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Publisher
Utah State University Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
A collection of essays in which scholars trace more than one hundred years of research and programming into the folklore of Utah, examining developments in academic and public-sector folklore, profiling the state's first folklorists, and discussing major genres.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.
A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . ....
A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . ....
46) Gilded
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
In Gilded, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer returns to the fairytale world with this haunting tale.
Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.
Or so everyone believes.
When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she
Author
Publisher
Lion Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
1989
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Once upon a mountaintop, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. Each of their dreams come true in an unexpected way in this lovely retelling of an old folk tale. This Lion classic, beloved by young and old, is now retold in simpler text for younger readers.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this version of "The Little Red Hen," set at a farm, the other animals eat and play while the little gray bunny does all the chores in the barn, until one day he teaches them a lesson about laziness.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The little green witch's three friends are too lazy to help her tend the pumpkin seeds she has planted, but when they all want to eat the pumpkin pie that she makes, the witch exacts her revenge.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this Southwestern retelling of a childhood favorite, Burro finds it difficult to get any help from his friends as he diligently works to turn corn into tortillas. "For Creative Minds" section includes a Spanish/English glossary and a simple recipe for making tortillas.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1968]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
When the czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
260L
Language
English
Description
When Bear and Brown Squirrel have a disagreement about whether Bear can stop the sun from rising, Brown Squirrel ends up with claw marks on his back and becomes Chipmunk, the striped one.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The little red hen finds none of the lazy barnyard animals willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.
Author
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this version of the classic folktale, an Argentine wide-mouthed frog sets out through the rain forest to brag about his fly-eating abilities and encounters a toco toucan, a coati, a capybara, and a jaguar. Includes a note about the South American rain forest animals featured in the story.
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