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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.
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Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
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More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
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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.
7) Paul Bunyan
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Relates some of the exploits of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees whose pet was a blue ox named Babe.
9) Pecos Bill
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Relates some of the exploits of Pecos Bill, the extraordinary cowboy who was raised by coyotes, rode a mountain lion, and used a rattle snake as a rope.
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Little, Brown and Company
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[2014]
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32 pages : colored illustrations ; 29 cm
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A latest collection in the best-selling series provides illustrated, easy-to-read adaptations of popular folk tales that celebrate the adventures of such characters as Johnny Appleseed, Annie Oakley and Paul Bunyan.
12) One fine trade
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2009
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Georgy Piney Woods, the best peddler who ever lived, makes several trades so his daughter can buy a wedding dress.
14) John Henry
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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In this graphic version of the classic story, Jak and her broken-down robot, Cow, make a deal with the scrap collector; if they will take the Space Elevator to the supposedly deserted Cloud Kingdom and procure some nano-beans, Cow will be fixed as good asnew--but when they get there they find that the Kingdom is occupied by an immense alien monster.
16) Roy makes a car
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
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1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Roy Tyle, the best mechanic in the state of Florida, can clean spark plugs by just looking at them, and he takes a two-dollar bet that he can make an accident-proof car.
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In this graphic adaptation of the fairy tale, Princess Aurora is the only one who was protected from the sleeping spell, and now that she is grown up she must leave the slumbering castle and gather the ingredients to make the potion that will free the kingdom from their perpetual nap.
18) John Henry
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
19) The Broken Lands
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"Set in the seedy underworld of nineteenth-century Coney Island during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, two orphans are determined to stop evil forces from claiming the city of New York"--
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Who better to wreak havoc with eight beloved fairytales than Gregory Maguire, the brilliantly funny author of the adult novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as of the hilarious middle–grade series, The Hamlet Chronicles. Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy– tales, could be twisted...
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