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1) A story, a story: an African tale

Author

Haley, Gail E

Publisher

Atheneum

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott Medal

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

2) Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: a West African tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott Medal

Formats

Book, Read Along

3) The mitten: a Ukrainian folktale

Author

Brett, Jan

Language

English

Appears on list

Storytime 2023

Formats

Book, Board Book, Read Along

Description

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Several animals snuggle in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes. On board pages.

4) Magical tales from many lands

Author

Mayo, Margaret

Publisher

Dutton

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

5) The Bremen town musicians

Author

Johnson, David

Series

Rabbit ears a classic tale

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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A retelling of the Grimm tale in which an old donkey, dog, cat, and rooster, no longer wanted by their masters, set out for Bremen to become musicians.

6) The frog prince

Author

Tarcov, Edith

Series

Hello reader! Level 3

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c1974.

Language

English

7) Stone soup: an old tale

Author

Brown, Marcia

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

8) The funny little woman

Author

Mosel, Arlene

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott Medal

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, Read Along

Description

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A woman in old Japan who loves to cook rice dumplings and to laugh is captured by the wicked Oni.

9) The gingerbread man

Author

Kimmel, Eric A

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1993.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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A freshly-baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox.

10) The three billy goats gruff

Author

Galdone, Paul

Publisher

Clarion

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

11) Koi and the kola nuts

Author

Gleeson, Brian

Series

Rabbit ears a classic tale

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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Cheated of his rightful inheritance, a chief's son uses a bunch of kola nuts to gain a happy new life.

12) Finn McCoul

Author

Gleeson, Brian

Series

Rabbit ears a classic tale [books]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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Retells the Irish folktale in which the giant Finn McCoul and his very clever wife defeat the brutish giant Cuculin.

13) The snow child

Author

Ziefert, Harriet

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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An elderly couple who long for a child build a snow child which comes to life and makes them very happy-until the coming of spring when the days become too warm for her to stay.

14) The shipwrecked sailor: an Egyptian tale with hieroglyphs

Author

Bower, Tamara

Publisher

Atheneum

Pub. Date

c2000.

Language

English

Description

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A tale, based on a story found in ancient papyrus scrolls, about a shipwrecked sailor who finds fortune when he is befriended by a serpent that is the Prince of the magical island of Punt.

15) Two greedy bears

Author

Ginsburg, Mirra

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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A clever fox teaches two bears a lesson about greed.

16) The Bremen town musicians

Author

Grimm, Jacob

Language

English

Appears on list

Storytime 2023

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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While on their way to Bremen, four aging animals who are no longer of any use to their masters find a new home after outwitting a gang of robbers.

17) The fool & the flying ship

Author

Metaxas, Eric

Series

Rabbit ears a classic tale

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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When the Tsar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, a goofy country bumpkin sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.

18) The seven Chinese brothers

Author

Mahy, Margaret

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c1990.

Language

English

Description

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Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities.

19) The village of round and square houses

Author

Grifalconi, Ann

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women in round ones.

20) Beautiful blackbird

Author

Bryan, Ashley

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

c2003.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Read Along

Description

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In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."

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1) A story, a story: an African tale

2) Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: a West African tale

3) The mitten: a Ukrainian folktale

4) Magical tales from many lands

5) The Bremen town musicians

6) The frog prince

7) Stone soup: an old tale

8) The funny little woman

9) The gingerbread man

10) The three billy goats gruff

11) Koi and the kola nuts

12) Finn McCoul

13) The snow child

14) The shipwrecked sailor: an Egyptian tale with hieroglyphs

15) Two greedy bears

16) The Bremen town musicians

17) The fool & the flying ship

18) The seven Chinese brothers

19) The village of round and square houses

20) Beautiful blackbird

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