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Jack and the beanstalk
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Joseph Jacobs |
Joseph Jacobs' version of the tale in which a boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he must use his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune. |
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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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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Michael Morpurgo,Michael Foreman,Michael Foreman |
The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor. |
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Strange and Secret Peoples
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Carole G. Silver |
Teeming with creatures, both real and imagined, this encyclopedic study in cultural history illuminates the hidden web of connections between the Victorian fascination with fairies and their lore and… |
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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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Merlin and the making of the king
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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. |
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The Battle of the Bulge
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Stephen W. Sears |
In the middle of December 1944, at a time when most people thought Germany was finished, the German army launched a surprise attack against the American army in Belgium. Thousands of crack troops and… |
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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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Pocket Scottish Legends: 25 Classics to Delight and Entertain
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Fiona Biggs |
256 pages : 15 cm |
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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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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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Roger Lancelyn Green |
The classic story of social justice and outrageous cunning. Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking … |
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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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The Teeny-Tiny Woman
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Paul Galdone |
Retells the tale of the teeny-tiny woman who finds a teeny-tiny bone in a churchyard and puts it away in her cupboard before she goes to sleep. |
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Round about and long ago
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Eileen H. Colwell |
Twenty-eight stories gleaned from the oral traditions of various English counties. |
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