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1) Starry tales
Author
Publisher
Margaret McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"15 myths about the sun, the moon, and the stars from different cultures and countries..."
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this variation of the traditional Baba Yaga story, a young girl must rely on the advice of her dead mother and her special doll when her wicked stepmother sends her to get a needle from Grandma Chickenlegs.
Author
Language
English
Description
This is a completely new version of the Arabian Nights-many of the stories have never appeared before in a collection for children. They include fables, romances, narrative jokes, and fairy tales. It is written in a style that is clear, gripping and poetic-one which conveys the flavor of the original and preserves the context of a magical, cruel, desert world.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Contains twenty-two myths and legends from around the world, from a Greek myth to a legend from Ceylon, they tell the stories of half-remembered heroes of ancient times, or ordinary people whose lives were changed by some mystery, or who performed some great deed.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A retelling, based on seventh-century B.C. Assyrian clay tablets, of the wanderings and adventures of the god king, Gilgamesh, who ruled in ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in about 2700 B.C., and of his faithful companion, Enkidu.