• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to footer

Kingdom Tales

In the tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein come these heart-warming allegories of good and evil from best-selling authors Karen and David Mains.

  • Home
  • About
  • Tales of the Kingdom
  • Tales of the Resistance
  • Tales of Restoration
  • News
  • 30th Anniversary Edition
  • Classic Edition
  • ALL BOOKS

Tales of the Kingdom Classic Edition

By David and Karen Mains

Tales of the Kingdom Classic Edition
31.95
  • Publisher: Chariot Books, Lamplighter, Mainstay Ministries
  • Available in: Illustrated Hardback
  • ISBN: 978-1-58-474050-6

In the Tales of the Kingdom Classic Edition, action, intrigue, and danger follow Scarboy wherever he goes, especially in the Enchanted City, where the “imperfect” are cast away and orphans are enslaved. Scarboy manages to escape the evil Enchanter to safety in Great Park, but has yet to confront his greatest fear—and he’ll need enormous courage to conquer it!

An exciting series of inspirational stories for kids from best-selling authors David and Karen Mains, the gold-medallion award-winning Tales of the Kingdom offers fast-paced action and exciting storytelling with a enduring Christian message.

Inspirational Short Stories for Kids

This exciting set of 12 incredible Gold-Medallion Award-Winning short stories for children of all ages (from best-selling authors David and Karen Mains) offers fast-paced action and engaging characters wrapped up in exciting storytelling that deals with good versus evil themes. In addition, your family will appreciate the beautiful, full-color illustrations, featuring multicultural characters, that accentuate each chapter.

This version is the FULLY ILLUSTRATED Classic Edition, originally published in 1983 by Chariot Books, then Lamplighter, now republished in 2019 by Mainstay Ministries.

Moral Stories for Children

Enjoy reading these storybooks for children after dinner together or as bedtime stories with your kids. You’ll revel in these modern fairy tales — each chapter an allegory for your children to decipher, with short moral stories and lessons for living that convey values and virtues … like honesty, compassion, loyalty, friendship, perseverance, positive self-esteem, courage, and more.

You’ll embrace these fiction fables within your family, as they are children’s books with inspirational moral values and christian themes, to encourage you all to better living in this challenging world in which we live everyday.

Written as a trilogy of children’s fiction for kids to enjoy reading with their parents, this is book #1 of 3 in the series, with 12 color illustrations, good for ages 6 and up, including preteen, teen, and adults.

Also Classified As

fairy tales for kids, children’s fiction, short moral stories, children short stories, children’s stories with morals, children’s christian fiction books, chapter books for kids, inspirational christian stories, princess stories for kids, fantasy stories for kids, christian classics and allegories, religious allegories, christian fiction, christian fantasy, christian literature, religious fiction, books for young children.

Background

This children’s chapter book contains 96 pages of inspiring stories published in high-quality Smyth binding for long-lasting appeal, enhanced by 12 full-color, full-page illustrations from exceptional America artist and illustrator Jack Stockman. In addition, there are colorful end sheets and end caps, along with various black and white character sketches as well. We are currently selling the 2019 Print Run editions, which replace the original 1983 editions, and come autographed by both authors, so your book will be a rare keepsake copy! Plus, get an inspirational bookmark of The Apprentice Juggler.

This autographed hardcover Classic Edition with full-color illustrations can only be purchased from a few sources below, so be sure to get your copies, signed by David and Karen Mains, and enjoy reading them with your entire family!


Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Enchanted City
Chapter 2: The Orphan Keeper’s Assistant
Chapter 3: The Apprentice Juggler
Chapter 4: The Faithless Ranger
Chapter 5: A Girl Named Dirty
Chapter 6: A Hero’s Quest
Chapter 7: The Baker Who Loved Bread
Chapter 8: Sighting Day
Chapter 9: Two Noisy Nights
Chapter 10: Princess Amanda & The Dragon
Chapter 11: Fire in the Forest
Chapter 12: Trial By Fire

Series: Classic Edition Tagged with: 1983

Footer

About

In the tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein come these heart-warming allegories of good and evil from best-selling authors Karen and David Mains. Reading these inspirational short stories, your entire family will be entranced as Scarboy and his friends boldly follow the one True King to overcome the evil Enchanter and his tenacious hold on the oppressed residents of Enchanted City.

LINKS

  • Tales of the Kingdom, Classic Edition, David & Karen Mains
  • Tales of the Resistance, Classic Edition, David & Karen Mains
  • Tales of the Restoration, Classic Edition, David & Karen Mains
  • The Kingdom Tales Trilogy
  • Tales of the Kingdom Anniversary Edition
  • Tales of the Resistance Anniversary Edition
  • Tales of the Restoration Anniversary Edition
  • The Kingdom Tales Trilogy Anniversary Edition

Connect

Keep connected
with Kingdom Tales!

Websites

  • Karen Mains Blog
  • Our Wikipedia Page
  • Reviews on Amazon
  • Reviews on Goodreads
  • See Our Kickstarter Campaign

Newsletter

Get Proclamations of Current Events in the Kingdom!
If it’s notable, you’ll get notified.
* = required field

Copyright © 2023 · Mainstay Ministries, Inc. David Mains, Director All Rights Reserved · 1-800-224-2735 · Log in