Robert D San Souci
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.
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.
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.
10) The six swans
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
A retelling of how the king's daughter rescues her six brothers from the enchantment imposed on them by their wicked stepmother.