Barnett, Mac
Summary: Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARSummary: A diverse comics anthology of tales both real and imagined honoring death as a natural part of life, featuring cultural expressions of death from around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2020
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Summary: A fox who teases other animals receives a lesson in humility when he is left behind, uninvited to a party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RAY (Graphic Novel)Wong-Kalu, Hinaleimoana
Summary: Four individuals of dual male and female spirit bring their healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, where they are beloved for their gentle ways and miraculous cures and where they imbue four giant boulders with their powers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WONJoven, John
Summary: "Fee! Fi! Fo! Fum! This wonderfully illustrated collection of stories is bursting with funny and fantastic characters from all around the world, including stomping giants, angry ogres, a very greedy troll, and a snorting, snarling minotaur lurking in a labyrinth." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Books, EDC 2021
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Summary: Thirty-two short stories chosen from the tradition of ghost stories from American Indian cultures across North America, featuring witches, walking dolls, hungry skeletons, skinwalkers, and other supernatural beings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 JONDickins, 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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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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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DICKrensky, Stephen
Summary: "Enter the enchanting world of mythical creatures and explore the history behind them in this beautifully illustrated compendium for kids aged 7 to 9. You'll meet an incredible cast of mind-boggling fictional animals from all around the world. Say hello to Bigfoot in the forests of North America and learn about the Native American traditions that inspired its story. Voyage to Japan to meet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022
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Summary: Once upon a time, in the middle of a group of seven thousand happy islands named after King Philip of Spain, there lived a lady named Doña Esmeralda. She had a big bouffant hairdo and was much smaller than you. And she was always hungry... And so begins the wickedly hilarious tale of one very old, but very stylish little lady who loves to eat, but can only find the ooey, gooey, mushy, smelly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DE LCasey, Dawn
Summary: "Little Bear is a lyrical retelling of an Inuit folktale, written by award-winning author Dawn Casey and radiantly illustrated by award-winning artist Amanda Hall. When a lonely old woman finds a polar bear cub with no mother of his own, she adopts him, and cares for him as he grows. The bear cub rides in her hood and sleeps by her side. But when he is wounded by hunters from another village,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Tales 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CASGarcía Esperón, María
Summary: Presents a collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents, the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2021
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Summary: In a forest far away from the hustle and bustle of town grows the Fir Tree. The meadow he lives in is beautiful and serene, but the Fir Tree yearns for the excitement of the outside world. His friend the Robin brings him gifts and tells him stories of the places she's been, the people she's flown over, and the many things men construct out of wood. The Fir Tree dreams of adventure and wishes to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JAMKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by Kah Yangni. This accessible and sizable board book is perfect for introducing the youngest of readers to the beauty of Hurston's storytelling and will spark curiosity in children...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad Books for Young Readers 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD KENPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: West African spider-god Anansi wants all of Sky God's famous stories, but to earn them, he has to outwit several of the animals in his village. It will take all of his cleverness and skills in mischief to pull it off. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022
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Summary: " ... [A] young Uyghur girl ... is moved from place to place by a cold-hearted woman in an attempt to hide her from her parents. Despite facing many hardships, Rapunzel grows into a young lady with an inquisitive mind and a kind and generous heart. But how will she escape from the tower? Will she ever be re-united with her parents? This is an empowering Islamic adaptation of Rapunzel which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Islamic Foundation 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 398.2 GILPeters, Stephanie
Summary: "In this Swedish folktale, a young boy longs for all the nice things other children have. An old woman tells the boy a secret for granting his wishes: sprinkling salt on a magpie's tail. But, before the magpie will grant the boy's wish, the bird has some strange requests of his own."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PET (Graphic Novel)Utkin, Alexander
Summary: The latest installment in the Gamayun Tales series introduces a clever heroine who has a secret even she doesn't know about. Tyna of the Lake rescues the Hunter's son from a life of servitude to her father the Water Spirit. Their attempt to make an escape to the surface world is interrupted when they are captured by the Water Spirit and he reveals the truth about who Tyna's real father is. An...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow 2018
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Summary: Locked away in Hell Hall after sharing her plan to make a fur coat out of Dalmatian puppies, Cruella De Vil tells her side of the story--a tale of friendship, love and loss, mothers and daughters...and revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2020
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Summary: Hi'iaka wants to make the forests of Hawai'i safe for travelers, but she will have to battle an evil lizard named Pana'ewa and his army to do it, and with a little help from her sister and some special powers, she is ready for a great battle.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023