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Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a twelfth-century tale in which a young woman falls in love with a merman and determines to marry him despite their separate worlds.
Author
Publisher
Dell Yearling
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
xv, 175 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of Russia, Virginia, Ireland, Canada, and other areas of the world. Thirty hair-raising tales by some of the world's most famous authors have been skillfully retold here especially for young readers. Includes such famous chillers as the Brothers Grimm's "The Robber Bridegroom", "The Golem", and tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1989]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional tale from the French West Indies in which two friends, Clement and Hippolyte, encounter love, zombies, and danger on the island of Martinique.
Author
Publisher
August House Little Folk
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Left to take care of the family farm and fortune while their parents are away, twin bear cubs Juniper and Jonas have a series of mishaps before outwitting three thieves, in spite of themselves.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Six silly friends spend a day trying to figure out how to proceed with their fishing trip when one thing after another goes wrong.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Although she is mocked and mistreated by her two older sisters, an Indian maiden wins a mighty invisible warrior for her husband with her kind and honest heart.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of an Irish folktale, a brave young woman battles a sea serpent and rescues her true love from a giant.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Old Sam hires a man to help out at his saw mill, and the hired hand also teaches Sam's lazy son a lesson about how to treat people.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells, in easy text, of the Sheriff of Nottingham's plot to hold an archery contest in order to capture the outlaw Robin Hood, but Robin and his band of merry men arrive in disguise with a plan of their own.
19) The snow wife
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When a Japanese woodcutter breaks his promise and describes his encounter with a terrifying snow woman, he loses his wife and must make a dangerous journey to win her back.
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When they try to find out who is doing their chores while they are working in the field, a childless couple discovers that the two stones they have brought home are actually two bewitched orphans.
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