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Adventure stories, English Children's stories, American Children's stories, English Children's stories, English 20th century Fiction Great Britain Histoires pour enfants anglaises Railroads Railroads Great Britain Juvenile fiction Short stories Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character)Coelho, Joseph
Summary: UK Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho presents twenty tiny tales -- each one illustrated by a different artist, and each just ten words long -- in a book that's as much a work of art as an invitation to budding writers. Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? In this magnificent compendium, author and poet Joseph Coelho proves that it is -- with mini-stories of underwater worlds,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE COECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COESummary: Four brand new stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their friends. Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, meet a dragon, and then go on a quest to discover the "Sauce of the Nile"; all the animals rally around poor Eeyore when he thinks he sees another donkey eyeing his clover; a penguin arrives in the Hundred Acre Wood during the winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MILSummary: 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 FIFSummary: A selection of unsettling stories--one in graphic form along with two poems--by such authors as Ray Bradbury, William Sleator, Robert Service, Edward Gorey, Roald Dahl, Jane Yolen, and Mr. Stine himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC StineSummary: Presents a collection of ghost stories, including both nineteenth and twentieth-century classics by Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, and Agatha Christie, and new tales by Catherine Storr, William Trevor, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MORSummary: These thirteen spine-tingling tales are sure to give you goosebumps! From spirits out for mischief to ghosts righting wrongs, these stories will set your heart racing. Just don't read them after dark!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC USBGregory, Philippa
Summary: Princess Florizella was friends with some of the princesses who had studied the Princess Rules, and behaved just as the Rules said they should. Florizella thought their hair was lovely: so golden and so very long. And their clothes were nice: so richly embroidered. And their shoes were delightful: so tiny and handmade in silk. But their days bored her to death ... Instead, Princess Florizella...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: A collection of eight classic Sherlock Holmes mystery stories including "Silver Blaze" and "The Dancing Men."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOYSummary: Discover the mysterious selkies of the Scottish seas and the haunting Philippine tale of the curse of Sirena. Meet the merman from China whose tears turn to pearls and Hans Christian Anderson's brave little mermaid, pursuing her dream. These nine stories, beautifully illustrated and full of wonder, will whisk you from the bottom of the Arabian sea to rivers, deep in the Trinidadian rainforest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UE, EDC 2021
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Summary: Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Easton Press 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIPPratchett, Terry
Summary: An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring "dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells" written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION PRAKipling, Rudyard
Summary: A collection of the well-known stories, including "How the Whale Got His Throat," "The Elephant's Child," and "The Butterfly That Stamped."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KIPDickins, Rosie
Summary: "Entertaining animal stories from around the world, specially selected and retold for younger children. Contains five classics: The Fox and the Tiger, Chicken Licken, How the Zebra Got His Stripes, The Greedy Dog, The Brave Little Hare"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DICDickins, Rosie
Summary: Canter into this collection of traditional tales, filled with bold little ponies, kindly carthorses... and just a touch of magic. --Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2021
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Summary: "From innocent orphan Oliver and the cheeky Artful Dodger, to creepy bride Miss Havisham and old miser Scrooge-Dicken's characters are famous throughout the world. These brilliant adaptations of all his novels, with illustrations introducing the characters, make the perfect introduction to Dickens." --Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MILSummary: A treasury of short stories, carefully selected because they make speedy bedtime reads. Each of these ten traditional tales takes just ten minutes to read aloud. Ideal for sharing with younger children; as children learn to read on their own they can tackle these simple stories on their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd 2015
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Summary: "A collection of fairy tales for young wizards and witches. Each story is followed by observations on Wizarding history, personal reminiscences, and information on the story's key elements by Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: The orange pony / Wendy Douthwaite -- The snow pony / Alison Lester -- Bucephalus: a king's horse / Alice Gall & Fleming H. Crew -- The mud pony / retold by Caron Lee Cohen -- The gift horse / June Crebbin -- The Christmas pony / Lincoln Steffens -- War horse / Michael Morpurgo -- Black Beauty / Anna Sewell -- I rode a horse of milk white jade / Diane Lee Wilson -- Misty of Chincoteague /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HORCowan, Laura
Summary: "Do you like fairy tales? Poppy and Sam do, and these are the ones they like best of all. Open the book to lose yourself in these enchanting stories of bears, wolves, fairies and magic -- and a brave little girl in a red cape." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2021