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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
[29] pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The youngest of a merchant's three sons proves that he is not as foolish as he was thought to be when he trades a sackful of onions for a fortune in diamonds.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of a Japanese folktale in which a feudal lord seeks a samurai cat to rid his castle of a savage rat, but soon discovers that violence is not always the best way to accomplish things.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Katrusya's family cannot afford Christmas, but they cut a small pine tree in the forest, decorate it with buttons, and, when baby spiders hatch in its branches, they especially enjoy the silvery webs that appear.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1991]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A mouse father, in search of the mightiest husband for his daughter, approaches the emperor, the sun, a cloud, the wind, and a wall, before the unexpected victor finally appears.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When the ten sons of Di Jun walk across the sky together causing the earth to burn from the blazing heat, their father looks for a way to stop the destruction.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in his calendar. Also discusses the Chinese calendar, zodiac, the qualities associated with each animal, and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.
19) Iron John
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
With help of Iron John, the wild man of the forest who is under a curse, a young prince makes his way in the world and finds his true love.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
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