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The Teeny Tiny Woman
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Jane O'Connor |
A teeny tiny woman, who puts a teeny tiny bone she finds in a churchyard away in a cupboard before she goes to sleep, is awakened by a voice demanding the return of the bone. |
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Le Morte d'Arthur
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Thomas Malory |
**Le Morte d'Arthur** (originally spelled **Le Morte Darthur**, ungrammatical Middle French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales a… |
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Joseph Jacobs' the story of the three little pigs
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Joseph Jacobs,Lorinda Bryan Cauley |
Rather than suffer the fate of his two brothers, a pig cleverly outwits a persistent wolf once and for all. |
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Excalibur
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Hudson Talbott |
The young King Arthur asks for and receives the noble sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake and promises to be deserving of it through acts of valor. |
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Robin Hood
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Angela Bull |
To some, Robin Hood-----who steals from the rich to give to the poor-----is a hero; to others, he is an outlaw. |
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Molly Limbo
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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. |
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Magic & mischief
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Shirley Climo |
A collection of stories detailing the charms, powers, and adventures, each about "some kind of magical being, good or bad" from the small corner of England known as Cornwall. |
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Next time I will
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Betsy Day,Doris Orgel |
In attempting to follow his mother's instructions, a good-hearted boy always does the right thing at the wrong time. |
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Robin Hood
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Robert Blaisdell |
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. |
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The Old Woman and Her Pig
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Rosanne Litzinger |
When her newly bought pig won't go over the stile, an old woman tries to enlist the aid of some reluctant helpers so she can get home that night. |
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire
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Howard Pyle |
**The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire** is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Pyle compiled the traditional Robin Hood ballads as a se… |
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More English fairy tales
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Joseph Jacobs |
Forty-four lesser known tales collected from English folklore, including Yallery Brown, Tom Hickathrift, Scrapefoot, A. Pottle O'Brains, Tamlane, and Tabetrot and Scantie Mab. |
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English Fairy Tales
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Joseph Jacobs,Joseph Jacobs |
From the book:Who says that English folk have no fairy-tales of their own? The present volume contains only a selection out of some 140, of which I have found traces in this country. It is probable t… |
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Beowulf, a hero's tale retold
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James Rumford |
A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom |
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Robin Hood
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Margaret Early |
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. |
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Excalibur
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Carol Heyer |
King Arthur loses his sword in battle with the Black Knight and receives a new one, Excalibur, from the Lady of the Lake. |
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The Magpies' nest
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Joanna Foster |
A story, based on English folklore, explains why each bird builds its nest in a different way. |
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The story of King Arthur
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Crawford, Tom |
Recounts Arthur's chief adventures including his becoming King, his marriage to Guinevere, and his benevolent but troubled reign over England. |
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Lazy Jack
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Russell Ayto,Vivian French |
A retelling of the misadventures of Lazy Jack who can never do anything right, but people find his mishaps so funny that they employ him anyway. |
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The three sillies
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Steven Kellogg |
A young man believes his sweetheart and her family are the three silliest people in the world until he meets three others who are even sillier. |
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