 | The Salt Mountain: A Russian Fairy Tale (Classics Illustrated Junior No. 564)
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 |  | The Maiden of Northland: A Hero Tale of Finland
Publication Date: May 1, 1996 TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS -- A READER'S THEATER SCRIPT OF AN EXCERPT FROM THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE FREE ON AARON'S WEB SITE. Not so long ago, in the tiny, isolated villages of Finland, where prolonged summer days gave way to endless winter nights, people would pass the time by singing the many adventures of their favorite heroes: the mighty, magical men and women of ancient days. They sang of old Vainamoinen, greatest of sages and magicians, who helped create the world but never could find a woman to wed him. They sang of his friend and ally Ilm...
|  | Noah and the Devil: A Legend of Noah's Ark from Romania
Publication Date: August 1, 2001| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up In this Romanian folk version of the Noah story, getting the animals to march, two by two, onto the ark is the easy part. It’s Noah’s stubborn wife who insists that she’s staying on dry land. Frustrated, Noah finally declares, “Oh, you devil, come in!” and not only persuades his reluctant wife but also gives the Devil himself the invitation he needed to come aboard.Master storyteller Neil Philip retells the familiar tale of Noah with numerous witty folktale twists. Filled with adventure...
|  | The Little Match Girl
Publication Date: June 1, 2008| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Fearful of returning home to a violent father without having sold enough matches for the day, the Little Match Girl remains on the street resigned to warming herself by lighting matches. With each match, she sees a vision—a warm stove, a table laden with hot food, a beautiful Christmas tree decorated with lights leading up to the sky, so high that one becomes a shooting star. According to her grandmother, each shooting star is a person who had recently passed on and is now heading to heaven. Her next s...
|  | The Enormous Turnip
Publication Date: October 1998| Age Level: 3 and up...
|  | Snow White
Release Date: September 28, 2004| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up THE REISSUE OF the classic Grimm tale of a beautiful young girl with skin as white as snow, lips and cheeks as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony is breathtakingly realized by acclaimed artist Charles Santore in this lush, lovely picture book. ...
|  | Three Little Pigs (Sommer, Carl, Another Sommer-Time Story)
Publication Date: September 1, 2000| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Publication Date: April 1, 2001| Age Level: 4 and up From the creator of Nicky and the Big, Bad Wolves, comes a fresh and irresistibly appealing new version of a nursery favorite. Valeri Gorbachev's humorous illustrations, filled with homey details, presents a delightful family of bears whose bemused reaction to their intruder is sure to elicit children's smiles. Here is a warm and cozy Goldilocks that's "just right" for very young children....
|  | Vasilissa the Beautiful: A Russian Folktale
Publication Date: March 1994Mistreated by her cruel stepmother and jealous stepsisters, Vasilissa has only her little doll to comfort and protect her. But fierce powers await Vasilissa--deep in the forest lives an old witch named Baba Yaga. "Winthrop's supple, unobstrusive retelling is lively with entertaining incident."--Kirkus Reviews, pointered review. Full color. ...
|  | El Patito Feo / The Ugly Duckling
Publication Date: 2007Spanish & English versionWhen the newborn ducklings make fun of the 'ugly' gray duckling, he sets off on his own adventure & makes a beautiful discovery about himself.Cuando los patitos se rien del patito gris feo, este se aparta de ellos y descubre algo maravilloso acerca de si mismo. ...
|  | Ghosts Vampires And Werewolves : Eerie Tales from Transylvania
Publication Date: September 1, 1994| Age Level: 9 and up Includes sixteen tales from Transylvanian folklore, arranged in three sections: Ghosts, Vampires, and Werewolves; Haunted Treasures; and Eerie Fairy Tales. ...
|  | The King of the Golden River
Release Date: January 5, 2000| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up After Gluck's cruel and greedy older brothers refuse hospitality to a mysterious visitor, their prosperous farm fails and one by one each brother makes the perilous journey to find treasure in the nearby Golden River. ...
|  | The Old Woman and Her Pig
Publication Date: March 1996| Age Level: 4 and up When her newly bought pig won't go over the stile, an old woman tries to enlist the aid of some reluctant helpers so that she can get home that night. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | King o' the Cats
Publication Date: July 27, 2004 TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS -- A READER'S THEATER SCRIPT OF THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE FREE ON AARON'S WEB SITE. PLEASE CLICK "SHOW MORE," BELOW, TO SEE HONORS, REVIEWS, SAMPLE TEXT, AND AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR INFO. Young Peter Black has a bad reputation in town for telling wild stories. Father Allen has given him work as a sexton, but this may be his very last chance at a job. So, what is Peter to do when he happens upon a cat coronation in the church in the dead of night? How can he convince Father Allen that this isn't just one more wi...
|  | The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies
Publication Date: March 29, 1996| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up When the bakerwoman is kidnapped by the fairies to bake her delicious cakes for them alone, she uses all her wits to beat them at their own game. “While depicting a strong, resourceful heroine, Forest’s graceful retelling perfectly captures the story’s fairy-tale flavor. . . . Gaber’s haunting paintings range from the wonderfully eerie to the comfortably reassuring.”--Publishers Weekly ...
|  | Little Red Riding Hood (Classic Fairy Tales)
Publication Date: June 1, 2008| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | Tam Lin
Publication Date: April 15, 1998| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up A young girl triumphs over the Queen of Faeries to reclaim her ancestral home and free her true love in this haunting retelling of an old Scottish ballad. “Mikolaycak’s illustrations...attract attention yet do not overpower the story, making the book one that could be easily used as a picture story book presentation for middle- and upper-grade or even adult audiences.”-The Horn Book ...
|  | The King Of Ireland's Son
Publication Date: March 1, 1997| Age Level: 6 and up The adventures of three king's sons, who are challenged to find the source of the heavenly music heard throughout the kingdom, include encounters with hospitable old men, a captured maiden, lots of food, and a fierce giant with an appetite for princes. ...
|  | Little Mook And Dwarf Longnose
Publication Date: March 31, 2004Wilhelm Hauff was a story-teller in the great European mythic tradition. His short stories, peopled with a vivid assortment of dwarves, evil witches, enchanted swans, and devious princes, owe a clear debt to the Brothers Grimm. But rather than rehashing old tales, Hauff created a realm far more exotic than the Grimms' Black Forest, a place where the morals are less than clear-cut and where characters must rely on wits as much as magic spells to solve their predicaments. One collection (probably his best known volume), Little Mook, provides the two tales for ou...
|  | Clever Karlis - Pbk (Legends of the World)
Publication Date: October 28, 1998| Age Level: 7 and up...
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