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Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
"Chooch is reluctant about many things. He is reluctant to be a storyteller like the rest of his Cherokee family, and he is reluctant to spend spring break in the small town of Greasy, Oklahoma, with Uncle Dynamite. But Chooch will find out theres more than one way to tell a story"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A quiet child in a boisterous family, Emma Wen dreams of a world that is peaceful and silent. When she reads about the blue whale – with a heart so big her father could stand in it – she has an idea. She fashions a boat out of household objects and sails from her bedroom into the mouth of a whale, where she settles in happily. Emma has finally found her peace and quiet. That is until another child, Owen Tang, arrives inside the whale and is...
Author
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Los otros unicornios ya han ido a otras pijamadas y se saben MUCHOS juegos mágicos. Los juegos son difíciles para Uni y, al llegar la hora de irse a dormir, Uni no se está divirtiendo. ¿Podrá Uni encontrar la manera de aportar a la diversión?
The other unicorns have already been to other sleepovers and they know A LOT of magical games. Games are hard for Uni, and when it's time to go to sleep, Uni isn't having fun. Can Uni find a way to add...
Author
Publisher
Floris Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of one incredible library book and all the children who've borrowed it. It's been hugged, lost, torn, chewed by a dog and soaked in the rain. It's been read in apartments and in tents, in the park and in the classroom; by children in costumes and pyjamas, reading alone or with their friends, their siblings and their parents. Each time it returns to the library it's a little more worn, but a lot more loved. For every rip, scribble...
85) The rambling
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Buddy Pennington is headed to river country. No one in his village will miss him anyway -- not even his mom, after what he and his bad luck did. He'll be better off with his daddy, Davey Boy Pennington, a wandering soul who has the best luck of anyone Buddy knows. Pop might even teach Buddy his legendary skills at Parsnit, a mysterious card game of magic, chance, and above all, storytelling. No one tells a better story than Pop. But no sooner are...
Author
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chapter Two is Missing is a hilarious picture book mystery starring a hopelessly lost narrator, an unqualified detective, and a very sneaky janitor, who are all surprised to discover that second chapter of the very book of which they are a part is--gasp--missing! Do not be alarmed, but the second chapter of this book appears to be missing! It was here a minute ago, but now it seems to have simply walked off. Not only that, but some of the punctuation...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Siksika
Description
"Sstsikistsi aakaisinaakio'pa. Sstsikistsi aakaookatakio'pa. Sstsikistsi aakaiinihkio'pa. Sstsikistsi Naaahsa aakaiitsitapiitsinikiwa. Ma iinnakakiikoan aitsinikatooma mii maahsi manistsasiinakihp ki manistaikimmostiihpia."--Back cover.
"Naaahsa says art is a language everyone understands.... Sometimes we draw. Sometimes we bead. Sometimes we sing. Sometimes Naaahsa tells stories in Blackfoot. A young girl celebrates her grandmother's art, and the...
Author
Publisher
LB Ink/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly, this charming and hilarious take on classic fairy tales tackles the family chaos of bedtime. Did you know that Jack was looking for hot dogs when he climbed up the beanstalk? Or that he was led there by a talking fox named Wendy? Ok, maybe that’s not how the real story goes, but when Estella’s dad, Andrew, tells her bedtime stories, she’s always in for a bit of twist! A hilarious modern retelling of...
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Anna, Queen of Arendelle, has been tirelessly preparing for the Polar Night's Celebration that is held every year to welcome the time when the sun doesn't rise in the Polar Circle. She has been working so hard, her fiancé Kristoff suggests she take a night off to visit her sister Elsa, the Snow Queen. Anna loves the idea. Accompanied by Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf, Anna reunites with Elsa in the Enchanted Forest. After telling spooky stories around...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Escaping from an alternate-reality Earth, Tentacle Kitty and her friends delight each other with tales of action and adventure ... over tea! Tentacle Kitty (a.k.a. 'Pink One') hunts for the elusive green cotton candy mice and discovers what green really tastes like. Violet and TK venture into the crowds of a comic convention, only to be surrounded by a growing horde of zombies! Finally, Pirate Kitty regales us with his epic sea tale of monstrous...
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A rebel dreamer of a girl daydreams about her role in making the world a better place--and since dreams bleed into reality, maybe she really does. Shahrzad and the Angry King is a contemporary reimagining of the Scheherazade tale, starring scooter-riding, story-loving Shahrzad. Shahrzad loves stories and looks for them everywhere. When she meets a boy and asks him to tell her his story, he recounts fleeing a country that was peaceful and happy, until...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Jamie quiere que le lean un cuento antes de ir a dormir. Pero no uno cualquiera. Quiere que aparezcan un príncipe, un oso y una bruja. ¡O mejor, muchos osos! ¡Y una princesa! ¡Y que en lugar de ser el príncipe el que rescate a la princesa, que sea al revés! Bueno. Quizá no. Escrito por Alastair Chisholm e ilustrado por Jez Tuya, este cuento sacará una carcajada a grandes y pequeños. El príncipe y la bruja y la ladrona y los osos es una alocada...
95) Los cuentos de Pura Belpré: de cómo una puertorriqueña transformó las bibliotecas con sus historias
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una division de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
La abuela de Pura siempre tiene una historia que compartir. Canta ¡Qui-qui-ri-quí! para el Señor Gallo, retumba Boróm, Boróm para el Señor Zapo, y cuenta la historia de una hermosa cucaracha que se enamora de un ratón. Pura abraza estas historias con la misma pasión con la que los coquíes se aferran a las hojas verdes. Cuando Pura crece y se muda de Puerto Rico a Harlem, consisgue un trabajo en la biblioteca, donde se rodea de historias,...
Author
Publisher
Océano de México
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando eran niñas, la abuela de Lily les contaba a ella y a su hermana Sam leyendas mágicas de su país natal, Corea, y a ella siempre le fascinó el cuento que hablaba de dos hermanas y un tigre. Cuando ella y su familia se mudan para cuidar de su abuela enferma, Lily comienza a tener visiones de un tigre mágico que parece venir directamente de los mismos cuentos populares coreanos que su abuela le contaba. Pero lo que Lily piensa que es sólo...
97) The storyteller
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.
98) A quieter story
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A girl pens an adventure for her pet kitten, but after his fearful reaction she realizes her next story should probably have a little less pizzazz.
99) The forever sky
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two young Ojibwe brothers, Niigaanii and Bineshiinh, look to the stars and spin stories, some inspired by Uncle and some of their own making, as they remember their grandmother.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After moving with her parents to Iowa, twelve-year-old Lucy discovers a mysterious notebook that can bring stories to life and which has a link to the 1914 disappearance of her great uncle.
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