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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.
5) Stone Soup
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
How can a hungry young traveler trick an uncooperative old lady into feeding him dinner? He offers to teach her to make stone soup-soup started from a stone. As more ingredients are added to the soup, the old lady and the traveler look forward to a wonderful meal. Fancy that!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A very rare pitacohi bird falls in love with a swallow and plucks his colorful feathers to transform dry, barren San Juan Capistrano into a haven of flowers and flowing water, which the swallows can easily find when returning from their annual migration.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the traditional folktale, three little dassies (also called rock hyraxes) build their houses in the Namib Desert of Southern Africa, hoping for protection from the eagle that lives atop a nearby mountain.
14) The three goats
Author
Publisher
Modern Curriculum
Pub. Date
1963
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An easy format retelling of the classic fairy tale, Billy Goats Gruff and how the goats trick a troll living under a bridge. Original edition revised with new illustrations. Includes reading activities and a word list"--
15) Cinder-Elly
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this rap version of the traditional fairy tale, the overworked younger sister gets to go to a basketball game and meets a star player, Prince Charming.
20) Not I, not I
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.