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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Manuela's sheep are stolen, she has to go to Alice Nizzy Nazzy's talking road-runner-footed adobe house and try to get the witch to give the flock back, in a Southwestern version of the Baba Yaga story.
44) Mulan's story
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Princess Mulan shares the incredible tale of how she risked her life for her father and bravely fought to save the Chinese empire in this full-color storybook based on Disney Mulan.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav said, "If one is to believe what people say, stories are written to put them to sleep. I tell mine to wake them up." In this first-ever collection of his tales for a general audience, a princess becomes a pirate in her quest for her one true love; a poor man hopes to uncover treasure in a faraway city; a young prince suffers from a mysterious malady; and a fixer shows the king the way to happiness.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships-but now it's time to hear her side of the story. Daughters of Sparta is a tale of secrets, love, and tragedy from the women behind mythology's most devastating war, the infamous Helen and her sister Klytemnestra"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Tiny Owl Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An unlikely friendship between Miss Bandari and Mr Magarmach forms when the pair meet under the great plum tree, deep in the heart of India. Mr Magarmach is old and his hunting days are over but Miss Bandari loves hearing his stories as they munch plums together. One day their friendship is tested but with courage, trust and forgiveness they discover that living happily together tastes just as sweet as Miss Bandari's golden plums. The story of the...
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the old Russian fairy tale in which beautiful Vasilisa uses the help of her doll to escape from the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga, who in turn sets in motion the events which lead to the once ill-treated girl's marrying the tzar.
58) Whittington
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Your brother went missing looking for the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine in the Arizona mountains and you have several paths to pursue, some of which may get you killed, and it is up to the reader to decide which way you will go.
Author
Series
Foxe sisters trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Lady Alys thinks everyone knows the legend: If a man and a woman meet at midnight within the ancient Foxe Ring ruins, they are as good as married. But when she finds a captivating stranger lurking there in the middle of the night, she discovers the one man who is unaware. It's a deadly pursuit that brings Piers Mallory to the Fallstowe lands. But now that fate has attached the alluring, and curiously insistent, Alys to his side, it may work to his...
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