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Author
Series
Tricky journeys volume 6
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2011-
Physical Desc
volumes : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Each animal sets out to prove it is the cleverest animal of all by playing a truly amazing trick. The reader helps the animal make choices with each friendly or dangerous creature encountered.
3) Friendly day
Author
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition for North America.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Children will laugh out loud at this amusing story of a clever mouse who tricks a hungry cat into sparing his life by telling the cat that it's Friendly Day, the one day in the year when all animals must share, care, and be nice to one another. Bright illustrations and sparkling rhyme follow suit as the cat imagines all the world's animals getting along--from a rhino who knits kitten mittens to a shark having a friendly game of chess with a school...
4) The gruffalo
Publisher
Orange Eyes Limited
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a courageous mouse goes for a stroll in the woods, he must outwit a series of predatory animals, including a fox, snake, owl, and the mighty Gruffalo.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Thom Ngoh thought the Monkey King was her friend--he taught her to control her super strength and to stand up for herself. But really he was just using her. He tricked her into stealing from the Heavens and releasing him from his 500-year prison. Now the Monkey King is waging a war against the Heavens and Thom must do everything in her power to fix the mess she made. Determined to prevent a war, Thom and her dragon friend Kha set off on an adventure...
Author
Series
Loki novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The trickster god Loki describes the rise and fall of the gods of the Norse, detailing how he left Chaos to serve Odin until the fall of Asgard.
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Deer wakes up to find one of his antlers is missing and there's a tennis racket in its place? One by one his friends also uncover that their important items from glasses to lucky boots have been swapped with silly, useless replacements like donuts and swim flippers. They've been hornswoggled! (Hornswoggled means tricked.) It's pure poppycock! (Poppycock means nonsense.) Once they gather together to find out what happened, will they find the true thief...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ragnarok was the end of worlds. Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods were defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld--among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and as the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idols, and new deities. But now, mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again,...
Author
Publisher
Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Using his tricky ways, Malese takes advantage of his neighbors, until they catch on, after which he manages to pull an even bigger trick on them.
Author
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
251 pages : music ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A story of truce and trickery from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician series. Enna knows to fear the mystings that roam the wildwood near her home. When one tries to kill her to obtain an enchanted stone, Enna takes a huge risk: fighting back with a mysting of her own. Maekallus's help isn't free. His price? A kiss. One with the power to steal her soul. But their deal leaves Maekallus bound to the mortal realm, which...
12) The Twits
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a holiday to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favorite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fox really, really wants to win the jumping contest. He knows just where he'll put that first-place trophy. The only problem? Fox is not a very good jumper. But he is a very good schemer. . . .The irrepressible fox (sort of) wins and (sort of) gets his comeuppance in this hilarious modern-day trickster tale" Cover-flap.
15) Silly Goose
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When Fox tricks Goose into believing she has lost her ears and needs a new pair, Rabbit catches on and summons the other animals of Frog Jump Pond to help rescue her.
18) Pinduli
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
167 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two modern-day teens in a dead-end small town and their 100-year-old new friend face off against a supernatural trickster with nefarious intentions who has promised them eternal life"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Clever Aunt Nancy manages to foil all those who try to get the better of her. Come on in and stay a spell! Aunt Nancy outwits four unwelcome guests in these trickster tales from a masterful storyteller. It would take a real pesky visitor to make himself unwelcome to Aunt Nancy. But just her luck -- not one but four bothersome folks come knocking at her door! From Cousin Lazybones to Old Man Trouble, from doleful Old Woeful to sly, slick Mister Death,...
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