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How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
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Joseph Bruchac,James Bruchac |
When Bear and Brown Squirrel have a disagreement about whether Bear can stop the sun from rising, Brown Squirrel ends up with claw marks on his back and becomes Chipmunk, the striped one |
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Huff'n'puff
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Alan Osmond,Suzanne Osmond |
The three children of the little pig who built his house out of bricks are threatened by the wolf and his son, who have modern tools at their disposal. |
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Peachboy
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Eric Metaxas,Jeffrey Smith |
Found floating on the river inside a peach by an old couple, Momotaro grows up and fights the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for years. |
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Sorotchintzy fair
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Schönfeldt, Sybil Gräfin.,Николай Васильевич Гоголь |
This story is based on a traditional Russian country tale about a beautiful young girl who is wooed and won at the Sorotchintzy fair by a dashing suitor who uses the villagers', and his future father… |
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Spider and the Sky God
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Dave Albers,Deborah M. Newton Chocolate |
Ananse the Spider uses trickery to capture the four prizes demanded by the Sky God in payment for his stories. |
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Child of the sun
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Dave Albers,Sandra Arnold,Sandra Martín Arnold |
Greedy Sun refuses to share the sky with Moon in this Cuban legend that explains why solar eclipses occur. |
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Gift of the Nile
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Charles Reasoner,Jan M. Mike |
During a magical boat ride on the Nile, Mutemwia proves that her love for the Pharaoh is a gift of the heart and needs no cage to hold it. |
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Tattercoats
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Margaret Chamberlain,Margaret Greaves |
Retells the traditional English tale of how poor, neglected Tattercoats comes to marry the Prince. |
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The porridge pot
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Carl Colshorn,Theodore Colshorn,Anthea Bell |
1 v. (unpaged) : 24 x 29 cm |
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Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la Llorona
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Maya Christina Gonzalez,Gloria E. Anzaldúa |
Prietita, a young Mexican-American girl, becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman.
<small>from Google Books</small> |
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The king & the three thieves
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Kristen Balouch,Kristin Balouch,Omid Balouch |
King Abbas appears to get caught up in the schemes of three thieves but he has a few tricks of his own and ultimately saves his kingdom from starvation. |
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That awful Cinderella
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Alvin Grawowsky,Alvin Granowsky |
Includes the traditional version of a familiar tale about a young girl who meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother and a retelling from the point of view of one of her stepsisters. |
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