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The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
By Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales from Gold Mountain: stories of the Chinese in the New World
By Paul Yee. 1989
Nombre d'écrivains ont été tour à tour fascinés, inspirés ou tourmentés par l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue, ce pays à la fois western catholique…
et Klondike québécois , selon la formule de François Ruph reprise par l'historien Benoît-Beaudry Gourd. On dit qu'il y sévit des froids à couper les loups en deux. On dit que gisent au fond du lac Témiscamingue assez de chevaux pour peupler les écuries d'un village entier. La région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue semble superbement méconnue. Pourtant, ce pays aux confins de l'histoire a tant à raconter, tant à montrer. Fin connaisseur de l'histoire littéraire de cette immense contrée où l'orignal broute les nymphéas , Denis Cloutier nous offre une Abitibi-Témiscamingue depuis longtemps débarrassée de son manteau glaciaire, l'essouchée (les premières occupations de la terre) comme celle den-dssour (les mines, la ruée vers les métaux). 2012.Girls to the rescue [book #1]: tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world
By Bruce Lansky. 1995
Ten stories where the clever, brave heroes of fairy tales are girls. In a typical fairy tale, a helpless girl…
waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the heroines in these stories are much too busy saving the day to wait around for Prince Charming. Grades 3-6. 1995.Fairy tale
By Alice Thomas Ellis. 1996
Eloise declares herself determined to have a baby. Simon doesn't want one, and Eloise's mother Clare sends her best friend…
to deal with the emergency. Clare turns up to join them just as Eloise returns from her wanderings with a newborn baby. Did she steal the baby? Or was she pregnant all along? The baby has startling green eyes, the cat won't stay in the same room with it, and Eloise behaves more and more oddly. 1996.Earth Elder stories: the Pinayzitt path
By Alexander Wolfe. 1988
Can you guess my name?: traditional tales around the world
By Judy Sierra. 2002
Incy-wincy moo-cow: a book of weird and wacky nursery rhymes (M. Y. Bees Ser.)
By John Cunliffe. 1999
Incy Wincy Moo-Cow? The Grand Old Duke of Pisa? Sing a song of half a shilling? Hickory Dickory - what?…
Traditional nursery rhymes will never seem the same again after reading this collection of alternative poetry. Original rhymes are also included so that readers can compare the two styles.The alchemist
By Paulo Coelho. 1999
Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, longs to see the world and dreams about a treasure hidden in the Egyptian pyramids.…
He sells his flock and leaves his home in Spain, sails first to Tangiers, crosses the desert, and eventually reaches Egypt. Along the way, he is led by a series of spiritual guides, perhaps the most important of whom is the alchemist who advises him to follow his heart. 1999. Uniform title: Alquimista.L'affreux: conte amérindien (Monstres, sorcières et autres féeries)
By Michèle Marineau, Geneviève Côté. 2000
Une petite fille qui se promène arrive à une rivière. Elle tente de la traversée mais tombe et se réveille…
au pays de laffreux. Un monstre laid qui mange tout. La fillette réussit par contre à lamadouer et sen faire un ami par sa gentillesse. Il la retourne chez elle, mais laffreux sest faite une amie et les deux connaissent maintenant le chemin pour se revoir.Le prince sans couronne (Les survivants de Troie. #1.)
By Michel Honaker. 2008
Neuf années durant, la cité de Troie résista aux assauts des Grecs. Quand arriva l'été de la neuvième année, les…
dieux jusqu'alors cléments abandonnèrent les Troyens. Pourtant, certains survécurent à la destruction de la ville mythique. Voici leur histoire. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire.Les mille et une nuits: contes arabes; 3 (GF)
By Jean-Paul Sermain, Antoine Galland. 2004
Les mille et une nuits: contes arabes; 2 (GF)
By Jean-Paul Sermain, Antoine Galland. 2004
Les mille et une nuits: contes arabes; 1 (GF)
By Jean-Paul Sermain, Antoine Galland. 2004
Folktales from Africa: retold by Dianne Stewart
By Dianne Stewart. 2006
Aimed at children across the African continent (and around the world), this collection of 20 folktales has been retold for…
today's youngsters. The stories include The pig and the Disrespectful man, Mantis and the springbok, How yams came to the Ashanti and The voice of the wind, and originate from countries such as South Africa, Swaziland, Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zanzibar amongst others. Grades 4-7. 2006.Zorgamazoo
By Robert Paul Weston. 2008
Imaginative and adventurous Katrina eludes her maniacal guardian to help Morty, a member of a vanishing breed of zorgles, with…
his quest to uncover the fate of the fabled zorgles of Zorgmazoo as well as of other creatures that seem to have disappeared from the earth. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2010 Silver Birch Award for Fiction. 2008.Wondrous strange: a novel (Wondrous strange series ; #1)
By Lesley Livingston. 2009
When seventeen-year-old Shakespearean actress Kelley Winslow meets Sonny Flannery, a Janus Guard of the Samhain Gate, she discovers the fairy…
otherworld. But this year when the gate opens on the night of Samhain, something horrible comes through to the human world. Followed by "Darklight". Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2009. (Wondrous strange series ; 1)Ancient tales for modern kids: Stories From Far-away Places
By John Mardon, Vesna Krystanovich. 2000
Follow in Sinbad's wake as he sails across countless seas to far-off-places, using only his wisdom and faith in Allah…
to fight whatever evil he finds. Watch as Jack the Giant Killer tramps across England with nothing but his cap of knowledge, his sword of sharpness, his shoes of swiftness, and his invisible cloak, freeing the people from awesome and grotesque giants. Plus many other stories. Grades 3-6. 2000.Things are looking Grimm, Jill (Orca young readers)
By Dan Bar-El. 2006
Jill, the spoiled but brave sister of King Jack, has been made a Royal Guard-in-training by Sir Humpty Dumpty. After…
receiving a distress letter from F.G., she sets off to save the women of the neighbouring kingdom of Grimm from a mysterious affliction. With the help of a new friend, Mary (who is very contrary), Jill unravels the mystery while rescuing such fairy tale heroines as Rapunzel, Snow White, Cinderella and Gretel. Grades 2-4. Winner of the 2008 Silver Birch Express Award. 2006.The battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson & the Olympians. #4.)
By Rick Riordan. 2008
When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod…
friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Sequel to "Titan's curse" (EB74453). Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2008. (Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; 4)