 | The Fire Children
Publication Date: May 7, 1993Long ago, when two spirit people tumbled down to Earth, they wanted company. So, they made little clay shapes in a rainbow of lovely colors--the "fire children"--the ancestors of everyone now living on Earth. Full color. ...
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 | Teller of Tales
Publication Date: September 1994| Age Level: 10 and up In Brooke's third collection of newly rendered classic tales, an old man is ordered to stop reporting on the Emperor's degree of undress and, with the help of a little girl, to stick to writing fairy tales instead. When the unlikely pair embarks on a life full of stories, their everyday blends with the once-upon-a-time and they wonder: do the tales belong to the teller or the teller to the tales? ...
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 | The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale
Publication Date: September 1, 1995| Age Level: 3 and up The legend of the Milky Way tells of an elderly couple who lived long ago. One day they discovered that a giant spirit dog had stolen some of their cornmeal--and drove the dog from the village into the night sky. The band of stars that formed in its wake is the Milky Way. Exquisite paintings illuminate a lyrical text by two renowned Native American storytellers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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 | The Book of Ghosts
Release Date: July 28, 2009| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Never before have Michael Hague′s paintings been so captivating, lending a further dimension of mystery and the macabre to the classic chilling tales in this collection which includes The Legend of Sleepy Hallow, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Mummy′s Curse, The Canterville Ghost, The Monkey′s Paw, The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost, A Diagnosis of Death, Laura, and The Statement of Randolph Carter. Adapted from legendary masters Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Oscar Wilde, and a host of others, thi...
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 | Three Billy Goats Gruff Arabic (Arabic and English Edition)
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 | Leprechauns Never Lie
Publication Date: February 1, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Ninny Nanny and Gram are in a bad state. The thatch on their roof is broken, the rain barrel is empty, the potatoes need digging, and all they have to eat is rainwater soup. But Ninny Nanny is lazy and not inclined to work. So she decides to catch a leprechaun and find out where he has hidden his fortune! The idea is splendid, but finding the pot of gold turns out to be much more than Ninny Nanny and Gram bargained for! Originally published in two colors, now colorized for the first time by Lecia Balian. ...
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| The Boy Who Knew the Language of the Birds
Publication Date: June 1991| Age Level: 8 and up Colum's ability to understand the language of the birds gains him access as royal storyteller to the King's castle, where he is accidentally changed into a dog and entrusted with protecting the newborn prince from being kidnapped by fairies. ...
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 | The Six Fools
Release Date: December 27, 2005| Age Level: 6 and upTHE SIX FOOLS Zora Neale Hurston Who's the biggest fool?Is it the girl who floods her basement with cider, the man who jumps into his pants, the farmer who feeds his cow on the roof, or the woman who tries to fill her wheelbarrow with sunshine?Based on a story collected by Zora Neale Hurston during her travels in 1930s Gulf States, The Six Fools is an outrageously funny tale about a dashing young man who finds foolish folks aplenty and true love!...
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 | Wise and Not So Wise: Ten Tales from the Rabbis
Publication Date: June 1, 2009| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Talmudic and midrashic folklore use the teachings of the ancient sages to answer questions and teach moral lessons, often with a dash of humor. In this delightful collection, Phillis Gershator takes spiritual and folkloric elements and weaves them together with her unique humor to create a special version of the wondrous tales that have captivated readers for centuries. Stories of flying rabbis, miraculous loaves of bread, wise women, muscle-bound angels, and goats that carry bears on their heads will enchant childre...
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 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Well Loved Tales)
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 | Little Eight John
Release Date: September 8, 1992| Age Level: 5 and up Despite his mother's warning that kicking at the toad frogs will bring him bad luck, Little Eight John does so anyway and then is shocked when trouble comes looking for him, in a lively folktale from rural North Carolina. ...
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 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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 | The Denslow Picture Book Treasury (Dover Children's Classics)
Publication Date: January 14, 2011| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | El Principito (Coleccion Clasicos Juveniles (Lumen)) (Spanish Edition)
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 | East African Folktales (World Storytelling from August House)
Publication Date: December 15, 2005| Grade Level: P and up...
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 | La vieja del bosque, El pequeno abeto, Blancanieves, Los cisnes salvajes (Caballo alado clasico + cd) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: May 1, 2008| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Garden Gnome Stories
Publication Date: October 6, 2005Few people know that Garden Gnome statues found in gardensthroughout the world are actually living Gnomes! Leroy and Maudeare two of these lovely, helpful creatures. They come alive at night to work in thegardens of their human landowners. Their serene pose by the rock garden waterfall in thedaytime is quite a contrast to the adventures they encounter at night, from black catsto a sneaky, mean Troll. Will Leroy and Maude survive through it all? Will Gnome City betaken over by the mean Trolls?These delightful stories will giveyou the inside scoop on the se...
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 | Quentin Blake's Amazing Animal Stories
Publication Date: July 17, 2012| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up A pompous hippo, magical monkeys, a fearless tortoise, and a world of other amazing animals are waiting in this timeless collection of folktales Full of stories that will entertain and get children thinking, this is a beautiful collection of 14 wonderfully told animal folk tales written by an expert storyteller and illustrated by one of the greatest children's artists working today. Stories include "The Monkey Palace," "The Turkey Girl," "How the Turtle Got His Shell," "The Cat and the Mice," and "The Impu...
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 | Stories from the Billabong
Publication Date: April 28, 2009| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Tens of thousands of years before Tutankhamen was buried in his pyramid, the Yorta-Yorta people — one of Australia's aboriginal tribes — told the stories in this volume beside the campfires and waterholes of the Australian desert. Here readers discover how Great Mother Snake created the world and filled it with plants and creatures, what makes Frog croak, why Kangaroo has a pouch, and just what it is that makes Platypus so special. Aboriginal artist and storyteller Francis Firebrace provides the evocative...
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