Nursery Tales Around The World
Presents eighteen simple stories from international folklore, grouped around six themes, such as "Runaway Cookies," "Slowpokes and Speedsters," and "Chain Tales." Includes background information and storytelling hints.
Check AvailabilityIngri And Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's Book Of Greek Myths
D'Aulaire, Ingri
An introduction to the gods, goddesses, and legendary figures of Ancient Greece.
Check AvailabilityPrayer For A Child,
Field, Rachel
An illustrated bedtime prayer which gives thanks for the many aspects of a child's world.
Check AvailabilityLincoln
Freedman, Russell.
Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.
Check AvailabilityThe Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Goble, Paul.
Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
Check AvailabilityThe People Could Fly
Hamilton, Virginia.
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.
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Harris, Joel Chandler
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.
Check AvailabilityAnansi And The Moss-covered Rock
Kimmel, Eric A.
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
Check AvailabilityCastle
Macaulay, David.
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.
Check AvailabilityCathedral: The Story Of Its Construction
Macaulay, David.
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux during the thirteenth century.
Check AvailabilitySnowflake Bentley
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs.
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
Check AvailabilityThe Night Before Christmas
Moore, Clement Clarke
Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.
Check AvailabilityTikki Tikki Tembo
Mosel, Arlene.
When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
Check AvailabilityThe Complete Fairy Tales Of Charles Perrault
Perrault, Charles
Includes : The Sleeping Beauty -- Little Red Riding Hood -- Bluebeard -- Puss-in-Boots -- The Fairies -- Cinderella -- Tufty Ricky -- Hop o' My Thumb -- Patient Griselda -- Donkeyskin -- The Foolish Wishes.
Check AvailabilityPuss In Boots
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703.
A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
Check AvailabilityThe Talking Eggs
San Souci, Robert D.
A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
Check AvailabilityA Light In The Attic
Silverstein, Shel.
A collection of humorous poems and drawings.
Check AvailabilityWhere The Sidewalk Ends
Silverstein, Shel.
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.
Check AvailabilityTibet
Sis, Peter.
The author recreates a journey his father took through Tibet in the 1950s, describing the colorful people and places he saw.
Check AvailabilityTops And Bottoms
Stevens, Janet.
Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
Check AvailabilityAnne Frank, Beyond The Diary
Van der Rol, Ruud.
Photographs, illustrations, and maps accompany historical essays, diary excerpts, and interviews, providing an insight to Anne Frank and the massive upheaval which tore apart her world.
Check AvailabilityRapunzel
Zelinsky, Paul O.
A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
Check AvailabilityThe Gingerbread Man
Aylesworth, Jim.
A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox. Retold by Jim Aylesworth ; illustrated by Barbara McClintock.
Check AvailabilityThe Mitten : A Ukrainian Folktale
Brett, Jan
Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes. Adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett.
Check AvailabilityTown Mouse, Country Mouse
Brett, Jan
After trading houses, the country mice and the town mice discover there's no place like home.
Check AvailabilityDick Whittington And His Cat
Brett, Jan
A retelling of the legend about a boy who became mayor of London, who heard his future in the Bells of Bow and made his fortune through his cat.
Check AvailabilityAesop's Fox
Sogabe, Aki.
Several fables from Aesop are adapted and woven into a story about the adventures of a fox.
Check AvailabilityThe 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury
Sogabe, Aki.
A collection of more than 200 poems by such modern poets as Nikki Grimes, John Ciardi, Karla Kuskin, Ted Hughes, e.e. cummings, Eve Merriam, Deborah Chandra, Arnold Adoff, and more than 100 others.
Check AvailabilityAnd Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
Fritz, Jean.
Describes some of the well-known as well as the lesser-known details of Paul Revere's life and exciting ride.
Check AvailabilityOnce A Mouse ...a Fable Cut In Wood
Fritz, Jean.
As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.
Check AvailabilityAesop's Fables
Fritz, Jean.
A collection of nearly sixty fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants," "The North Wind and the Sun," "Androcles and the Lion," "The Troublesome Dog," and "The Fox and the Stork.
Check AvailabilityErnest L. Thayer's Casey At The Bat
Thayer, Ernest Lawrence
A collection of nearly sixty fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants," "The North Wind and the Sun," "Androcles and the Lion," "The Troublesome Dog," and "The Fox and the Stork.
Check AvailabilityThe Dinosaurs Of Waterhouse Hawkins
Kerley, Barbara.
The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
Check AvailabilityJambo Means Hello;
Feelings, Muriel L.
Presents a word, with English translation, for each of the twenty-four letters in the Swahili alphabet. Brief explanation of each word introduces an East African custom.
Check AvailabilityA Child's Garden Of Verses
Stevenson, Robert Louis
A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood.
Check AvailabilityRumpelstiltskin
Zelinsky, Paul O.
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Check AvailabilityRaggedy Ann & Andy
Hall, Patricia
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Check AvailabilityGrimm's Fairy Tales
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm.
A collection of twenty-two favorite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, including "Rapunzel," "The Bremen Town Musicians," "The Valiant Tailor", "The Frog Prince," "Ashenputtel," and "The Elves and the Shoemanke.
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Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm.
Ten stories from the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, including the well-known ones of Aladdin and the lamp, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Sinbad the sailor.
Check AvailabilityHarriet And The Promised Land
Lawrence, Jacob
A brief biography in verse about Harriet Tubman and her dedicated efforts to lead her fellow slaves to freedom.
Check AvailabilityDancing Teepees
Lawrence, Jacob
An illustrated collection of poems from the oral tradition of Native Americans.
Check AvailabilityAn Illustrated Treasury Of Read-aloud Poems For Young People
Lawrence, Jacob
Includes poems by Maya Angelou, William Blake, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, Edward Lear, Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson and many more.
Check AvailabilityTales From Shakespeare
Lamb, Charles
Twenty of Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies retold in prose.
Check AvailabilityThe Elves And The Shoemaker
LaMarche, Jim.
A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.
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Chase, Richard
A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.
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Chase, Richard
A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.
Check AvailabilityThe Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm.
More than 200 tales by the Brothers Grimm.
Check AvailabilityRascal
North, Sterling
The author recalls his carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.
Check AvailabilityTales From Shakespeare
Packer, Tina
A collection of prose retellings of ten familiar Shakespeare plays, each illustrated by a well-known artist or artists.
Check AvailabilityThe National Review Treasury Of Classic Children's Literature
Packer, Tina
A collection of prose retellings of ten familiar Shakespeare plays, each illustrated by a well-known artist or artists.
Check AvailabilityShadow
Cendrars, Blaise
Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting images of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.
Check AvailabilitySir Gawain And The Green Knight
Morpurgo, Michael.
The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor.
Check AvailabilityTales Of Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen, H. C.
The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor.
Check AvailabilitySnow White : A Tale From The Brothers Grimm
Andersen, H. C.
Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.
Check AvailabilityThe Story Of King Arthur And His Knights
Pyle, Howard
Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.
Check AvailabilityCinderella
Ehrlich, Amy
In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.
Check AvailabilityHans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina
Mills, Lauren A.
After being kidnapped by a toad, a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb has a series of dreadful experiences and makes many animal friends before meeting a fairy prince just her size.
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