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81) The Gullywasher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Leticia's grandfather, who was a vaquero as a young man, provides fanciful explanations for how he got his wrinkles, white hair, round belly, and stooped frame.
82) Jack
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Young Jack meets a host of animals on his way to ask the king for a house"--
85) The flying witch
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates how a turnip farmer's daughter outwits the fearsome witch Baba Yaga.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The pea gives its own version of what happened in the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea," from the time of its birth in the Palace Garden until it helps arrange a royal marriage.
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.
88) Rain
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The animals of the African savanna use their senses to predict and then enjoy the rain.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Coyote-a creator, a messenger, and, above all, a trickster-is at his mischievous best in these adventures retold from Native American sources. Brilliant illustrations depict the playful character in four tales: "Coyote Creates a New World," "Coyote and Mice," "Coyote and Woodpecker," and "Coyote and the Buffalo Bull."
Author
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
One evening, when the King is in a hurry, his goodnight kiss to his son goes astray, rattling around the castle and finally escaping into the dark forest, where the King orders his bravest knight to find it and bring it back.
94) Epossumondas
Author
Series
Epossumondas volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 4
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
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.
96) Bone soup
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this version of the classic tale, Stone soup, three witches are looking for a tasty treat on Halloween morning and they find only a small bone in their cupboard. So they decide to go from door to door in their village to find just the right ingredients for their bone soup"--
Author
Series
Brownstone's mythical collection volume 1
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little Arthur Brownstone is the town oddity, until he is tasked with defeating the horrendous giant wolf Fenrir, who is terrorizing the Icelandic countryside and has extinguished the warming fire that keeps Arthur's town thriving. Join Arthur on this journey through Norse mythology as he meets Thor, defeats Fenrir, and becomes a legend in his own right--the first in a series about the adventuring Brownstone family as they explore folklore from around...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In a land that has stood barren, parched by drought and ravaged by frosts since the Queen's death, the King sets his three daughters the task of making the kingdom bloom again, and discovers that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time there were three sisters: Franca, Carmela, and Tomasina. This is their story of adventure and discovery. A tale of hidden mysteries and new wonders, of finding a strange world beyond home and unlocking the secrets inside themselves.