Ann Grifalconi

Cover is in somewhat rough shape, but inside is very nice! 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Oregon

A young girl from the West African village of Tos movingly tells how the men came to live in square houses and the women in round ones.

The Village of Round and Square Houses

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Rashin Kheiriyeh

New York

Bahar, The Lucky

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

Princess Academy

Katrin Tchana

A Story from Cameroon

An extraordinary child determines a kingdom's future.

Sense Pass King: A Story From Cameroon

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#paperback #folktale #african #kids #children #childrensbook #livingbook #fable #tales #westafrica


A West African Folk Tale

Chinye lives with her cruel stepmother and lazy stepsister, but her life changes for the better when a mysterious old woman in the forest directs her to a magic gourd.

Chinye

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Joyce Cooper Arkhurst

Marks, creases, and wear on cover. Book inside is clean.

Texas

West African Folktales

Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners.

The Adventures of Spider

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Delaware

The Rough-Face Girl 

The Tiger and the Tortoise 

More Adventures of Spider 

Patrick deWitt

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

South Carolina

A Novel

From the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers, comes a brilliant and boisterous novel that reimagines the folk tale. A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners, Undermajordomo Minor is Patrick deWitt’s long-awaited follow-up to the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Sisters Brothers. Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucy is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for producing brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the Majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as Undermajordomo, Lucy soon discovers the place harbors many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle’s master, Baron Von Aux. He also encounters the colorful people of the local village—thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and Klara, a delicate beauty whose love he must compete for with the exceptionally handsome soldier, Adolphus. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder in which every aspect of human behavior is laid bare for our hero to observe. Undermajordomo Minor is an adventure, a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behavior, but above all it is a love story and Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.

Undermajordomo Minor

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#hardcover #idigenous #eaglesgift #folktale #fiction 

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Marten loved to roam the vast land with his bow and arrow. But then his two older brothers went off and never returned. Now his parents fear for Marten's safety. Then one day Marten tells his father that he must go off to find his own way in the world. He soon meets a mysterious Eagle-man, who promises to return his brothers if Marten will agree to an unusual request: "Will you learn the gift of joy? Will you learn to dance and sing and tell stories that bring delight?" Of course, Marten agrees. "Come with me, then," says the Great Eagle. And so Marten's adventurebegins.With illustrations by Tatsuro Kiuchi

The Eagle's Gift

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A mathematics tale

The King's Equal

Eve Bunting

Excellent condition from the smoke-free home.

Ohio

Irish giant Finn McCool is told that in order to become wise he much catch and eat the salmon that possesses knowledge, but Finn finds that he cannot bring himself to kill the miraculous fish.

Finn Mccool and the Great Fish

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Steven Kellogg

I have other books available by this author 

"The sky is failing! The sky is failing!" Chicken Little and her feathered friends are all aflutter when she gets a mysterious bump on the head. Steven Kellogg's hilarious retelling and irresistible illustrations bring fresh delight to this timeless classic of chain reaction panic.

Chicken Little

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Eric A. Kimmel

Smoke-free pet-friendly home NO returns 😍🌈 books probably have owner labels inside (not always in pix). Message me for bundle deals!!!

Adapted from the Brothers Grimm

With help of Iron John, the wild man of the forest who is under a curse, a young prince makes his way in the world and finds his true love.

Iron John

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Mordicai Gerstein

Smoke-free pet-friendly home NO returns, may have owner sticker

Woodcutter folktale

After dying, a Tibetan woodcutter is given the choice of going to heaven or to live another life anywhere in the universe.

The Mountains of Tibet

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Nadja Spiegelman

F. Isabel Campoy

Written in English with some Spanish. I have other books available by this author.

A TOON Graphic

One of the New York Times Best Children's Books of 2021


A Children's Book about finally being seen. Blancaflor, a superb graphic storytelling of a classic Latin American folktale, showcases the invisible labor of women and the contributions of Indigenous cultures.


A damsel to the rescue! Raised by a mean ogre of a father who eats his opponents for dinner, Blancaflor is often told not to show off her own considerable powers for fear of scaring off suitors. When a prince falls from the sky and wakes up in her lap, she is spellbound and moves heaven and earth to help the endearing, yet not so clever, young man, all while trying not to let him know. With their trademark magnificent brio, Nadja Spiegelman and Sergio García Sánchez update a classic tale extolling the strength and resourcefulness of women.

Blancaflor, the Hero with Secret Powers: a Folktale from Latin America

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William H. Hooks

Former library copy with expected markings and such. 

After failing to flatter her father as much as her two evil sisters do, Candace is banished from his plantation and only after much time and meeting her Prince Charming, is her father able to appreciate her love.

Moss Gown

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Rudyard Kipling

Former school library copy with expected markings and wear. 

The Elephant's Child

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John Steptoe

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

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Carmen Agra Deedy

The book itself is in excellent condition. The book jacket just has some minor wear and tear, as pictured.

The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do?

Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love.

After reading this award-winning retelling of the Cuban folktale, readers will never look at a cockroach the same way again. Carmen Agra Deedy delivers a delightfully inventive Cuban twist on the beloved Martina folktale, complete with a dash of café Cubano.

North Carolina

A Cuban Folktale

The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love. After reading this award-winning retelling of the Cuban folktale, readers will never look at a cockroach the same way again. Carmen Agra Deedy delivers a delightfully inventive Cuban twist on the beloved Martina folktale, complete with a dash of café Cubano.

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

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Mark Twain

Awesome Vintage classic paperback book. The fun turns to fright when Tom & his buddy Huck Finn witness a midnight murder. Great book with lot’s of pictorial illustrations. No dog ears and spine is tight. See all photos 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Tom dirties his clothes in a fight and is made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. He cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. He then trades the treasures for Sunday School tickets which one normally receives for memorizing verses, redeeming them for a Bible, much to the surprise and bewilderment of the superintendent who thought "it was simply preposterous that this boy had warehoused two thousand sheaves of Scriptural wisdom on his premises—a dozen would strain his capacity, without a doubt."Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

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Ann Grifalconi

The Village of Round and Square Houses

Rashin Kheiriyeh

Bahar, The Lucky

Shannon Hale

Princess Academy

Katrin Tchana

Sense Pass King: A Story From Cameroon

Obi Onyefulu; Evie Safarewicz

Chinye

Joyce Cooper Arkhurst

The Adventures of Spider

Rage Martin & David Shannon

The Rough-Face Girl

Wang Yanrong

The Tiger and the Tortoise

Joyce Cooper Arkhurst, Jerry Pinkney

More Adventures of Spider

Patrick deWitt

Undermajordomo Minor

Rafe Martin; Tatsuro Kiuchi (Illustrator)

The Eagle's Gift

Shannon Hale

Princess Academy

Katherine Paterson; ill Vladimir Vagin

The King's Equal

Eve Bunting

Finn Mccool and the Great Fish

Steven Kellogg

Chicken Little

Eric A. Kimmel

Iron John

Patrick deWitt

Undermajordomo Minor

Mordicai Gerstein

The Mountains of Tibet

Nadja Spiegelman; F. Isabel Campoy

Blancaflor, the Hero with Secret Powers: a Folktale from Latin America

William H. Hooks

Moss Gown

Rudyard Kipling

The Elephant's Child

John Steptoe

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Carmen Agra Deedy

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer