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Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character) Legends Coyote (Legendary character) Legends Folklore England Folklore United States King Arthur Legends Knights and knighthood Folklore Lancelot (Legendary character) Legends Pecos Bill (Legendary character) Legends Robin Hood (Legendary character) Legends Tall talesCarson, Ciaran
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARPyle, Howard
Contents: The story of Launcelot -- The book of Sir Tristram -- The book of Sir Percival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. Scribner's Sons 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.1 PYLHodges, Margaret
Summary: A retelling of four Arthurian legends, "The Sword in the Stone," "Excalibur," "The Lady of the Lake," and "The Last Great Battle," which feature Merlin, King Arthur, and other familiar figures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 HODCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 HODLondon, Jonathan
Summary: With the help of other animals, Wise Old Coyote manages to acquire fire from the wicked Yellow Jacket sisters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1993
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Summary: Super-cowboy Pecos Bill leaps onto the back of a monstrous cyclone and rides it like a bucking bronco, creating, in the process, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 BRAGagne, Tammy.
Summary: Recounts the legends of Robin Hood, his men, and Maid Marion and how they have appeared in literature and popular culture, and examines the sources from which each aspect comes and to what extent they are based on actual people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Publishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 820.9 GAGKellogg, Steven.
Summary: Incidents from the life of Pecos Bill, from his childhood among the coyotes to his unusual wedding day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELTaylor, Harriet Peck.
Summary: Coyote arranges the stars in the shapes of his animal friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bradbury Press 1993
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Summary: Retells the tale of giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, whose appetites for pancakes grow so large that they leave their childhood home to find their pancake fortune in the great big world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 LUCSan Souci, Robert D.
Summary: Retells, in easy text, of the Sheriff of Nottingham's plot to hold an archery contest in order to capture the outlaw Robin Hood, but Robin and his band of merry men arrive in disguise with a plan of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 SANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction San Souci 2010Silverman, Maida.
Summary: When her little brother is taken away by the seven swans belonging to the terrible witch, Baba Yaga, Anna searches for him in the great dark forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1984
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 SILCreswick, Paul
Summary: An abridged version of the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 CREGreen, Roger Lancelyn.
Summary: Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fighting tyranny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 GREMartinez, Estefanita.
Summary: Pictures tell a traditional trickster tale in which a rabbit outsmarts Coyote, who is out to trap him. Includes text and suggestions for storytelling activities in the back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 NAUSan Souci, Robert D.
Summary: Presents the life of Lancelot, relating how he became the greatest knight of the Round Table.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Book For Young Readers 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 SANGleeson, Brian.
Summary: Recounts the exploits of the legendary giant logger and his big blue ox Babe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rabbit Ears Books 1990
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Summary: Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Presented in comic book format.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC STOZhang, Song Nan
Summary: A folktale based on a poem from the Sung Dynasty in which a young girl disguises herself as a man and leads the army of China to victory over the enemy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pan Asian Publications 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 ZHAHarrison, David L. (David Lee)
Summary: An introduction to tall tales about the giant lumberjack from the north woods, as told from his own perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE HARKeats, Ezra Jack.
Summary: Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 KEALester, Julius.
Summary: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 LESLemieux, Michèle.
Summary: The Pied Piper pipes the village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service he exacts a terrible revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 LEMMorpurgo, Michael.
Summary: The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor. Welcome to a medieval world full of sword fights and shape-shifting, monsters and magic, and timeless characters both gallant and wonderfully human. Written anonymously in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is retold in its entirety by Michael Morpurgo in a lively and accessible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MORCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 MORRogers, D. Laurence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Historical Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.98 ROG1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 634.93 ROG