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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
©1973
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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,...
Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books, an imprint of West Margin Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This modern retelling of a traditional Dena'ina story is about Chia, a young boy with a hard life, and his encounter with the legendary Fox Man, who just may be able to help. Through the Fox Man, Chia learns that there is strength in humility and in doing what is right, especially when it's hard."--
12) The seven ravens
Author
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.
13) The Jack tales
Author
Publisher
Callaway
Pub. Date
©2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Enter the fantastic world of one of America's greatest living storytellers where wicked giants and enchanted animals pursue and entice Jack, an everyman hero and trickster. These three traditional tales relate the antics and misadventures of a poor mountain boy whose innocence, ingenuity, and luck enable him to outwit the wicked forces of the world around him.
14) 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.
Author
Publisher
Lodestar Books
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the drake for his colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of folktales and legends about pirates includes the story of Robin Hood's encounter with pirates while on vacation at the seashore, the saga of a band of Scottish pirates who attack a monastery, and the spooky tale of a merchant and his servant who discover an abandoned pirate ship.
20) The crane wife
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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.
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