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"A retelling of the Greek myth of the Trojan war"--
Relive the thrills, grandeur, and tragedy of the Trojan War. Stylishly retold by Fry, he retells the epic battle with drama, humor, and vivid emotion.Hector, Odysseus, Helen-- their loves and their mortal enemies-- all burn bright in Fry's prose.
4) Uprooted
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 26
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...
5) Henny-Penny
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
©1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henny-Penny and her barnyard friends are literally outfoxed on their way to tell the king that the sky is falling.
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Language
English
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The author's premise is that within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. Here, the author unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through these stories and commentaries, the...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
©1973
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Duffy and the Devil was a popular play in Cornwall in the nineteenth century, performed at the Christmas season by groups of young people who went from house to house. The Zemachs have interpreted the folk tale which the play dramatized, recognizable as a version of the widespread Rumpelstiltskin story. Its main themes are familiar, but the character and details of this picture book are entirely Cornish, as robust and distinctive as the higgledy-piggledy,...
12) Chicken Little
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this version of the traditional story, Chicken Little believes the sky is falling down and runs to tell the King and everyone she meets along the way.
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
Collects 100 tales from around the world, including Africa, Western Europe, Native American cultures, Asia, and the Middle East, that feature a heroine.
"This jewel of an anthology features courageous mothers, clever young girls, and warrior women, heroines that save lives and bring peace to their communities not through brute strength, although endurance is a frequent feat, but through creativity, intelligence, eloquence, wisdom, kindness, perseverance,...
18) The seven ravens
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
♭1994
Language
English
Description
A little girl walks to the end of the world to find her seven brothers and free them from enchantment.
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Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a gorgeous, full-color fairy-tale treasury.
Dear Reader, you hold in your hands a very special book that contains more than thirty-five classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, plus your very own survival guide to the Land of Stories. If you notice the pages glowing, followed by an inviting humming noise, don't be afraid! That is just the book's magic. But whatever you...
Dear Reader, you hold in your hands a very special book that contains more than thirty-five classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, plus your very own survival guide to the Land of Stories. If you notice the pages glowing, followed by an inviting humming noise, don't be afraid! That is just the book's magic. But whatever you...
20) Chicken Little
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the classic story of Chicken Licken, 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.
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