Summary: "Researchers from scholars to the general public will find this reference source an excellent starting place to find definitions, summaries, authors, artists, and regional and historical overviews of fairy tales, past and present."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.21 OXFSummary: The discovery of cheese is a narrative at least 8,000 years old, dating back to the Neolithic era. Yet, after all of these thousands of years we are still finding new ways to combine the same four basic ingredients--milk, bacteria, salt, and enzymes--into new and exciting products with vastly different shapes, sizes, and colors, and equally complex and varied tastes, textures, and, yes, aromas....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 637 OXFHooper, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1987
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 794.1 HOOAbrahams, Roger D.
Contents: Tales of wonder from the great ocean of story -- Stories to discuss and even argue about -- Tales of trickster and other ridiculous creatures: tales to entertain -- Tales in praise of great doings -- Making a way through life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2096 ABRGabaldon, Diana.
Summary: A guide to the Outlander series, time-travel romances featuring Claire Beauchamp Randall, a Red Cross nurse. Included are synopses of novels, biographies, family trees and pronunciation help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1999
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Summary: Teaches English as a second language to Russian speakers through the use of pictures dealing with everyday topics such as the body, post office, law, travel, and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.73 PARSummary: Presents fifty fairy tales, including both traditional tales from around the world from such sources as the Brothers Grimm and original stories by L. Frank Baum and other authors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miles Kelly 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.2 FIFHoberman, Mary Ann.
Summary: This book uses traditional reading teaching techniques (alliteration, rhyme, repetition, short sentences) to invite young children to read along with an adult. Eight short fairy tales fit on one spread and feature the characters and stories that children love best. With clear, color-coded typography and amusing illustrations, this collection is sure to entertain while encouraging reading skills...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC HobermanSummary: "Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition of this established dictionary offers entries on all aspects of the classical world. With reception and anthropology as new focus areas and numerous new entries, it is an essential reference work for students, scholars, and teachers of classics and for anyone with an interest in the classical era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2012
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 938.003 OXFColfer, Chris
Summary: An illustrated nursery rhyme and fairy tale collection features the classic tales that Alex and Conner fall into in the Land of Stories series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 COLGrimm, Jacob
Summary: "When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their 'Children's and Household Tales' in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as 'Rapunzel, ' 'Hansel and Gretel, ' and 'Cinderella' would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2014
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Summary: Masterworks of economy and acuity, these brief, trenchant tales by Russian author and playwrite Petrushevskaya, selected from her wide-ranging but little translated oeuvre over the past 30 years, offer an enticement to English readers to seek out more of her writing. The tales explore the inexplicable workings of fate, the supernatural, grief and madness, and range from adroit, straightforward...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETSummary: "The traditional stories of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales transport us to the fantastical world of Celtic folklore. These timeless tales brim with wit and magic, and each one is brought to life with elegant silhouette art in this special illustrated edition." -- Page [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 CELYolen, Jane.
Summary: This book includes retellings of four fairy tales paired with lunch recipes connected to each story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alphabet Soup 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fairy YolenSummary: Who is not interested in how the body works: how it grows, develops, and ages; how it goes wrong; how it has inspired artists and been the focus of ceremony and ritual? The extraordinary human body has been one of the great subjects of fascination and enquiry over the centuries. The Oxford Companion to the Body presents many of the results of this curiosity from a wide variety of viewpoints,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2001
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Summary: Facts about the Sackett novels that includes real and fictional characters, geography, and historical eras.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1989
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 LAMYolen, Jane.
Summary: This book includes retellings of three fairy tales paired with dessert recipes connected to each story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alphabet Soup 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J FairyYolenMerrill, Paola
Summary: "Romanticize your life anywhere. The Cottage Fairy Companion helps readers open their eyes to the everyday magic right in front of them. It gives a new perspective by revealing the lessons nature teaches about finding beauty through the good times and the bad. Everyone from--city-dwellers to country bobkins--can find delight in this book. It shows that you do not need a cottage in the rustic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yellow Pear Press 2022
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Summary: "The martial art of tae kwon do is based on more than 5,000 years of Korean tradition. It's a combat system that focuses not only on physical performance but also on mental and spiritual wellness. The name of this martial art loosely means foot, fist, and discipline, and tae kwon do combines the strength of the body with the agility of the mind. Today, tae kwon do is a popular martial art for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.815 CORMayer, Dale
Summary: The idea of companion planting has arisen in the gardening community in recent years as an extremely viable new take on how plants should situated, grown, and cultivated. Matching certain plants together and separating others, as outlined in studies such as the National Sustainable Agriculture Society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Pub. Group 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 635.048 MAYSmith, Jeff
Summary: "Long before the Bone cousins were ever lost in the uncharted forest of the Valley, Big Johnson Bone, the discoverer of the Rolling Bone River, founded Boneville. But little is known of the mighty explorer's adventures before he started his famous trading post. So when Smiley sits down with a group of young scouts to retell the legendary stories of Boneville's origins, what they hear are wild...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC SMISummary: A wide variety of creatures walk, fly, leap, slither, and swim through fairy-tale history. Some marvelous animal characters are deeply inscribed in current popular culture⁰́₄the beast redeemed by beauty, the wolf in pursuit of little girls and little pigs, the frog prince released from enchantment by a young princess. But like the adventures of many fairy-tale heroes, a curious reader's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 FEADavidson, Alan
Summary: "The 2,650 alphabetical entries in this compendium represent 20 years of Davidson's work. They include information on specific foods, cooking terms, culinary tools, countries, traditions, and biographies of chefs and cookbook authors. The entries for countries cover foods, habits, and holidays with special foods. The entries about traditions cover religious laws that deal with food and/or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: 641.3 DAVHart, James David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1995