Scieszka, Jon
Summary: Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCISan Souci, Robert D.
Summary: A collection of five short tales about such legendary American heroes as John Henry, Old Stormalong, Sluefoot Sue, and Paul Bunyan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 SANSOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 OSBSchwartz, Alvin
Summary: More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCHAlbert, Melissa
Summary: Journey into the Hinterland, a brutal and beautiful world. Among those you'll meet are a young woman who spends a night with Death; brides wed to a mysterious house in the trees; and an enchantress who is killed twice and still lives. -- adapted from back cover
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALBCooper, Paul Fenimore.
Summary: The story of Tal, a young orphan, and the adventures that befall him during his amazing journey to the land of Troom.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Purple House Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COOHoberman, Mary Ann.
Summary: Presents new twists on familiar folklore characters, including Johnny Appleseed, Annie Oakley, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and many more! This book uses traditional reading teaching techniques (alliteration, rhyme, and repetition) to invite young children to read along with peers or an adult. With clear, color-coded typography, and sly, lively illustrations, this collection is sure to entertain...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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Summary: Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.25 SCHLester, Julius.
Summary: Combines all four volumes of Uncle Remus tales, offering a retelling of the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phyllis Fogelman Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 LESPalazzo, Tony
Summary: An illustrated celebration of America conjures up a nostalgic era, featuring such celebrated figures as Pecos Bill riding a mountain lion, Davy Crockett getting outfoxed by a raccoon, and Sweet Betsy from Pike on her trip west.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 PALContents: Chicken reel -- Little girl, be careful what you say -- Chicken reel -- How they broke away to go to the Rootabaga Country -- Lisa Jane -- How the potato face blind man enjoyed himself on a fine spring morning -- Railroad Bill -- Doors -- Sourwood mountain -- The story of Blixie Bimber and the power of the gold buckskin whincher -- Sittin on top of the world -- The junk man -- Wanderin -- Baby...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: August House Publishers 2002
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Summary: A collection of three previously published stories about the farmer who'd rather sit on a porcupine than tell a lie. Includes "McBroom the Rainmaker," "McBroom's Zoo," and "McBroom's Ghost."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1992
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Summary: Four tales include "The Old Man Who Said 'Why'," "The Elephant & The Butterfly," "The House That Ate Mosquito Pie," and "The Little Girl Named I."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright 2004
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Summary: "A long time ago, people used to tell magical stories of wonder and enchantment. Those stories were called Fairy Tales. Those stories are not in this book. The stories in this book are Fairly Stupid Tales. In this fourth wall-breaking picture book, young readers will delight in the strange twists on familiar tales. From “The Stinky Cheese Man” to “Cinderumpelstiltskin” these unique, hilarious...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas] 2023
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Summary: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 HAMLeach, Maria.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Pub. Co. 1958
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 LEAMcKissack, Pat
Summary: Master storyteller Patricia C. McKissack transports us to the front porch--a place where lightning bugs flash, lemonade is poured, and tales about slickster-tricksters are an every-night treat for the whole family to enjoy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MCKLester, Julius.
Summary: A retelling of the Afro-American tales about the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 LESSchwartz, Alvin
Summary: Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lippincott 1981
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Summary: Features eight American folk heroes: Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Stormalong, Mike Fink, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, and Joe Magarac.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1976
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Summary: "In a humorous graphic novel set in Minnesota around 1914, we see W. B. Laughead, an advertising manager for a lumber company, spin the Paul Bunyan tall tales. Highlights the impact of clear-cutting old-growth forests. With contributions by Native authors as well as historical maps, photos, and a bibliography."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Toon Books 2023
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Summary: Presents a selection of tales about haunted houses, ghastly deeds, wailing specters, and other terrifying phenomena.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.25 SCHSchwab, Tim
Summary: "A powerful investigation of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, showing how he uses philanthropy to exercise enormous political power without accountability"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2023