Summary: "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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIZLoya, Olga.
Summary: A bilingual collection in English and Spanish of fairy tales from Latin America. The 15 entries include Mayan and Aztec versions of the creation of the world. Fifteen stories, full of momentos magicos and presented in equally vibrant English and Spanish, include tales of the supernatural, of animals and tricksters, of strong women, and myths. In stories from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Puerto...
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Publisher / Publication Date: August House 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 LOYHernandez, Jaime
Summary: "A collection of three Latin American folktales retold in graphic novel form"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HERJones, Dan C.
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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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 JONLevitt, Paul M.
Summary: "Wherever stories are told, in whatever language, life and death hold center stage, along with pain and glee, mystery and magic, fools and foes, deceit and decency. This book has them all. Here, in embellishments upon the folklore of Native American tribes from the Pacific Northwest, are tales that seek to explain the world, dispel its darkness, and celebrate its light. So, meet a sorcerer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taylor Trade Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 LEVMartínez, Rueben
Summary: A collection of seven traditional tales from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain retold in English and Spanish. Includes notes about each story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rayo 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MARSchwartz, Alvin
Summary: Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1986
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCHSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Summary: A collection of Indian fairy tales that have been passed on to their children from generation to generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1916
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 SCHSummary: Loup Garrou, trickster rabbits, and spirits with names that can't be spoken--the plains and forests of North America are alive with characters like these, all waiting to meet you in this collection of folklore retold in comics! This fifth volume of the "Cautionary Fables and Fairytales" anthology series features updated takes on ancient stories from tribes spanning the continent, bursting with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC WOMSummary: Collects over twenty trickster stories, in graphic novel format, from various Native American traditions, including tales about coyotes, rabbits, ravens, and other crafty creatures and their mischievous activities
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Pub. 2010
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Summary: In this retelling of an Ojibwe tale, a girl's act of bravery to save her family leads to the appearance in the world of the delicate and tender flower called the lady's slipper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.242 LUNCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Michigan Lunge-Larsen 1999Duncan, C. W.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chrysalis Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 398.2 DUNSpiegelman, Nadja
Summary: "In this updated adaptation of a classic Latin American folktale, Blancaflor, a young ogre with magical powers, decides to secretly help a charming prince who has made a foolish bet with her father. Through saving the prince and the kingdom, she learns to be honest with herself and others about the things that make her special"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SPICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SPIStrauss, Jenifer.
Contents: Michigan, The Northland (original poem) (2:15) -- Mando on the porch (original instrumental) by Jack Wiswell -- The story lamp (original story) (10:04) -- How bear lost his tail (adapted traditional) (8:29) -- How Paul Bunyan made the stars and the moon (original) (8:22) -- The talkative turtle (adapted traditional) (8:48) -- The legend of Kichi-iti-kipi (original) (22:16) -- Michigan, my...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Story Be Told Productions 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV STRLelooska
Summary: This collection of five tales represents the first written record of Chief Lelooska's tellings of the ancient myths and legends that have been a part of the oral tradition of the Northwest Coast Indians for centuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Ink in association with Callaway Editions 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 ECHGoble, Paul
Summary: Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1978
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Summary: Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E GobCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GOBCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JN Caldecott GobleSummary: This new series takes your child on a musical adventure over Niagara Falls, inside a spooky cave in Oklahoma, and to the amazing butterfly forest in Mexico. Join Leo, June, Annie, Quincy, and Rocket as they try to complete a mission. Features animation, live-action footage, famous works of art, and classical music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment [distributor] 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV LITSummary: "Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan describes the conditions for urbanization across the Great Lakes region. It assembles a multi-layered, empirical description of urbanization processes within the drainage basins of the five Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. This thick description encompasses a range of representational forms including maps, plans, diagrams, timelines, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Actar 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912 THIBrown-Wood, JaNay
Summary: "When taking cornbread to Grandma, Mahogany encounters a hungry wolf and outsmarts him by cleverly hiding in the woods and using her sewing skills to trap him"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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Summary: "This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca'a Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 NUNBruchac, James
Summary: This book "plays" on the widespread American Indian belief that you can learn while you play and play while you learn. Annotation. Recognizing the widespread American Indian belief that you can learn while you play and play while you learn, "Native American Games and Stories" provides young readers with stories and games that educate and entertain them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Resources 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.089 BRUSummary: Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976. Going with his gut instinct, new coach Dick Vermeil rewards Papale's diligent efforts with a place on the team.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006