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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.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.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.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.By Alexander Wolfe. 1988
By Judy Sierra. 2002
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.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)By Sarah Conover, Freda Crane. 2004
This treasury of Islamic wisdom gathers stories from the farthest reaches of the Muslim world, which stretches from Morocco in…
the west to Indonesia in the east, and from China in the north to Tanzania in the south. Its stories are drawn from the core of Islamic spirituality and ethics, the Qur'an and the traditions (hadiths), but also from mystical verse, folk tales, and exemplary figures of the Islamic narrative. Grades 5-8. 2004.By Richard Adams. 1972
Only a few rabbits escape with their lives when men destroy their warren. Many dangers have to be faced as…
they search for a safe place to establish a new one. Followed by "Tales from Watership Down". Grade 5-8. 1972.By Arthur G Slade. 2005
A look inside the lives of 15 creepy characters from literature, mythology, and folklore, including Dracula, the golem, Loki, Sasquatch,…
and the Loch Ness monster. Includes a listing of their loves and hates (Dracula hates tanning, garlic, and girls named Buffy), favourite saying (the Sasquatch's is "Hnnr hra Gaw!"), fashion rating, and high-school memories. Grades 5-8. 2005.By Vicki Blum. 2004
Kallie and Danya are as unalike as twin sisters can be. When a mermaid visits Kallie and tells her that…
her world will be lost forever unless Kallie helps them steal back The Jewel of Life, Kallie accepts right away, while Danya needs more convincing. But soon the twins are taking the plunge together into the amazing undersea world of Ayralon, where adventure - and a secret from their past - awaits them. Grades 3-6. 2004.By Isabel Allende. 2005
A retelling of the legend of Zorro. In the early 1800s, Diego de la Vega leaves Southern California and travels…
to Napoleonic Spain for his formal education. There he joins an underground resistance movement and, disguised as Zorro, fights for the oppressed. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. Bestseller 2005. Uniform title: Zorro.By Regina M. Hansen. 2021
Music, myth, and horror blend in this romantic, “eerie…atmospheric” (Publishers Weekly) fantasy debut about a teen girl who must fight…
a powerful evil that’s invaded her Prince Edward Island home—perfect for fans of An Enchantment of Ravens.There’s a certain wild magic in the salt air and the thrum of the sea. Beet MacNeill has known this all her life. It added spice to her childhood adventures with her older cousin, Gerry, the two of them thick as thieves as they explored their Prince Edward Island home. So when Gerry comes up the path one early spring morning, Beet thinks nothing of it at first. But he is soaking wet and silent, and he plays a haunting tune on his fiddle that chills Beet to the bone. Something is very, very wrong. Things only get worse when Marina Shaw saunters into town and takes an unsettling interest in Gerry’s new baby. Local lore is filled with tales of a vicious shape-shifting sea creature and the cold, beautiful woman who controls him—a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Marina. Beet is determined to find out what happened to her beloved cousin, and to prevent the same fate from befalling the handsome new boy in town who is winning her heart, whether she wants him to or not. Yet the sea always exacts a price…By Rick Riordan. 2007
The goddess Artemis has disappeared while hunting a rare, ancient monster. A group of her followers joins Percy and his…
friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The Sea of Monsters" (EB74303). 2007. (Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; 3)By Janet Stevens, Coleen Salley. 2004
By Lisa Wheeler, Ponder Goembel. 2003
Old Cricket doesn't feel like helping his wife and neighbors to prepare for winter and so he pretends to have…
all sorts of ailments that require the doctor's care, but hungry Old Crow has other ideas. For preschool-grade 2By Laurence Yep, David Wiesner. 1989
Twenty Chinese folktales, selected and retold by the author from stories collected in Oakland, California, in the 1930s as part…
of a WPA project. The book is divided into sections such as "Tricksters," "Fools," and "Love," each of which is prefaced by a short explanation of how the tales relate to the Chinese-American experience. For grades 4-7 and older readersBy Julie Légère. 2020
An exploration of the mystical history of witches throughout time and all over the world. The authors discuss the symbols…
of witchcraft, reveal the magic of crystals and herbs, and provide instructions on how to make your own pendulum. Translated from the 2019 French edition. For grades 5-8. 2020