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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.
3) 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
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
On her way to marry a distant prince, a young princess is forced to trade places with her evil serving maid and becomes a goose girl instead of a bride when she reaches her destination.
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A variation of two tales from the Brothers Grimm, in which four orphaned sisters disguise themselves as men to go out in the world and learn a trade.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories drawn from the Bible and the Midrash telling of twenty heroes and heroines including Abraham, Moses, Samson, Deborah, Elijah, and six other prophets.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 5
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.
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
[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.
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