Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Brother Francis and the friendly beasts	Margaret Hodges	A young man rejects his wealthy background to lead a life of poverty and good works, always befriending animals.	OL1903634W
Buried Moon	Margaret Hodges	Who will rescue the Moon after she is buried in a dark pool by witches, goblins, and other evil creatures who have always resented her bright, shining light?	OL1903635W
The fire bringer	Margaret Hodges	Retells the Paiute legend of the way the Coyote helped an Indian boy bring fire to his tribe.	OL1903640W
The freewheeling of Joshua Cobb	Margaret Hodges	Five youths make a camping trip by bicycle around New England for ten days.	OL1903641W
The golden deer	Margaret Hodges	Buddha comes to the city of Benares in the form of a golden deer and persuades the King to stop killing all the deer in the area.	OL1903642W
The high riders	Margaret Hodges	Forced by his late arrival in England to stay in separate lodgings from the rest of his school's crew team, 14-year-old Larry Dunlap finds himself becoming increasingly involved with the local people…	OL1903647W
Molly Limbo	Margaret Hodges	When a miserly man buys a supposedly haunted cottage, he discovers that the resident ghost, a pirate's wife, has a sense of fair play.	OL1903655W
Moses	Margaret Hodges	Retells the story of Moses, from his birth and trip in a boat of bulrushes to his bringing of the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai.	OL1903656W
Of swords and sorcerers	Margaret Hodges	Nine episodes in the Arthurian cycle, from the placing of the boy Arthur in Merlin's care to Arthur's departure for Avalon.	OL1903657W
Persephone and the springtime	Margaret Hodges	Retells the Greek legend that explains why Persephone brings springtime to the earth each year.	OL1903660W
St. Jerome and the lion	Margaret Hodges	An illustrated retelling of the legend of Saint Jerome and the lion that he sheltered in his monastery.	OL1903668W
The boy who drew cats	Margaret Hodges	A young boy's obsession with drawing cats changes his life.	OL1903674W
Joan of Arc	Margaret Hodges	A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.	OL1903676W
Lady Queen Anne	Margaret Hodges	A biography of the last Stuart monarch to occupy the English throne.	OL1903678W
The little humpbacked horse	Margaret Hodges	A young peasant, with the help of his faithful and magical horse, captures a firebird, marries the woman he loves, and becomes Tsar of Russia.	OL1903679W
Making a Difference	Margaret Hodges	Traces the lives and accomplishments of the extraordinary Mary Sherwood and her five children who played an important part in bringing great changes in higher education and voting rights for women, o…	OL1903680W
Merlin and the making of the king	Margaret Hodges	A retelling of four Arthurian legends, "The Sword in the Stone," "Excalibur," "The Lady of the Lake," and "The Last Great Battle," which feature Merlin, King Arthur, and other familiar figures.	OL1903681W
The true tale of Johnny Appleseed	Margaret Hodges	Relates the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.	OL1903682W
The wee Christmas cabin	Margaret Hodges	A tinker's child who grows up helping everyone in her Irish village is rewarded in her old age with a cabin built by fairies on Christmas Eve.	OL1903683W
The Wave	Margaret Hodges	A tsunami comes to a Japanese town. An old man sets his rice field on fire to save the people.	OL1903687W