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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The definitive collection of British and Irish folktales from master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland. Rich and strange, these eerie and magical folktales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to generation, and are gathered together in a definitive new collection from the master storyteller and winner of the Carnegie Medal, Kevin Crossley-Holland. Dark and funny, lyrical and earthy, these fifty stories are...
Author
Series
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In a village in the countryside lived a woman named Kamala who had the most delicious honey you've ever tasted. She collected honey from her hives to sell at the market, but business was slow, and she and her father were struggling to get by. Kamala knew she had to do something, so when she heard that the king's son was getting married and all the villagers were invited to the party, she got an idea. When Kamala's first plan doesn't exactly work out...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki in the boarders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on. In this oversized board...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
In this version of "The Little Red Hen," set at a farm, the other animals eat and play while the little gray bunny does all the chores in the barn, until one day he teaches them a lesson about laziness.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Formats
Description
An indolent college student creates a chaotic fictional world in this classic of Irish literature: “A marvel of imagination, language, and humor” (New Republic).
In this comic masterpiece, our unnamed narrator—a student at University College, Dublin, who spends more time drinking and working on his novel than attending classes—creates a character, a pub owner named Trellis, who himself is devoted...
In this comic masterpiece, our unnamed narrator—a student at University College, Dublin, who spends more time drinking and working on his novel than attending classes—creates a character, a pub owner named Trellis, who himself is devoted...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
No one will help the Little Red Hen make the Passover matzah, but they all want to help her eat it. Includes information about Passover, a recipe for matzah, and a glossary of Yiddish words used in the story.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
1972.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Description
Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in the little wee bear's bed.
Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of a Middle Eastern folktale, after being forced to change into a fancy coat to attend a banquet, Nasruddin feeds his dinner to the coat, reasoning that his coat was the invited guest. Includes storytelling activities.
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 430L
Language
English
Description
A simplified retelling of the adventures of a little girl walking in the woods who finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings. Includes a note on the history of the tale.
15) The three bears
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1991]
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
Description
While three bears are away from home, Goldilocks ventures inside their house, tastes their porridge, tries their chairs, and finally falls asleep in Baby Bear's bed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two retellings (one modern, one traditional) of the classic fable about a farmer whose goose lays golden eggs but whose greed keeps him wanting more. Includes discussion questions and examines the moral of the fable.
Author
Series
Mythos volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this continuation of "Mythos," Stephen Fry recounts the stories of the human heroes found in Greek mythology, with illustrations of classical art inspired by the myths.
19) Cinderella
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A funny and contemporary retelling of a classic children's fairy tale based on the award-winning app"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A kingdom's choicest fools gather at court, a young man makes a fortune from a dead mouse, a barber helps measure the earth with bullock carts and other such incredible tales of wit and wisdom. A delightful collection of stories of the witty Birbal from Akbar's court, Tenali Raman from Krishnadeva Raya's Vijaynagar Empire and Gopal Bhand from Raja Krishna Chandra's court in Bengal and many more!"--Back cover.
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