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Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods...
106) Djeliya
Author
Publisher
TKO Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by West-African folklore, Djeliya tells the remarkable tale of Prince Mansour and his royal storyteller Awa as they journey to reach the mysterious Wizard Soumaoro who guards a fearsome power that he once used to destroy the world."-- cover page 4.
107) Lion and mouse
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A modern update on the classic fable of the lion and the mouse shares the relationship between two unlikely friends.
Series
Cautionary fables and fairytales volume 4
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The fourth volume of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Marigold was absorbed in her book; she had gotten as far as the V." So begins Marigold and Rose, Louise Glück's astonishing chronicle of the first year in the life of twin girls. Imagine a fairy tale that is also a multigenerational saga; a piece for two hands that is also a symphony; a poem that is also, in the spirit of Kafka's The Metamorphosis, an incandescent act of autobiography. Here are the elements you'd expect to find in a story of infant...
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this hilarious illustrated fable, Anna Van Ogre loses her lovely monstrous looks and is turned into a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl. It starts her on a journey to learn an unforgettable lesson about true beauty"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Graphic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Cove visit a happily ever after where princes are spurned but monsters are wed, where castles crumble while villages thrive, and where knights lady down their swords only to have peasants pick them up. In this new feminist, queer fairy tale collection, the princesses, mermaids, barmaids, children, and wise old women who have been forced to sit on the sidelines in classic stories take center stage to fulfill their own dreams and find the love, power,...
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