Bach, Richard
Summary: Because he spends so much time perfecting his flying form instead of concentrating on getting food, a seagull is ostracized by the rest of the flock.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BACHarper, Benjamin
Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation of the classic fable, Chicken Little notices a small dip in oxygen levels at the moon base and fears that may mean big trouble, but will her friends believe her? Includes information about the original story, visual questions, and glossary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARLowry, Lois
Summary: Gooney Bird Greene: There's never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. She is the star of story time with her "absolutely true" stories. But do her classmates have stories good enough to share?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC LOWPalatini, Margie.
Summary: Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PALCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PALSummary: "Dig into folklore from across South America with this collection of comic reimaginations and retellings. The sixth volume of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales series takes you across the continent -- from Peru, Chile, Columbia, and more!" -- Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIZHarper, Benjamin
Summary: In this graphic version of the classic fable, Daisy the mouse proves her worth when she has to rescue Thunder the lion, overconfident leader of the resistance, from the alien invaders from Zurg, and with the aide of a secret weapon--kitties--they drive the invaders from the planet!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: "The Mayan God of Death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore"-- The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORLayton, Neal
Summary: A little fable about how cutting down one tree can negatively affect the different forms of life that use the tree for their needs and protection.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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Summary: Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOWHarper, Benjamin
Summary: In this graphic version of the classic fable, Ion is a boy in a little town in Transylvania who loves to play tricks on the other villagers, so when a real vampire appears at his window nobody responds to his cries for help, and it looks like the final trick is on Ion--maybe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARHenderson, Leah
Summary: A retelling of a tale of bravery against seemingly insurmountable odds and a community working together to overcome adversity, reminding us that no challenge is too great, and that even the smallest of us can make a world of difference. Includes the origins of the folktale and facts about hummingbirds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HENPeters, Stephanie True
Summary: In this graphic version of the ugly duckling story, a T-Rex egg falls through a time-portal and is hatched by a mother duck--most of the other animals in the barnyard make fun of Rex (except for one female duckling) but when he saves them from a velociraptor they learn to appreciate his differences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC FARDurham, David Anthony
Summary: Growing up in a village in the middle of the Egyptian desert, Ash thinks his future holds nothing but sand, sun, a few annoying bullies, and lots of boring chores. On the night before his twelfth birthday, Ash learns that he was born on the same day as Prince Khufu, which makes him eligible to compete to be the prince's shadow, a coveted position as the friend and bodyguard of the boy destined...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DURGray, Luli.
Summary: In this variation of the old tale of the ant who gathers food for winter, and the grasshopper who does not prepare, there is an unexpected ending.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GRASchenkel, Katie
Summary: In this graphic novel version of Aesop's "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", a young wolf desparate to befriend a herd of unicorns decides to knit herself a disguise in hopes that the unicorns will accept her. Includes a classic retelling of the fable, visual questions, and a glossary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARWildsmith, Brian
Summary: The sun is able to achieve with his gentle warmth a task the north wind could not perform with all his strength.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILBrown, Marcia.
Summary: As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1961
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Summary: In this graphic version of the classic fable there is a new contest at the spring festival--a robot battle--and Shelly the Tortoise is determined to build a robot that can defeat that perennial winner and all around jerk, Hunter the Hare--especially after he steals her prototype suit.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC FARStead, Philip Christian
Summary: "The cruel North Wind and the kind Sun vie to take the coats from three sisters out on a walk"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STETerrell, Brandon
Summary: A punk rock mouse and a country singing mouse are envious of each other's lives, but when they magically switch places they learn things may seem more appealing than they actually are. Includes a classic retelling of the fable, visual questions, and a glossary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARChaucer, Geoffrey
Summary: A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHAYoung, Ed.
Summary: In this retelling of the traditional fable, a kind but simple man and his grandson, on their way to market with their donkey, find it impossible to please everyone they meet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 YOUWoollvin, Bethan
Summary: "A mysterious creature is running wild and terrorizing a village of Vikings. Can three little girls uncover the source and put an end to the mayhem?"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2022
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE WOOWilson, Nathan D.
Summary: "Hunted and on the run, Cyrus and Antigone Smith race to find the inheritance left to them by their benefactor, Billy Bones, before rampaging transmortals can descend on Ashtown and free their buried brothers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013