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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
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
A banking clerk by day, Bulfinch spent his nights skillfully weaving often disparate versions of classical and medieval mythology into a coherent whole. The thoroughness with which he combed through his sources made his mythological books standard reference guides for many years. Written to teach mythology not as a study but as a relaxation from study, these timeless volumes span the ages: The Age Of Fable describes the gods and goddesses of Greece...
24) Golem
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 4
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.
Author
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Anansi the Spider sets out on a long, difficult journey. Threatened by Fish and Falcon, he is saved by his sons. He does not know which son to reward, so calls upon Nyame, the God of All Things for advice.
33) Skull water
Author
Publisher
Spiegel and Grau
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Growing up outside a US military base in South Korea in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Insu--the son of a Korean mother and a German father enlisted in the US Army--spends his days with his "half and half" friends skipping school, selling scavenged Western goods on the black market, watching Hollywood movies, and testing the boundaries between childhood and adulthood. When he hears a legend that water collected in a human skull will cure any sickness,...
34) Robin Hood
Author
Publisher
Children's Classics
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
xvi, 285 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Periplus
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
61 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Indonesian fairy tales and other folk stories-providing insight into a rich oral culture. Set in tropical rain forests, on balmy beaches, and in the remote highlands of the Indonesian islands, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories offers a taste of how universal values of bravery, cleverness, true love, kindness and loyalty are transmitted to Indonesian children. Astute princesses,...
Author
Publisher
New England Press
Pub. Date
1971
Edition
1st New England Press ed.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; : ill.
Language
English
Description
Profiles a variety of animals whose physical characteristics and/or dispositions make them unpopular with humans. Includes the shark, bat, skunk, coyote, rattlesnake, and cockroach, among others.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Set on an Ojibwe reservation in northern Minnesota, This Town Sleeps is the story of Marion Lafournier, a gay Ojibwe man, and his search for meaning in a town he cannot seem to leave. When he begins a romance with a closeted former high school classmate Shannon, Marion finds himself struggling to connect with the volcanic and unstable man. One night, while roaming the dark streets of Geshig, Marion unknowingly brings to life a dog from underneath...
40) American gods
Author
Series
American Gods volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a contemporary masterpiece combing mythology, adventure, and illusion―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee. Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a stranger offers him a job and Shadow, with nothing to lose, accepts. But a storm is coming. Beneath the placid surface...
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