Robert D San Souci
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and, especially, St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern?
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Spanish American retelling of the familiar story of a kind girl who is mistreated by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters. In this version, the Virgin Mary replaces the traditional fairy godmother.
4) Young Arthur
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday Book for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story of King Arthur's boyhood, the sword in the stone, his first victorious battle, and his unification of a new kingdom.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells, in easy text, of the Sheriff of Nottingham's plot to hold an archery contest in order to capture the outlaw Robin Hood, but Robin and his band of merry men arrive in disguise with a plan of their own.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her father persuades their colony to kill all the birds because they are eating the crops, Almira joins the schoolmaster in trying to prove that the birds are both beautiful and useful.
14) Young Guinevere
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of Guinevere from her girlhood to her betrothal to King Arthur.
16) Zigzag
Author
Publisher
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With some help from a group of field mice, an odd-looking doll--named Zigzag for his crooked mouth--searches for a child to love him.
17) The red heels
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An itinerant shoemaker in colonial New England makes a pair of shoes for a beautiful young woman, although he fears the red heels are a sign that she is a witch.
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When they try to find out who is doing their chores while they are working in the field, a childless couple discovers that the two stones they have brought home are actually two bewitched orphans.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the Bird of Darkness takes Princess Marie, twin brothers Soliday, who is brave and kind, and Salacota, who is cowardly, set off to fight the beast and rescue the princess.