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Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry little girl finds the home of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep. Includes reading activities.

2) The mitten: a Ukrainian folktale

Author

Description

Beginning-to-read book.Fairy tales and folklore
Follett just beginning-to-read book

Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.

3) The three goats

Author

Hillert, Margaret

Series

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Simple retelling of the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge. Includes related activities.

4) The three snow bears

Author

Publisher

G. P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

2007

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 24 x 29 cm.

Description

Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears.

5) The 3 little dassies

Author

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

c2010

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

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.

6) The lion & the mouse

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Appears on list

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

7) The rainbow bridge: a Chumash legend

Author

Nechodom, Kerry

Publisher

Sand River Press

Pub. Date

1992

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Formats

Book, Reference

8) Fables

Author

Lobel, Arnold

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Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.

9) The tale of the tiger slippers

Author

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

[2019]

Physical Desc

32 pages : illustrations

Description

A retelling of a folktale about how a pair of magical slippers always find their way back to the tiger whose mother made them for him.

10) The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

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Description

"Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering...

11) Where the mountain meets the moon

Author

Lin, Grace

Series

Starry River of the Sky volume 1

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Description

Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.

12) Paul Bunyan: a tall tale

Author

Kellogg, Steven

Publisher

W. Morrow

Pub. Date

c1984

Physical Desc

40 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Description

Classic fairy tale collection

Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.

13) The adventures of Robin Hood

Author

Series

Formats

Description

An abridged retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.

14) Puss in boots

Author

Cech, John

Series

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Description

Battle of the Books 2023-2024

A clever cat helps his poor master win fame, fortune, and the hand of a beautiful princess.

15) Ella enchanted

Author

Levine, Gail Carson

Series

Ella enchanted volume 1

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Description

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine De

That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.' I stopped. So begins this richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who wants nothing more than to be free of Lucinda's...

16) The little prince

Author

Series

The Little Prince

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Native American oral histories

Saint-Exupery's classic story of a little prince who meets and befriends a pilot whose plane has crashed in the desert. In a tender and often poignant dialogue with his new friend, the little prince tells of his adventures on Earth and other planets, and of his search for peace. The English edition features a new translation and restored original art to mark the 100th anniversary of the author's birth.

17) Traditional stories of the California nations

Author

Bell, Samantha

Series

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Discusses the history of Native Americans in California and describes some of their oral traditions on such subjects as the creation of the Earth and human connection to nature.

18) Princess tales around the world: once upon a time in rhyme with seek-and-find pictures

Author

Maccarone, Grace

Publisher

Feiwel and Friends

Pub. Date

2017.

Physical Desc

31 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Description

Retellings in verse of some of the world's best known fairy tales with illustrations that contain hidden objects for the reader to find.

19) Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

Author

May, Robert L

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Although the other reindeer laugh at him because of his bright red nose, Rudolph proves his worth when he is chosen to lead Santa Claus' sleigh on a foggy night.

20) The school for good and evil

Author

Chainani, Soman

Series

School for Good and Evil volume 1

Description