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Author
Publisher
Inhabit Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This beautiful compendium of tales shares eight classic Inuit creation stories from the Baffin region. From the origins of day and night, thunder and lightning, and the sun and the moon to the creation of the first caribou and source of all the Arctic's fearful storms, this book recounts traditional Inuit legends in the poetic and engaging style of authors Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley.
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Burndee is a young and cantankerous fairy godfather who would rather bake cakes than help humans. A disgrace to the fairy order, Burndee has only two wards entrusted to his care ... a cinder girl and a charming prince. A royal ball presents Burndee with the brilliant solution of how to make his wards happy with the least amount of effort. He'll arrange a meeting and hope the two fall in love. A humorous and magical re-telling of Cinderella from a...
Author
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Pub. Date
©2005.
Language
English
Description
Herakles was one of the greatest of all Greek heroes, and his exploits have been celebrated in paintings, songs, poetry, and sculpture for thousands of years. Now it's time for him to have his own children's book, one exclusively devoted to his labors and adventures. Strong Stuff tells the amazing stories of the Stymphalian Birds (defeated by crashing cymbals), creepy King Geryon (with three heads AND three bodies), the Augean Stables (don't ask),...
Author
Series
Publisher
Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Lenapé Nation (often wrongly called the Delaware) consider themselves the Grandfathers of all the Algonquin peoples, among them the Cree, the Shawnee, the Powhatan, the Mahican; however, little has been written about the Lenapé, and their traditional stories have never been collected and set down.
Author
Publisher
Northland
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
The tripping notes of a wooden flute echo from the steep red walls of a lonely Southwestern canyon. The sounds drift up through the green leaves of the cottonwood trees that line the banks of the rippling canyon stream. But hwo is playing the flute? Discover the story of the flute player in the centuries-old Apache folktale, retold and illustrated by Michael Lacapa.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1201
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A classic tale is reborn through the inspired imagination of cinematic dream-weaver Guillermo del Toro, directing alongside Mark Gustafson. Realized through boundary-pushing, breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation, this dark rendering of the fable of the puppet boy and his maker, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, daringly transfers the story to Fascist Italy, where the irrepressible Pinocchio gradually learns what it means...
Author
Publisher
Immortalise
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Dymphna Lonergan began creating this book as a learning aid for Irish language friends in South Australia and later as a way of recording some events in her life. The English and Irish versions of the stories run parallel on the left and right to allow multi-lingual readers to strengthen their use of the new language.
Author
Series
Dark ascension novel volume 2
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Twins James and Marlene have always felt out of place in their humdrum fishing village, longing to escape the quiet lives their parents envision for them. When Marlene's birthday wish transports them both to an unsettling, magical paradise called Never Land, they discover an unexpected alternative: the chance to stay forever with the charismatic Peter and his Lost Boys. But when their actions reignite a conflict between the fractured Lost Boys, James...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In a land far away, there were two kingdoms: the Outside, where twisted beasts roamed that could curse with a touch, and the Inside, where humans lived in safety and peace. The girl and the beast should never have met, but when they do, a quiet fairytale begins.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Juvenile
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Frog joins cousins Jack and Jill in leaving their own stories to seek a magic mirror, encountering such creatures as giants, mermaids, and goblins along the way. Based in part on fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Hi'iaka wants to make the forests of Hawai'i safe for travelers, but she will have to battle an evil lizard named Pana'ewa and his army to do it, and with a little help from her sister and some special powers, she is ready for a great battle.
12) A drop of venom
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters--she's been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King's army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom's famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe--but you would be wrong. Seventeen-year-old Pratyush is a famed slayer of monsters, one of the King's most...
Author
Series
Publisher
Vista Higher Learning
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
Español
Description
With their unforgettable characters, the fairy tales written by the Brothers Grimm have touched the imaginations and hearts of children everywhere. This stunning collection brings together some of their most popular stories: The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The stories in Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, hungry yearning: the desire to be loved, and seen, and known. And the terror of those things too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long enough. To be laid bare before your sweetheart, to their horror. To be known and recognized as the monstrous thing you are. Two young women working at a sinister roadside attraction...
18) Promchanted
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stella is obsessed with logistics and problem solving, and does not have time for fairy tales, but on a pre-prom visit to Disneyland she and Reece (a boy she accidentally got fired) get swept up in the world of Sleeping Beauty, and the girl who believes in logic, not fantasy, finds herself in a very illogical situation.
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Kadooboo! Golden brown, puffy, sweet, and crunchy, it's fresh from the pan--a delicious treat! As soon as it's ready, Kabir runs home with some to share. He's got to be quick, before the rain! But wait ... can he remember the treat's name? (His Amma is sure to ask!) Of course he can. That is, if fun and friends aren't too distracting along the way. As Kabir makes his way, the sights and sounds of the street and interactions with friends start to jumble...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
One boy's parents travel from far-off lands to improve their son's life. But what happens next is unexpected. What does it mean when your parents are different? With humor and pathos, Sworder reflects on the strange nature of giving and receiving love and celebrates those parents who embrace a hard life for themselves in the hope of a better life for their children.
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