Lee, Suzy
Summary: Villagers like to come to rest and cool down in the shade of a huge, old tree. But when a young traveler decides to join them one day, a rich man on whose land the tree stands demands they leave because he owns the tree and therefore its shade. Thinking fast, the traveler strikes a deal: one that will enable him to outsmart the rich man--and ensure that the villagers will always have access to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2023
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Summary: A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y DA 21Edwards, Pamela Duncan.
Summary: A leprechaun intervenes with gold and magic when a greedy, boastful young harpist gains an unfair advantage for a royal harping contest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2004
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Summary: A greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2012
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Summary: A greedy baker buys his wife a magic bed that flies them to the master baker, where they are given special yeast that helps their bakery become, for a while, the most popular in Florence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 2007
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Summary: Instead of making friends, seven-year-old Max Midas decides to make millions and spend it on what he loves best, gold, but one day things get lonely inside his shiny castle and Max finally learns that gold is not worth anything without friends and family by your side.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHACatchpool, Michael.
Summary: When the king orders a boy to make him a huge wardrobe out of the clouds in the sky, the boy warns him that it is more than he needs but the king does not listen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Catchpool 2012Kimmel, Eric A.
Summary: A retelling of the Grimm tale about the fisherman's greedy wife, set in the land of the Aztecs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 KIMFoxe, Steve
Summary: In this graphic novel version of Aesop's "The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg," a young girl named Val helps a wounded (and gassy) goose and is rewarded with golden eggs, but when Val's greedy relatives abuse the goose, they are rewarded with a different type of egg. Includes a classic retelling of the fable, visual questions, and a glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FAROram, Hiawyn
Summary: Greedy Greenbackboy enlists Snowboy's help in cutting down all the trees and catching all the fish in return for ka-ching, but after a terrible storm Snowboy realizes they have devastated the land and he asks the Ice Troopers and Polar Bear King for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ORABlack, Chuck.
Summary: Newly knighted, young Sir Bentley embarks on a quest to give up the pleasures of men and follow the path of the Prince, finding kindred spirits along the way who help him restore hope to the people of Holbrook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2009
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Summary: No one loves Christmas more than Pig. And the world's greediest Pug will stay up all night to get his presents!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BLACorteggiani, François
Summary: When evil Prince John tells the Sheriff of Nottingham to collect unreasonable taxes from the animals of Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood and his merry men wage a battle against their evil foes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISSummary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLIWillems, Mo
Summary: Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN SPANISH WILAlessandri, Alexandra
Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALEWillems, Mo
Summary: Geraldo está cansado y gruñón. ¿Soñará con Cerdita? ¿O ella no lo dejará soñar?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2021