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Author
Publisher
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date
©1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents five folktales for young children, including Snow Bunting's Lullaby from Siberia, Chin Chin Kobokama from Japan, Kanji-jo, the Nestlings from Liberia, The Playground of the Sun and Moon from Argentina, and Counting Sheep from the British Isles. Around the world each night, parents tell stories to children as they put them to bed. Margaret Read MacDonald-a folklorist, storyteller, and children's librarian-uses bedtime tales in the daytime...
85) Stone Soup
Author
Publisher
Weekly Reader Books
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Description
Two hungry travelers use a stone as a soup starter and demonstrate the benefits of sharing. Includes a recipe for soup.
Author
Series
Monster stories volume 2
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An African tale in which an adventurous princess does not want to get married until she has faced the Mother of Monsters.
Author
Publisher
Inhabit Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When the earth was new, words had the power to breathe life into the world. But when creating animals from breath, sometimes one does not get everything right on the first try! Based on a traditional Inuit story passed forward orally for generations in the South Baffin region of Nunavut, this book shares with young readers the origin of the caribou and the walrus--and tells of how very different these animals looked when they were first conceived."--...
90) Wicked Jack
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
©1995
Language
English
Description
A mean old blacksmith's actions leave him unwelcomed by both Saint Peter and the Devil when he dies.
91) Seven blind mice
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
©1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the Indian fable, seven blind mice discover different parts of an elephant and argue about its appearance.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet the fearsome creatures of the lumberwoods! The Hodag, like a spinybacked bull-horned rhinoceros packing 3,000 pounds of carnivorous fury. The Snoligoster, the reptilian beast that feeds on the shadows of its victims. And deadlier than a rattler, copperhead, or cottonmouth combined, the Hoop Snake, which can chase prey at speeds up to 60 miles per hour and then, with one sting of its venomous tail, cause the victim to turn purple, swell up, and...
95) Ostriches
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A look at ostriches, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their long and powerful legs, behaviors, relationships with humans, and their herd hierarchy in the world today"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The complete iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!
Narrated by Patton Oswalt, Melissa McBride, and Alex Brightman, this collection includes all three of Alvin Schwartz's classic story collections: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3.
Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow
...Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An original and probing debut work of nonfiction by a brilliant new writer, rooted in her years-long quest to study the cultural legacy of the wolf In this enthralling, kaleidoscopic exploration of wolves both real and symbolic, Erica Berry weaves historic and scientific findings alongside criticism, journalism, and memoir to illuminate the strands of our cultural constructions of predator and prey, and what it means to navigate a world in which...
Author
Publisher
Inhabit Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This revised, expanded edition, originally published as Stories of the Amautalik, shares two spine-tingling tales of the dreaded ogress of the tundra, a creature that carries away unsuspecting children on her back! New illustrations in this edition ring the amautalik to life in even greater, creepier detail than the original. Revised text and additional content make this new edition a must-buy for young readers who are intrigued with the dark and...
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