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1) Tops and bottoms

Author

Stevens, Janet

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[p. 2008?], c.1995

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD

Description

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Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

2) The legend of the Bluebonnet : An old tale of Texas

Author

dePaola, Tomie

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of the Comanche Indian legend of how a little girl's sacrifice brought the flower called bluebonnet to Texas.

3) The first strawberries: a Cherokee story

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Series

Picture Puffins

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.

4) The hunterman and the crocodiles

Author

Diakité, Baba Wagué

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Donso, a West African hunterman, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and the necessity of placing humans among, not above, all other living things.

5) The tale of Rabbit and Coyote

Author

Johnston, Tony

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Rabbit outwits Coyote in this Zapotec tale which explains why coyotes howl at the moon.

6) Stormalong

Author

Metaxas, Eric

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Recounts some of the astounding adventures of the legendary New England sea captain who could tie an octopus in knots.

7) The tale of three trees: a traditional folktale

Author

Hunt, Angela Elwell

Publisher

Lion Pub. Corp

Pub. Date

[1989]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Three trees that dream of greatness are surprised by the way their dreams come true.

8) Peachboy

Author

Metaxas, Eric

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Found floating on the river inside a peach by an old couple, Momotaro grows up and fights the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for years.

9) Saint George and the dragon: a golden legend

Author

Hodges, Margaret

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott

Description

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Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.

10) Adopted by the eagles: a Plains Indian story of friendship and treachery

Author

Goble, Paul

Publisher

Bradbury Press

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Two friends go out hunting for horses--but only one returns--in this story based in the Lakota Indian tradition.

11) The Legend Of Sleeping Bear

Author

Wargin, Kathy-Jo

Series

Legend series (Kathy-Jo Wargin) volume 1

Publisher

Sleeping Bear Press

Pub. Date

1998

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across Lake Michigan.

12) Kibitzers and fools: tales my zayda (grandfather) told me

Author

Taback, Simms

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

2005.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Jewish American Heritage

Description

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Thirteen brief, illustrated, traditional Jewish tales, each accompanied by an appropriate saying.

13) Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion

Author

Kessler, Brad

Publisher

Rabbit Ears Books

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Boss Lion threatens to eat all the inhabitants of the village, until he is outsmarted by B'rer Rabbit.

14) Buffalo woman

Author

Goble, Paul

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.

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1) Tops and bottoms

2) The legend of the Bluebonnet : An old tale of Texas

3) The first strawberries: a Cherokee story

4) The hunterman and the crocodiles

5) The tale of Rabbit and Coyote

6) Stormalong

7) The tale of three trees: a traditional folktale

8) Peachboy

9) Saint George and the dragon: a golden legend

10) Adopted by the eagles: a Plains Indian story of friendship and treachery

11) The Legend Of Sleeping Bear

12) Kibitzers and fools: tales my zayda (grandfather) told me

13) Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion

14) Buffalo woman