Kimmel, Eric A.
Summary: Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A young man's kindness to an old beggar woman earns him his weight in gold and half a kingdom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: Captain Ahab takes his crew on a mission to find Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: Traces the life of the last emperor to rule the Aztec empire in Central America before it was conquered by the Spaniards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MONKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A princess promises to marry the prince who finds the most precious treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1994
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Summary: A young girl brings her pets to the library--with predictably disastrous results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: An adaptation of a Japanese folktale in which a feudal lord seeks a samurai cat to rid his castle of a savage rat, but soon discovers that violence is not always the best way to accomplish things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2003
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Summary: Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Kimmel 1988Kimmel, Eric A.
Summary: When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a towel and comb given to her by the witch's cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A hot pepper pie exposes the big bad wolf in this southwestern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Children's Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: Grandma Mina's Persian carpet sends twins Scarlett and Sam to Egypt in the time of Moses, where they come to understand that every Jew was part of the first Passover, and just what made it different from all other nights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: J FIC KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: Retells, with a southwestern United States setting, the traditional tale about three billy goat brothers who trick a beast that lives under the bridge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: "When three Hanukkah latkes fight over which of them tastes the best, the winner is decided by the family cat. Which does he choose?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1991
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.24 KIMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: During the Mexican Revolution, when a troop of hungry soldiers comes to a town where all the food has been hidden, they charm the townspeople into helping make a soup from water and a cactus thorn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2004
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KIMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 398.2 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Fairy KimmelKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: On the first night of Hanukkah, Old Bear wanders into Bubba Brayna's house and receives a delicious helping of potato latkes when she mistakes him for the rabbi. Includes a recipe for latkes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: When Jack's mother tells him how his father died when a giant stole his barbecue recipes, Jack vows to find the giant and retrieve the book. Includes an author's note about Texas barbecue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2012
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Summary: Twelve legends of Greek mythology, from Pandora and her dreaded box to Icarus with his wings of was, and greedy King Midas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: M.K. McElderry Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.13 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A retelling of the adventures of Aladdin who, with the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, fights an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KIMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: With the aid of a perfect peach, a silver fife, and his own resources, Petit Jean outwits a dishonest king and wins the hand of a princess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1993