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4) Dove Isabeau
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Young, beautiful Dove Isabeau is turned into a fire-breathing dragon by her evil stepmother and is saved from the spell by her true love, Kemp Owain.
Author
Series
Emerald circus volume 2
Publisher
Tachyon Publications LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Yolen breaks open ... [classic fairy tales and legends] to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and ... refined"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although he hates their poor poetry, a frog king agrees to let two flattering scoundrels create an outfit for him that will show off his fine, long, strong legs and test the loyalty of his subjects.
Author
Publisher
Crocodile Books, an imprint of Interlink Pub. Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
Master storyteller Jane Yolen and her daughter Heidi Stemple have teamed up to bring the magic of their acclaimed Fairy Tale Feasts to the time-honored and delicious traditions of Jewish storytelling and cuisine. Here you'll find Yolen's dynamic, enchanting ...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Why are cats and mice enemies? Why do cats always land on their feet? Are cats as smart as they seem? Here's a story behind each of these feline traits. For centuries, people everywhere, from Tibet to Oman to Scotland to the United States, have been fascinated with cats and their intriguing personalities. In this captivating collection, New York Times best-selling author Jane Yolen has gathered and adapted cat stories, sayings, and nursery rhymes...
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old harpist Moira is transported to a strange and mystical wilderness, where she finds herself in the middle of a deadly struggle between a magical fox and a monstrous troll.
18) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
. . . Around the castle there grew a hedge of thorns, which every year grew higher, and at last there was nothing more to be seen, not even the flag upon the roof. But the story of the beautiful sleeping princess, Briar Rose, went about the country so that from time to time the King's sons came and tried to get through the thorny hedge . . . So goes the German fairy tale of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty ... an old, old tale, yet so potent that few...
20) Wizard's Hall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.