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Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 1
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Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
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"In a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of somethingtoo, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both?"--
5) Cinderella
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1989
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[30] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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"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...
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Knopf
Pub. Date
c1991
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[29] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
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What's a little lamb to do about a big, oafish coyote that wants to eat her? Why, trick him, of course! This folk tale from the west of Mexico is energetically told and comfortably packed with many recognizable motifs. Mathers enlarges upon the humorous elements of the story in her boldly colored paintings. Aardema and Mathers are felicitously paired in a tale of trickery rewarded that begs to be read aloud. A glossary to correct Spanish pronunciation...
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Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2007
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 31 cm.
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Sumario en español: En este recuento chistoso de un folktale cubano, una cucarachita se entrevista a sus pretendientes para decidir quién para casar.
In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.
10) Rapunzel
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Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The prisoner of an evil witch, Rapunzel lives all alone in a tall, dark tower. If she ever escapes, the witch will put a terrible curse her. But is Rapunzel frightened? Oh no, not she!"--
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Starry River of the Sky volume 1
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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) Little Red
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Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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On her way to Grandma's house, Little Red meets a wolf. Which might scare some little girls. But not this little girl. She knows just what the wolf is up to, and she's not going to let him get away with it.
13) Ella enchanted
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Ella enchanted volume 1
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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...
14) The siren
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Forced to work as a Siren and lure strangers to their deaths after being rescued from drowning by the Ocean, Kahlen falls in love with a human and defies the rules of her service in order to follow her heart.
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
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192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
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Combines information on bird anatomy, their evolution, their role in history, state birds, birdsongs, birdwatching, migration, preservation efforts, birds in the arts, backyard birds, and other topics with poems and folktales about birds.
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1994
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story.
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Epic series of failures volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
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337 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Greg Belmont learns he's anything but ordinary when he discovers he's a real, live, fantastical dwarf and sets off on the adventure of a lifetime"--
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