 | Rootabaga Stories
Publication Date: April 21, 2012Carl Sandburg had three daughters and he loved telling them irrepressible, zany tales. He disliked the European fairy stories that involved kings and princesses and thought American tales should be more relevant to the world around his children, but of course made rather fantastic. So the stories are populated with trains on zig-zag tracks, skyscrapers, animals wearing bibs, corn fairies, not to mention the Village of Cream Puffs which floats in the wind. They have become firm favourites for generations of children. This edition of Rootabaga Stories features t...
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 | Ahmed and the Feather Girl
Publication Date: October 1, 2010| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Ahmed is a poor orphan who lives with a travelling circus and works for cruel Madame Saleem. His life is changed forever when he finds a beautiful egg in the forest and brings it back to the circus. From the egg hatches a little girl called Aurelia, and as she grows she sprouts soft feathers that turn into wings. So Madame Saleem puts Aurelia in a cage to keep her as the top attraction at the circus. Ahmed knows he must free Aurelia, but when he does so Madame Saleem takes revenge and makes his life impossible. Is...
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 | The Legend of the Laughing Gecko: A Hawaiian Fantasy
Publication Date: July 1989Moki the Geckos outrageous laugh lands him in trouble,then rescues him from a tight spot with the Black Bufo.This storyalso tells how the gecko came to be considered good luck in Hawaii. ...
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 | Papa Gatto: An Italian Fairy Tale
Publication Date: October 1995| Age Level: 4 and up Seeking someone to care for his motherless kittens, Sir Gatto, advisor to the Prince, hires a beautiful, but lazy girl, and then her plain, but loving stepsister. ...
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 | Nail Soup
Publication Date: May 26, 2009| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up A traveler in the forest stops at a lonely cottage, hoping to beg a bed for the night. The scowling woman who answers the door agrees to let him sleep on the floor, but declares she hasn’t a bit of food in the house. "In that case," says the traveler, "I’ll have to share what I’ve got with you." And with that, he takes a rusty old nail from his pocket and starts to make nail soup! It just needs a little something . . . This wonderfully illustrated retelling is a witty reminder that more bees are cau...
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 | Peter and the Wolf
Publication Date: November 27, 2003| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Since its premiere in 1936, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf has become a classic beloved by generations of children and adults. For this enchanting new version of the story, Bono and his childhood friend Gavin Friday have collaborated on a stunning boxed set that includes a clothbound book and enhanced CD. The beautifully produced hardback book contains 64 pages of Bono's original paintings-with help from his daughters Jordan and Eve-to illustrate the story. And the enhanced CD features a fresh and funny renditio...
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 | Great Irish Legends for Children
Release Date: June 30, 2005| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up This volume of six traditional Irish legends includes stories about a king with donkey's ears, a moral lesson about riches and possessions based on a brown bull, a tale explaining how the coast of Antrim was formed by a giant, and other tales about treachery, bravery, and honor. Spirited illustrations bring each tale to life, and a pronunciation guide is included to assist with reading the unusual Irish names such as Ailill and Daire Mac Fiachra. Told for hundreds of years, these stories are a rich part of Irish history...
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 | Moss Gown
Publication Date: October 1, 1990| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Candace finds herself cast out of her home by jealous older sisters, but with the help of a witch woman and a magical moss gown, she captures the heart of the young plantation owner. ...
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 | Senor Cat's Romance: And Other Favorite Stories from Latin America
Publication Date: March 1997| Age Level: 3 and up Includes the stories of silly Juan Bobo, who challenges a three-legged pot to race him home; Martina, who conducts a zany search for the right husband; and four other popular characters from Latin America. ...
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 | An Illustrated Treasury of African American Read-Aloud Stories: More than 40 of the World's Best-Loved Stories for Parent and Child to Share
Publication Date: December 1, 2003| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Tristan and Iseult (Sunburst Book)
Publication Date: September 1, 1991| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
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 | Shoes for the Santo Nino/Zapatitos para el Santo Nino: A Bilingual Tale (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: September 21, 2009| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up The story of Julianita and the Santo Niño is an expression of the fabric of northern New Mexico, its culture and its traditions. Stories like this have been told literally thousands of times in homes all across the Southwest.Venerated since the eighth century, the Santo Niño is an important part of both the Native American and the Hispanic traditions. People pray to the Santo Niño for healing, mainly of children, and devoted pilgrims frequently leave children's shoes at his shrines. Many believe ...
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 | I'm a Little Teapot
Publication Date: March 1997| Age Level: 3 and up Expanded verses of a familiar song tell how a teapot dreams of visiting China, Mexico, the opera, a jungle, and other places while waiting to be used to serve tea.Music and lyrics on last page. ...
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 | Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail (Story Cove: a World of Stories)
Publication Date: December 19, 2007| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
Publication Date: February 29, 2012| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | Raisel's Riddle
Publication Date: March 2, 1999| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up A Jewish CinderellaWhat's more precious than rubies, more lasting than gold?Raisel knows. She learned it from her grandfather, a poor scholar who taught her. When he dies, Raisel finds work in the home of a rabbi. His jealous cook makes Raisel toil from sunup to sundown. And as the Jewish holiday of Purim approaches, Raisel works even harder. The rabbi's son presides over the Purim dinner, and Raisel listens closely when he responds to riddles posed by his guests. Is it possible that this young man can answer Raisel...
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 | Kintaro, the Nature Boy (Kodansha Children's Bilingual Classics)
Publication Date: September 15, 2000| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | La Cucarachita Martina (Spanish Edition)
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 | Even Higher
Release Date: August 14, 2007| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up Young Reuven has a problem. Every year, on the day before Rosh Hashanah, the beloved rabbi of the village of Nemirov disappears until nightfall and no one knows where he goes. The villagers suspect that he ascends to heaven to beg forgiveness for their sins, but Reuven’s friends want the truth. They appoint him to solve the mystery — after all, he is the smallest and fastest of the group — but how?That evening, when Reuven watches the rabbi through the synagogue window, he gets an idea. Determined...
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 | Little Sister and the Month Brothers (Mc Classic Fiction)
Publication Date: March 1, 2009| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1st and up Little Sister is very busy doing all the work around the house and the yard. But she doesn’t mind: she sings and hums, and she grows prettier and prettier as she does her chores. Her wicked stepmother and stepsister can’t stand the fact that Little Sister is so happy. One day, they tell Little Sister to bring home violets in the middle of winter—or not to come home at all!How Little Sister gets help from the Month Brothers in the forest offers a delightful twist on this Slavic version of Cinderel...
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