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American folktales
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Peggy A. Bulger |
Publisher's description: This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, The Americ… |
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The Storyteller
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Evan Turk |
Long, long ago, like a pearl around a grain of sand, the Kingdom of Morocco formed at the edge of the great, dry Sahara. It had fountains of cool, refreshing water to quench the thirst of the desert,… |
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When the Sea Turned to Silver
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Grace Lin |
Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most exciting tales for her granddaughter and the other villagers. However, the peace is shattered one night when soldiers of the Emperor arrive and… |
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Above Us Only Sky
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Michele Young-Stone |
"On March 29, 1973, Prudence Eleanor Vilkas was born with a pair of wings molded to her back. Considered a birth defect, her wings were surgically removed, leaving only the ghost of them behind. At [… |
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Los niños, el miedo y los cuentos
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Pedro Moreno,Ana Gutiérrez |
El miedo a la oscuridad y a dormir solo, el miedo a los cohetes y a las tormentas, el miedo a los animales, el miedo a las inyecciones o al pedia- tra, el miedo a las personas desconocidas... son alg… |
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Darling Jim : a novel
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Christian Moerk |
When two sisters and their aunt are found dead in their suburban Dublin home, it seems that the secret behind their untimely demise will never be known. But then Niall, a young mailman, finds a myste… |
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Eva Luna
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Isabel Allende |
The history of a woman born poor, orphaned early, and who eventually rose to a position of unique influence. |
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The last word
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Quentin Crisp |
"Quentin Crisp (Dec. 25, 1908-Nov. 21, 1999) was an English-born writer, actor, eccentric and raconteur. He became famous from the publication of his 1968 autobiography The Naked Civil Servant, which… |
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Available
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Matteson Perry |
"Matteson Perry is a Nice Guy. He remembers birthdays, politely averts his eyes on the subway, and enjoys backgammon. A serial monogamist, he's never asked a stranger out. But when the girl he though… |
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Where there's smoke, there's dinner
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Regi Carpenter |
These honest tales - some hilarious, some heartbreaking - celebrate the glorious and gut-wrenching lives of four generations of Carpenters raised on the St. Lawrence River in Clayton, New York. |
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The Storyteller's Daughter
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Cameron Dokey |
In a faraway kingdom, a king has been betrayed. Deeply hurt and bitterly angry, he vows never to be deceived again. Unfortunately, the king's plan to protect himself will endanger all of the realm's … |
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The tickety tale teller
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Maureen Haselhurst |
The Tickety Tale Teller is so busy going from house to house to tell stories to all the children that she becomes exhausted, prompting her to figure out a way to make her job easier. |
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Dreams, schemes, and mysteries
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Barbara Davoll |
As their summer on Prince Edward Island comes to a close, brothers Beverly and Felix join their King cousins in a preaching contest at the old Pulpit Stone in the orchard, and hear more entrancing ta… |
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The King cousins
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Barbara Davoll |
Two boys arrive for a visit with relatives on Prince Edward Island and have adventures involving a boy's first visit to church, raising funds for a school library, and a miser willing to pay for one … |
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Midnight madness and mayhem
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Barbara Davoll |
On Prince Edward Island during a summer in the nineteenth century, the King cousins participate in a school concert which has a surprising conclusion for the Story Girl, finally see the contents of t… |
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The meadow
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Eliol Luma Fionn |
When a magical storyteller visits a little kingdom, the inhabitants' lives are changed forever. |
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Story Girl
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Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Beverly King and his younger brother, Felix, are sent to live with an aunt and uncle in Carlisle when their widowed father finds work in a distant land. This story is told from Bev's point of view. H… |
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Scary, man
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Jeffrey Hickey |
As a professional storyteller and teacher, Griffin Donnelley has a mesmerizing way with words. In fact, it has enabled him to cut quite a swath through the small towns in California where he teaches … |
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The ancestor tree
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T. Obinkaram Echewa |
Saddened by the death of their special friend, the very old man who told them stories and jokes, the village children decide to go against custom and plant a tree for him in the Forest of the Ancesto… |
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Water shaper
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Laura Williams McCaffrey |
Having escaped from her father's control with help from a handsome holy man who is king of a western land, fifteen-year-old Princess Margot finally travels to the sea where her mother lived, and from… |
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