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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
The author's premise is that within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. Here, the author unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through these stories and commentaries, the...
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the Peruvian folktale in which Fox and Mole try to climb to the moon on a rope woven of grass.
Una adaptaci�n del cuento folkl�rico peruano en que un zorro y un topo intentan a subir a la luna por un lazo de hierba.
12) Rumpelstiltskin
Author
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
13) Aesop's Fables
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Each volume includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader to gain a deeper understanding of these enduring works.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The legend of Arthur, King of England, and his Knights of the Round Table of Camelot, including Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Gawain, Merlin and Guinevere. The legend herein tells of the sword in the stone, the Lady of the Lake, the forming of the Round Table and of course, the search for the greatest treasure of all: the Holy Grail. Classics Illustrated tells these wonderful tales in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction...
15) John Henry
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a stream drill to cut through a mountain.
16) Stone soup
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the classic tale in which a poor but clever traveler finds a way to get the townspeople to share their food with him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Raintree
Pub. Date
©2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simplified version of the familiar folktale featuring a hungry little chick who happens upon the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings. Includes a note on the history of the tale.