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  Patricia C. McKissack; illustrated by Andre Carrilho

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  Book, Schwartz & Wade, 2006

• Description

  Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.From the author’s note, that takes us back to McKissack’s own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch…to the captivating introductions to each tale, in which the storyteller introduces himself and sets the stage for what follows…to the ten entertaining tales themselves here is a worthy successor to McKissack’s THE DARK THIRTY.

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  Children’s stories, American · African Americans · Juvenile fiction · Short stories · McKissack, Pat, 1944

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  by Ken Kesey; illustrated by Barry Moser

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  Book, First Edition, Viking Juvenile, 1990

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  Tricker may be a clever creature, but is he smart enough to bamboozle a double-big, double-hungry bear? From the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and the illustrator of the Newbery Honor Book In the Beginning.

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  Animals · Juvenile fiction · Kesey, Ken · Moser, Barry

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  retold by Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher

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  Book, 1st, Holiday House, 1992

• Description

  Eight traditional shammes stories–about King Solomon and his magic ring, a mysterious spotted pony, Benayahu ben Yehoyada, and other heroes, demons, and fools–help celebrate the Festival of Lights.

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  Jews · Juvenile fiction · Kimmel, Eric A · Fisher, Leonard Everett

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  by Katherine Paterson; illustrated by Diane and Leo Dillon

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  Book, 1st, Dutton Juvenile, 1990

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  Coveting a mandarin duck for his magnificent plumage, a greedy Japanese lord captures and cages him for all to admire. Some compassionate servants release the drake to go to his mate, but are sentenced to death for it–and the drake comes to their rescue.

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  Fairy tales · Juvenile fiction · Ducks · Paterson, Katherine · Dillon, Diane · Dillon, Leo

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  Paul Fleischman; woodcuts by David Frampton

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  Book, HarperCollins, 1993

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  A collection of stories of the Civil War recounted by a war-fevered boy, a doctor, a slave woman, a lover of horses, a black man determined to become a soldier, and others form an account of the war’s first great battle.

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  Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 · Juvenile fiction · History · Campaigns · Fleischman, Paul · Frampton, David

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  written by Antonia Barber; illustrated by Nicola Bayley

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  Book, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 1990

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  “In lilting and alliterative language, Barber tells the story of Mowzer the cat who saves a Cornish fishing village from starvation at Christmas . . . Bayley’s luminous paintings . . . capture nuance, detail, motion, and emotion with energy and rhythm.”–School Library Journal, starred review.

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  Cats · Juvenile fiction · Sea stories · Barber, Antonia, 1932 · Bayley, Nicola

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  Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo& Diane Dillon

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  Book, Blue Sky Press, 2000

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  In this West Indian version of the Rumpelstiltskin story, Lit’mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king’s new bride.

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  Fairy tales · Folklore · Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002 · Dillon, Leo · Dillon, Diane

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  retold by Geraldine McCaughrean; illustrated by David Parkins

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  Book, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2010

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  An epic story about a quest for immortality, it also includes a legend of the Flood that is remarkably similar to the story of Noah.Geraldine McCaughrean has won every major prize for children’s literature in this country, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, and, most recently, The Blue Peter Best Book to Keep Forever AwardDavid Parkins is a highly acclaimed artist, and has been shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler and Smarties awards.

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  Gilgamesh · Adaptations · Folklore · McCaughrean, Geraldine · Parkins, David

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  edited with an introduction and notes by Maria Tatar; translations by Maria Tatar

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  Book, annotated edition, W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

• Description

  Tatar presents twenty-six classic storiesincluding “Beauty and the Beast,” “Little Red Hiding Hood,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and “The Little Mermaid.” She has personally retranslated the stories that did not appear originally in English and has also assembled over 300 often rare, mostly four-color photographs, paintings, and illustrations, creating a volume that will rank as one of the finest fairy tale collections in many decades.

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  Fairy tales · Tatar, Maria, 1945

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