace of his beautiful fjord; but when clan loyalty demands that he participate in the Viking Games--he does the best he can, but when it comes to comparing clan treasures, Leif has a surprise for everybody.

Simple rhyming text and full-color illustrations introduce colors using The Wizard of Oz movie.

Illustrated retelling of the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.