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When birds could talk & bats could sing
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Virginia Hamilton |
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Ci… |
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Why the possum's tail is bare, and other North American Indian nature tales
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Connolly, James E. |
Thirteen tales collected from eight Indian tribes of eastern and western North America, featuring animals and nature lore. |
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The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote
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Tony Johnston |
Rabbit outwits Coyote in this Zapotec tale which explains why coyotes howl at the moon. |
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The rose horse
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Deborah Lee Rose |
When Lily goes to Coney Island in 1909 to visit her newborn sister, she learns about the art and traditions of the Jewish woodcarvers who make the carousel animals there. |
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What makes a monster?
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Jess Keating |
Some people think monsters are the stuff of nightmares the stuff of scary movies and Halloween. But monsters can also be found right in your backyard. Animals like aye-ayes, goblin sharks and vampire… |
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Brother Rabbit
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Minfong Ho |
A crocodile, two elephants, and an old woman are no match for a mischievous rabbit. |
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Monkey's clever tale
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Andrew Peters |
The mischievous Ameerah Monkey promises Crocodile her tail and those of her parents, brothers, and sisters in exchange for a ride across the river in this version of a Jataka tale from India. |
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Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
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Brad Kessler |
Boss Lion threatens to eat all the inhabitants of the village, until he is outsmarted by B'rer Rabbit. |
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The Great Race
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Dave Bouchard |
To help her arrange her paper cut-outs of the animals in the Chinese zodiac in the proper order, a young girl's grandmother tells her the story of the race in which each animal secured its place. |
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Three Little Pigs
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Steven Kellogg |
In this retelling of a well-known tale, Serafina Sow starts her own waffle-selling business in order to enable her three offspring to prepare for the future, which includes an encounter with a surly … |
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Animals that frighten people
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Dorothy Edwards Shuttlesworth |
Discusses animals that, deservedly or not, have been known to inspire fear in people: bears, bats, gorillas, crocodiles, sharks, tarantulas, and others. |
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Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper!
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Tololwa M. Mollel |
A variety of animals try to help a hare get rid of the mysterious intruder who has taken over her house. |
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