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Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.
33) The jungle book
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Jungle Book from 1894 is a collection of Rudyard Kipling's stories that give moral lessons through the personification of animals. The most famous of the stories are the three detailing the adventures of Mowgli, the abandoned "man cub" who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. Also well-known is the tale of a heroic mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and the story of a young elephant handler in Toomai of the Elephants. Due
...35) Stone soup
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Three wise monks trick a poor, frightened community into finding happiness by teaching them the magic of generosity.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clever Tom Fitzpatrick thinks his fortune is made when he captures a leprechaun and forces him to reveal the hiding place of his gold, but the leprechaun is clever too.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The classic stories from Greek mythology come to life in this latest installment in the Weird But True Know-It-All series, featuring Zeus, Hades, Athena, Poseidon, Artemis, Heracles, Prometheus, and many more! From the god who gave mankind fire, to who stood guard at the Underworld, to famous fatal flaws, this book covers all the iconic Greek myths and key character--along with wonderfully weird and surprising tidbits"--Back cover.
38) It is a tree
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the fable from India, blindfolded children at a party play a guessing game.
40) The three bears
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
While three bears are away from home, Goldilocks ventures inside their house, tastes their porridge, tries their chairs, and finally falls asleep in Baby Bear's bed.
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