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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

Norton critical edition

This Norton Critical Edition collects forty-four fairy tales, from the fifth century to the present. The Classic Fairy Tales focuses on six tale types: "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Bluebeard," and "Hansel and Gretel," and presents multicultural variants and sophisticated literary rescriptings. Also reprinted are tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde.



"Criticism" gathers twelve essays that interpret aspects of fairy tales, including their social origins, historical evolution, psychological drama, gender issues, and national identities.



A Selected Bibliography is included.

The Classic Fairy Tales

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A superb and wide-ranging collection of over 250 well-known folktales from around the world which have been passed down through the centuries. Folktales include: Hansel and Grethel, Tom Thumb, Robin Goodfellow, William Tell, The piper and the Puca, The boy who became Emperor, Beauty and the Beast, Ceres and Proserpine

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

Classic Folk Tales From Around The World

Ages 8-12 Grades 3-7
Full color illustration’s and silver foil cover! 

Take a trip into the fantastical world of the imagination in this lavishly illustrated gift book.

Enter the elaborate “found” notebooks of the formerly fact-bound professor Dawn Gable and follow her on nine nightly journeys to extraordinary worlds. From King Arthur’s Round Table at Camelot to the majestic hall of slain heroes in Asgard, visit marvelous lands from myth, legend, and fairy tale. Intricate vistas and diagrams usher readers into a city of intelligent machines, the ancient African city of Kor, the miniature world of Lilliput, the flying island of Laputa, a mountainous home of mythical beasts, the primeval island of Buyan, the island of Atlantis, Captain Nemo’s Nautilus, and more. A mesmerizing gift for anyone who believes in the transformative power of stories, this is a book that readers will pore over again and again.


Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Georgia

Lost in the Imagination: A Journey Through Nine Worlds in Nine Nights

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People of all places and times have told stories in order to explain and understand the world around them. This unusual collection, rather than focusing on the stories of a single culture, groups myths from many lands according to kind. The bold illustrations brings these stories vividly to life with well-researched detail of costume and setting.

Myths and Legend from Around the World

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Joseph Bruchac

#hardcover #horror #indigenous #fiction #youngadult #ya #folktales #scarystory

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Indigenous author

Skeleton Man

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Kathleen Ragan

This was a critical resource for my own books based in the South Pacific.  Ready to share the knowledge.  Myths and legends from all over the world.

Minnesota

Heroines in Folktales from Around the World

Retells more than a hundred folktales form Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East that feature active heroines of all types.

Fearless Girls Wise Women and Beloved Sisters

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Alaska

Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears

Sandra Cisneros

Excellent+ condition. First Vintage Contemporaries Edition 1992 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

And Other Stories

A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.

The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border with tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.

Woman Hollering Creek

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Massachusetts

Here are five Nigerian folktales, retold in language as rhythmic as the beat of the story-drum, and illustrated with vibrant, evocative woodcuts.

Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum

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Former library book with library markings see photo, tight spine, no highlighting no notes Japanese folk tales 1949 sketches 

And other Japanese folk tales

THE DANCING KETTLE

Richard Erdoes

Collection of legends, fairy tales, and sagas of the American West.

Tales from the American Frontier

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Yamile Saied Méndez

Amparo Ortiz

A wonderful set of ya monster stories. This is a duplicate gift copy, so it's never been read. 

Oregon

15 Latin American Monster Stories

Fifteen original short stories from YA superstars, featuring Latine mythology's most memorable monsters

From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology offers something for every monster lover. In Our Shadows Have Claws, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by "el viejo de la bolsa" while a military dictatorship steals their parents; and anyone you love, absolutely anyone, might be a shapeshifter waiting to hunt.
 
The worlds of these stories are dark but also magical ones, where a ghost-witch can make your cheating boyfriend pay, bullies are brought to their knees by vicious wolf-gods, a jar of fireflies can protect you from the reality-warping magic of a bruja--and maybe you'll even live long enough to tell the tale. Set across Latin America and its diaspora, this collection offers bold, imaginative stories of oppression, grief, sisterhood, first love, and empowerment.
 
Full contributor list: Chantel Acevedo, Courtney Alameda, Julia Alvarez, Ann Dávila Cardinal, M. García Peña, Racquel Marie, Gabriela Martins, Yamile Saied Méndez, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, Claribel A. Ortega, Amparo Ortiz, Lilliam Rivera, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Ari Tison, and Alexandra Villasante.


 

Our Shadows Have Claws

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Terri Cohlene

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Navajo Dine story

A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier. Includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.

