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Author
Publisher
Ediciones Lerner
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.
Sumario en español: En esta folklore de los Andes, un conejillo de Indias muy listo engañe en varios ocasiones el zorro que desea comer lo para la cena.
42) Dragons
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Vain Beaver is inordinately proud of his silky tail, to the point where he alienates his fellow woodland creatures with his boasting. When it is flattened in an accident (of his own making), he learns to value its new shape and seeks to make amends with his friends. Based on an Ojibwe legend"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of an Aztec myth, Lord of the Night sends Wind to free the four musicians that the Sun is holding prisoner so they can bring joy to the world.
55) Bone soup
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this version of the classic tale, Stone soup, three witches are looking for a tasty treat on Halloween morning and they find only a small bone in their cupboard. So they decide to go from door to door in their village to find just the right ingredients for their bone soup"--
56) Storm boy
Author
Publisher
Beyond Words Pub
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A story drawn from Haida Indian literary tradition in which a boy falls from his canoe into a world of eighteen-foot tall humanlike creatures who welcome him and eventually return him to his village.
57) Big Turtle
Author
Publisher
Walker & Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the time when all people live in the sky and all animals in the water, Sky Girl falls through a hole, is rescued by swans and taken to wise Big Turtle who, with the help of noble Toad, called Mashutaha, creates the land on which we live. Includes a note about the Huron people from whom the tale comes.
58) Light
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the midrash about the creation of light.
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.
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