Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Drawn from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being. This variation on the Cinderella tale takes place in an Algonquin village on the shores of Lake Ontario.
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
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
Series
Anansi books volume 4
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.
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.
20) Button soup
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this modern version of the French folktale"Stone Soup", Rag-Tag Meg shows the neighborhood how to make a delicioius pot of soup while starting with only water and an old wooden button.