Turquoise Boy

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Pennsylvania

Aesop's Fables (8th Printing, 1973)

Andrew Lang

Arizona

Fairy tales told by the American Indian accompany traditional stories from Rhodesia, Uganda, and Denmark

The Orange Fairy Book

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Jane Yolen

This collection of folktales drawn from over forty cultures and traditions includes classic tales from the Brothers Grimm, as well as lesser-known stories

Favorite Folktales from Around the World

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#paperback #wisdom #stories #folktales #religion #philosophy #wisdomtales #teaching #education #theology

English

50 stories 

This collection of fifty metaphorical folktales and parables is selected with a global perspective and retold by a professional storyteller. Included are tales from diverse story traditions such as Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, African, and Native American. Comprised of ancient plots both poignant and comical, this anthology contains simple truths, common sense, and the promise that we can benefit from past generations'experience. Wisdom tales offer useful insights into life's ....

Wisdom Tales from Around the World

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Steve Leialoha

Bill Willingham

A new stand-alone FABLES NOVEL from award-winning and wildly acclaimed author, Bill Willingham.This story stars Peter Piper and his incorrigible brother Max in a tale about jealousy, betrayal and revenge. Set in two distinct time periods, prepare to travel back to medieval times and learn the tragic back-story of the Piper family, a medieval-era family of traveling minstrels. Then, jump into the present to follow a tale of espionage as Peter Piper slowly hunts down his evil brother for a heinous crime, pitting Peter's talents as a master thief against Max's dark magical powers.Based on the long-running and award-winning comic book series FABLES, PETER AND MAX is its own tale. Readers don't have to be familiar with the comics to fully enjoy and understand this book. AWARDS for FABLES: YALSA: 2004 annual recommended list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers·Willingham, Bill. Animal Farm (Fables series). DC Com

Set in the imaginative realm of the award-winning comic book series FABLES, PETER & MAX is a stand-alone prose novel - the first ever published starring FABLES characters! Long ago, in the deepest dark of The Black Forest, two brothers - Peter Piper and his older brother Max - encountered ominous forces that changed them both irreparably. Thus begins an epic tale of sibling rivalry, magic, music and revenge that spans medieval times to the present day, when their deadly conflict surfaces in the placid calm of modern day Fabletown. PETER & MAX: A FABLES NOVEL features the deft prose of award-winning comic book writer Bill Willingham and lush ink spot illustrations from FABLES artist Steve Leialoha. The novel also reveals secrets of some of the regular FABLES series cast members including Bigby Wolf, Frau Totenkinder and Bo Peep. Included as well is an 8-page bonus sequential comic story by Willingham and Leialoha that serves as a bridge to the FABLES graphic novel collections. And don't miss the special FABLES #1/PETER & MAX PREVIEW on sale in July! Advance-solicited; on sale October 7 - 400 pg, 6" x 9", B&W, $22.99 US MATURE READERS

Peter and Max

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In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.

The Willoughbys

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South Carolina

Brief tales about animals illustrate moral principles and lessons of life, and include the stories of a crow who finds a clever way to get a drink of water, and a disappointed fox who decides the grapes he couldn't reach were sour.

Aesop's Fables

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Understanding American English and Culture Through Folktales and Stories

We humans learn our language and culture through the stories and rhymes of tales we learned as children. By learning the twenty-six most popular and enduring stories collected in Open Sesame, ESL students learn about Americans and about life in America. Open Sesame facilitates discussions comparing and contrasting American folktales and stories with those of students' native cultures. Specific American cultural values are found in the text and debated by students who often find those values confusing and in conflict with their own values. The allusions learned from these American stories are extremely helpful for fluency. 

 Included are such classic tales as "Cinderella," "The Three Pigs," "Johnny Appleseed," and "Rip Van Winkle," and excerpts from more recent stories such as Charlotte's Web and The Wizard of Oz.
The goals of Open Sesame are to teach reading skills, build vocabulary, stimulate discussion, and develop critical-thinking skills. The text may also be of interest in the disciplines of children's literature, folklore, and cross-cultural studies. 
 
The text is accompanied by cassettes that "tell" the stories for learners who have not yet acquired all the vocabulary needed to read these original stories and folktales on their own.



Open Sesame

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Wim Coleman

Pat Perrin

Texas

Retelling a Mexican Legend

A dramatization of the sad and haunting Mexican legend, the Crying Woman, that parents have told to children who are misbehaving and to guard against vanity.

La Llorona

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Exploits of the adventures of Paul Bunyan. A famous folktale full of adventures and fun. Great characters funny inventions a perfect story to engage young minds!

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