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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
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.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.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.Long long ago
By Robin Skelton. 1996
A collection of fables which describe how different animals gained the traits which make them unique -- why rabbits have…
no voice, how the ostrich came to be flightless, and five other tales. Grades 3-6. 1996.Ayat jamilah: Beautiful signs : a treasury of Islamic wisdom for children and parents (This little light of mine series)
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.Watership Down
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.Jade and iron: Latin American tales from two cultures
By Patricia Aldana. 1996
A collection of Latin American stories, which draw from both Native and Latin sources. The Native stories tend to explain…
the world in mythical form, while the Latin stories, from European roots, are about people and how they relate to each other and the world. Grades 4-7.Monsterology: the fabulous lives of the creepy, the revolting, and the undead
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.The flying canoe
By Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier. 2004
Retelling of the classic Quebec folklore "La chasse-galerie". On New Year's Eve, 1846, 11-year-old Baptiste finds himself far from his…
friends and family and has come to the woods of Ottawa Valley to live and work among some lumberjacks. As the New Year approaches, they grow more and more homesick. Grades 3-6. 2004. Uniform title: Chasse-galerie.A time of golden dragons
By Song Nan Zhang, Hao Yu Zhang. 2000
Through the ages, the dragon has been an important symbol for the Chinese. This book traces the history of the…
dragon, and provides a good introduction to the richness of Chinese culture. Grades 4-7.Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen: a fairy tale told in seven stories
By H. C Andersen, Ken Setterington. 2000
Bones in the basket: Native stories of the origin of people (Native Legends Ser.)
By C. J Taylor. 1994