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The adventures of Sir Givret the Short (The Knight's Tales)
By Gerald Morris. 2008
Young Givret, easily the shortest man at King Arthur's court, becomes a knight because of his clever mind and quick…
thinking, which he uses to help others. For grades 3-6. 2008Mary Engelbreit's nursery tales: a treasury of children's classics
By Mary Engelbreit. 2008
Twelve folk tales retold in a not-too-scary manner for younger readers. Anthology contains friendly versions of "Goldilocks and the Three…
Bears," "The Three Little Pigs," "Puss in Boots," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Hansel and Gretel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Gingerbread Boy," and "The Ugly Duckling." For grades K-3. 2008Here lies Arthur
By Philip Reeve. 2008
Southwest Britain, A.D. 500. The bard Myrddin brings the destitute girl-child Gwyna under his protection, transforming her into the Lady…
of the Lake, a boy warrior, and a spy as he schemes to promote Arthur into the great hero King Arthur. Some violence. For senior high readers. Carnegie Medal. 2007Seven wonders of Sassafras Springs
By Betty G Birney. 2007
Missouri, 1923. Eleven-year-old Eben McAllister is challenged by his father to find seven wonders in their hometown in seven days--with…
a train ticket to Colorado as the prize. For grades 3-6. 2005The missing girl
By Norma Fox Mazer. 2008
A middle-aged man secretly stalks the Herbert family's five sisters, ages eleven to seventeen, as they carry out their everyday…
activities in the small town of Mallory, New York. Then the stranger makes his move, luring Autumn, the youngest girl, into his house. For junior and senior high readers. 2008The Rumpelstiltskin problem
By Vivian Vande Velde. 2002
Avon the snail decides to become a writer with the help of his friend Edward the ant. This project leads…
them to close encounters with an anteater, a tree frog, and a hungry fish. Sequel to The End of the Beginning (BR 15790). For grades 2-4. 2008Passion and poison: tales of shape-shifters, ghosts, and spirited women
By Janice Del Negro. 2007
Eerie stories of things that are not what they seem. In "Skulls and Bones, Ghosts and Gold" housekeeper Pearl braves…
a cemetery at midnight to fetch a skull and win a bet for her master. In "Rubies" a woman tries to avenge her sister's murder. For grades 5-8. 2007A family of poems: my favorite poetry for children
By Caroline Kennedy, Jon J. Muth. 2005
Treasury of Caroline Kennedy's best-loved childhood verses about animals, seasons, adventures, and bedtime. Features familiar classics by Shakespeare, Basho, Emily…
Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Ogden Nash as well as contemporary works by Nikki Giovanni, Jack Prelutsky, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kennedy's mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, among many. For grades 4-7. 2005Valiant: a modern tale of faerie (Modern Faerie Tales Ser.)
By Holly Black. 2005
Seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York City, where she meets other kids who live underground. She also encounters troll…
Ravus, who distributes lifesaving potions to faeries. When Ravus is accused of murder, Val defends him. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005Ironside: a modern faery's tale (The modern Faerie Tales Ser.)
By Holly Black. 2007
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, from Tithe (BR 15101), returns to Faeryland to try and complete a nearly impossible quest that will release…
Roiben from the spell of the faery queen who holds him in thrall. Kaye also confesses to her mother. Strong language and some violence. For senior high readers. 2007You read to me, I'll read to you: very short Mother Goose tales to read together
By Mary Ann Hoberman. 2005
Short stories in verse based on familiar nursery rhymes. In "Little Miss Muffet," the spider politely asks to join Miss…
Muffet on her tuffet and after some discussion is permitted to stay. And Jack and Jill have a safer trip up the hill the second time. For grades K-3. 2005Short rhymed stories based on eight traditional fairy tales. The princess and the pea discuss their feelings and become friends.…
In this version of "The Three Little Pigs," the pig keeps the wolf in a pot of boiling water until the wolf says he's sorry. For grades K-3. 2004Tattoo (Tattoo Ser.)
By Jennifer Barnes. 2007
After fifteen-year-old friends Delia, Annabelle, Bailey, and Zo get temporary tattoos at the mall, each develops a psychic power. The…
girls need their new talents to fight an evil fairy who plans to wreak havoc at their school dance. For senior high readers. 2007The silver donkey
By Sonya Hartnett. 2004
France, World War I. An English army deserter, blinded by war and clutching a small silver donkey good-luck charm, is…
discovered in the woods by two young sisters. He relates four tales about donkeys while the girls arrange his return home across the Channel. For grades 5-8. 2004Once upon a Marigold
By Jean Ferris. 2004
When Christian was six, he ran away to live with a troll in a cave where he was happy inventing…
things. Eleven years later he meets Princess Marigold, whom he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father. For grades 5-8. 2002Jack and the beanstalk
By E Nesbit. 2006
Young Jack angers his mother by trading the family cow for a handful of colored beans, which she throws out…
the cottage window. The next morning when Jack sees a beanstalk reaching to the sky, he climbs it--and his adventures begin. For grades 2-4. 1908The adventures of Odysseus
By Hugh Lupton. 2006
A retelling of the Greek myth that recounts Odysseus's ordeals during the prolonged voyage home after the Trojan War, from…
his encounter with Cyclops to reclaiming his wife Penelope and son Telemachus. For grades 4-7. 2006The frog princess
By E. D Baker. 2002
Princess Esmeralda, an awkward fourteen-year-old, reluctantly kisses a frog named Eadric, who claims to be a prince. But that turns…
her into a frog too! Together they set out to find a way to break the spells and become humans again. For grades 4-7. 2002The Juniper tree: and other tales from Grimm
By Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Maurice Sendak, Randall Jarrell, Lore Groszmann Segal. 2003
Twenty-seven stories translated from the Brothers Grimm collection of German folktales. Features "Hansel and Gretel," "The Fisherman and His Wife,"…
"Rapunzel," and lesser-known tales like the title piece, in which a wicked stepmother is punished for her crime. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 1973