And both spring from the imaginations of National Book Award finalists. In Gary D. Schmidt’s THE LABORS OF HERCULES BEAL (Clarion, 352 pp., $19.99, ages 8 to 12), the title character ...

1) Capturing Cerberus, The Three-Headed Hound of Hell King Eurystheus saved the worst for last, and for Hercules’ final labor, he was told to go to hell and capture Cerberus, the giant ...

The labors of Hercules begin on the gable end of the Velletri sarcophagus, where an image of the deceased appears in the central panel surrounded by Hercules vignettes: The demigod wrestles with ...

Now that summer is here, Kevin Daugherty from the Illinois Ag in the Classroom program is here to share more Summer book ...

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The renowned author will produce the project, an adaptation of his late friend Howard Waldrop's book, which reimagines the ...

It's pure magic. What book do you love to recommend to customers and why? Currently, "The Labors of Hercules Beal." This is the perfect multi-generational book. It is heartbreaking, heartwarming ...

Earlier this week, ComingSoon.net brought you an exclusive TV spot for next week’s Hercules. Now we’ve added 30 new stills from the upcoming Brett Ratner film, which stars Dwayne Johnson ...

Schmidt From: Sarah C. Schutte Dear Mr. Schmidt, Until I read your recent book The Labors of Hercules Beal, I’d only really cried at one other story (Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia).