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41) The tiger's whisker: and other tales and legends from Asia and the Pacific

Author

Courlander, Harold

Publisher

Harcourt, Brace

Pub. Date

1959

Language

English

42) Legends in exile

Author

Willingham, Bill

Series

Fables volume 1

Publisher

DC Comics

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

Appears on list

Graphic Novels for Adults

43) Irish folktales

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Pub. Date

1985

Language

English

44) Indian legends of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes of Nevada

Publisher

State of Nevada, Dept. of Education

Pub. Date

1963

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

45) The adventures of Robin Hood: an English legend

Author

Series

The World's best reading

Publisher

Reader's Digest Association

Pub. Date

c1991

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny.

46) The biography of a grizzly

Author

Seton, Ernest Thompson

Series

A Thrushwood Book

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

[c1927]

Language

English

47) Tâpwê and the magic hat

Author

Sainte-Marie, Buffy

Publisher

Greystone Kids

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Description

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"Tapwe can't wait to spend a week with his cousins on the other side of the reserve--especially since his Kokum has given him the most amazing gift. His new Magic Hat has bluebirds and grass snakes that come to life! He's so excited to see what adventures he and his new animal friends will have that he forgets his Kokum's advice: Watch out for tricksters! Tapwe's adventure is everything he hoped it would be. He meets his cousins, takes part in a powwow,...

48) Egyptian myths and legends

Author

Macdonald, Fiona

Series

Ignite: all about myths
Ignite all about myths

Publisher

Capstone Raintree

Pub. Date

2013

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Discusses ancient Egyptian mythology and its origins, the structure of the mythological world, and the gods, goddesses, and heroes featured in legend.

49) Arrow to the sun: a Pueblo Indian tale

Author

McDermott, Gerald

Publisher

Viking Press

Pub. Date

1974

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Caldecott Award Winners

Description

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An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

50) Stories from Spain =: Historias de España

Author

Barlow, Genevieve

Series

Side by side bilingual books

Publisher

McGraw-Hill

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

51) The bronze cauldron: myths and legends of the world

Author

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Series

Myths and legends of the world

Publisher

Margaret K. McElderry Books

Pub. Date

c1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

52) Leaves from the garden of Eden: one hundred classic Jewish tales

Author

Schwartz, Howard

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

53) The little flowers of St. Francis of Assisi

Publisher

Book-of-the-Month-Club

Pub. Date

1996, c1976

Language

English

54) Golem

Author

Wisniewski, David

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

[1996]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott Award Winners

Description

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A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.

55) Tall tale America: a legendary history of our humorous heroes

Author

Publisher

E. M. Hale

Pub. Date

c1944

Language

English

56) Legends, lies, and cherished myths of American history

Author

Shenkman, Richard

Publisher

Morrow

Pub. Date

c1988

Language

English

57) The black stallion returns

Author

Series

Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 2

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

1945-

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8

Language

English

58) How the sea began: a Taino myth

Author

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

c1993

Language

English

Description

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The gourd containing the bow and arrow of the great departed hunter Yayael produces a torrent of water that becomes the world's ocean.

59) The clown of God: an old story

Author

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

c1978

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A once-famous Italian juggler, now old and a beggar, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child.

60) Robin Hood

Author

McSpadden, J. Walker

Publisher

Unicorn Pub. House

Pub. Date

c1989

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.

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