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Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1982
Physical Desc
[31] p. col. ill. 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.
43) Uprooted
Author
Language
English
Description
Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood. The...
44) Chicken Little
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the classic story of Chicken Little, who has an acorn fall on his head and runs in a panic to his friends Henny Penny, Lucky Ducky, and Loosey Goosey, to tell them the sky is falling.
45) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
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DAML Black History Month Picture Books
Telling a People's Story: African-American Children's Illustrated Literature
Telling a People's Story: African-American Children's Illustrated Literature
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
47) The crane wife
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) col. ill. 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional Japanese tale about a poor sail maker who gains a beautiful but mysterious wife skilled at weaving magical sails.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"In a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both?"--
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 3
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
1st Harper Trophy ed.
Physical Desc
115 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the dog, and the cat refuse to help the Little Red Hen make a pizza but do get to participate when the time comes to eat it.
Author
Series
Old Mother West Wind volume 2
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Fifteen tales that explain why Danny Meadow Mouse has a short tail, the reason Reddy Fox has no friends, and other mysteries about the residents of the Green Meadow.
59) A frog prince
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1989
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
(32) p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rebuffed by the princess after retrieving her golden ball, a noble frog sets out to find a more suitable mate.
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