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Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Goldilocks, who was very, very good, except that sometimes she forgot to do things that her mother told her to do. Yes she did... " But worse is when she forget's not to do what she is told not to do. For sometimes that can lead to much more serious trouble....like what happened the day of this story. McClintock's art, that is reminscent of 19th Century children's book art, perfectly compliments Aylesworth's...
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
10) Epossumondas
Author
Series
Epossumondas volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.
14) Armadilly chili
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this Texas-style adaptation of a traditional folktale, a tarantula, mockingbird, and horned toad refuse to help an armadillo prepare a batch of chili but nevertheless expect to eat it when it's ready.
15) The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
16) Rip Van Winkle
Author
Language
English
Description
In the Catskill Mountains, farmer Rip Van Winkle meets a strange dwarf and a group of men playing ninepins. He drinks from their keg and falls into a deep sleep. When he awakens, everything is changed.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away. "The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this Indian variant of a familiar story, some turkeys make a gown of feathers for the poor girl who tends them so that she can participate in a sacred dance, but they desert her when she fails to return as promised.