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1) The Korean Cinderella

Author

Climo, Shirley

Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

c1993

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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In this version of Cinderella set in ancient Korea, Pear Blossom, a stepchild, eventually comes to be chosen by the magistrate to be his wife.

2) The green frogs: a Korean folktale

Author

Heo, Yumi

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Co

Pub. Date

1996

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A folktale about two green frogs who always disobey their mother, explaining why green frogs cry out whenever it rains.

3) Tales of a Korean grandmother

Author

Carpenter, Frances

Publisher

Junior Literary Guild and Doubleday

Pub. Date

c1947. (Garden City, N.Y., Country Life Press)

Language

English

4) In the moonlight mist: a Korean tale

Author

San Souci, Daniel

Publisher

Boyds Mills Press

Pub. Date

1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A good-hearted woodcutter finds a heavenly wife in this retelling of a Korean folk tale.

5) Older brother, younger brother: a Korean folktale

Author

Jaffe, Nina

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

c1995

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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After being turned out by his greedy older brother, Hungbu and his family manage to prosper when his kindness to an injured sparrow is richly rewarded.

6) The rabbit and the dragon king: based on a Korean tale

Author

San Souci, Daniel

Publisher

Boyds Mills Press

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Ancient Korean folk tale of the dragon king, ruler of the ocean, who is convinced that eating the heart of a rabbit will cure what ails him. Thanks to a quick-witted rabbit and a seaworthy turtle, an ill dragon king regains his desire to live.