Roth, Rita.
Summary: Presents a collection of thirteen Sephardic folk tales based on tales collected by the Israel Folktales Archives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jewish Publication Society 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ROTWeso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)
Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022
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Summary: Estrella learns about her Cuban and Jewish heritage as she helps her aunt move from her Miami apartment to an assisted living community.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEHFigal, Gerald A.
Summary: "Monsters, ghosts, the supernatural, the fantastic, the mysterious. These are not usually considered the "stuff" of modernism. More often they are regarded as inconsequential to the study of the modern or, at best, seen as representative of traditional beliefs that are overcome and left behind in the transformation toward modernity. In Civilization and Monsters Gerald Figal asserts that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Duke University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 FIGHillert, Margaret
Summary: "An easy to read fairy tale about Three Little Pigs and how they work together. Spanish only text, includes Spanish word list"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2018
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2 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE SPANISH HILAroeste, Sarah
Summary: "We say "Mazal Bueno!" in Ladino to celebrate something special!" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 ARO (SPANISH)Morris, Mary
Summary: In 1492, the Jewish and Muslim populations of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for America. Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jew, accompanies Columbus as his interpreter. His journey is only the beginning of a long migration, across many generations. Over the centuries, de Torres' descendants travel from Spain and Portugal to Mexico, finally settling in the hills of New Mexico. Five hundred...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MORMacDonald, Margaret Read
Summary: When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep. Includes notes on the story's origins.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACTuininga, Josh
Summary: We Are Not Strangers explores a unique situation of Japanese and Jewish Americans living side by side in a country at war. Marco Calvo always knew his grandfather, affectionately called Papoo, was a good man. After all, he was named for him. A first-generation Jewish immigrant, Papoo was hardworking, smart, and caring. When Papoo peacefully passes away, Marco expects the funeral to be simple....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Comicarts 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TUIMcAllister, Angela
Summary: "50 classic nature stories from Angela McAllister are brought to life with sumptuous illustrations from Hannah Bess Ross, making this an anthology to treasure for a lifetime and celebrating nature and getting outdoors. This beautiful book of stories takes readers on a journey with 50 tales, featuring themes of nature from all around the world. Sit back, get comfortable and delve into this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln 2022
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Summary: Thirty-two short stories chosen from the tradition of ghost stories from American Indian cultures across North America, featuring witches, walking dolls, hungry skeletons, skinwalkers, and other supernatural beings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 JONFrigiola, Heather
Summary: Mythical creatures are cultural artifacts--creations of the human imagination from all around the world. From terrifying monsters to sacred mystical beasts, weird-looking humanoids, magical birds, and many other fantastic beings, the mythological creatures in this book are sure to enchant and amaze! Discover myths and legends spanning from ancient times to modern day from every corner of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Feather 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 FRISummary: In a Paris suburb nicknamed Little Jerusalem, a family of Sephardic Orthodox immigrants shares a low-income apartment. Beautiful, teenaged Laura distances herself from her family's religion and her own burgeoning desire by devoting every waking moment to intellectual discipline and secular philosophy. Mathilde, Laura's married older sister, worries that strict observance of the Torah's marital...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video/Kino International Corp. 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PETQaunaq, Sakiasi.
Summary: Retells the Inuit folk legend of an orphan who learns to be self-sufficient from a mystical polar bear.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 QAULewis, Paul Owen.
Summary: A story drawn from Haida Indian literary tradition in which a boy falls from his canoe into a world of eighteen-foot tall humanlike creatures who welcome him and eventually return him to his village.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beyond Words Pub. 1995
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 LEWAtwater, Barbara J.
Summary: "Chulyen, a trickster raven, loses his nose in an embarrassing incident, but vows to get it back. With the help of magic powers, Chulyen devises a caper to retrieve his missing nose, and learns an important lesson along the way."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alaska Northwest Books 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 ATWOrient Imaginaire (Musical group)
Contents: KFu=cek pe=srevi / Tanbpurpi Haham Mu=se Faro/Musi (4:57) -- Segpah beste / Boncuk=cu musevi (4:30) -- Mæye taksim (Improvisation) ; Mæaye pe=srevi (4:45) ; =Sedarban naki=s ; YFurFuk semapisi (4:04) ; GFulizar pe=srevi (5:00) ; Beyati taksim (Improvisation) ; Beyati saz semapisi (10:21) / Tanbpurpi Ishak [Isaac Fresco Romano] -- Ferahfezæa taksim (Improvisation) (4:52) ; Ferahfezæa =sark+...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teldec 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST ORIBruchac, Joseph
Summary: A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 BRU1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRU
Winspear, Jacqueline
Summary: Arriving in turbulent 1937 Gibraltar in the aftermath of a tragedy, Maisie Dobbs raises the British Secret Service's suspicions through her involvement in the murder of a Sephardic Jewish photographer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M WINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS WINCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY WINGoble, Paul.
Summary: A retelling of the Cheyenne and Sioux myth about the Great Race, a contest called by the Creator to settle the question whether man or buffalo should have supremacy and thus become the guardians of Creation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bradbury Press 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GOBHunt, Angela Elwell
Summary: Three trees that dream of greatness are surprised by the way their dreams come true.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lion Pub. 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fairy HuntAta, Te.
Summary: Willful Baby Rattlesnake throws tantrums to get his rattle before he's ready, but he misuses it and learns a lesson.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press 2006