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Seven wonders of Sassafras Springs
Par Betty G Birney. 2007
Missouri, 1923. Eleven-year-old Eben McAllister is challenged by his father to find seven wonders in their hometown in seven days--with…
a train ticket to Colorado as the prize. For grades 3-6. 2005Avon the snail decides to become a writer with the help of his friend Edward the ant. This project leads…
them to close encounters with an anteater, a tree frog, and a hungry fish. Sequel to The End of the Beginning (BR 15790). For grades 2-4. 2008Passion and poison: tales of shape-shifters, ghosts, and spirited women
Par Janice Del Negro. 2007
Eerie stories of things that are not what they seem. In "Skulls and Bones, Ghosts and Gold" housekeeper Pearl braves…
a cemetery at midnight to fetch a skull and win a bet for her master. In "Rubies" a woman tries to avenge her sister's murder. For grades 5-8. 2007You read to me, I'll read to you: very short Mother Goose tales to read together
Par Mary Ann Hoberman. 2005
Short stories in verse based on familiar nursery rhymes. In "Little Miss Muffet," the spider politely asks to join Miss…
Muffet on her tuffet and after some discussion is permitted to stay. And Jack and Jill have a safer trip up the hill the second time. For grades K-3. 2005Short rhymed stories based on eight traditional fairy tales. The princess and the pea discuss their feelings and become friends.…
In this version of "The Three Little Pigs," the pig keeps the wolf in a pot of boiling water until the wolf says he's sorry. For grades K-3. 2004The silver donkey
Par Sonya Hartnett. 2004
France, World War I. An English army deserter, blinded by war and clutching a small silver donkey good-luck charm, is…
discovered in the woods by two young sisters. He relates four tales about donkeys while the girls arrange his return home across the Channel. For grades 5-8. 2004Once upon a Marigold
Par Jean Ferris. 2004
When Christian was six, he ran away to live with a troll in a cave where he was happy inventing…
things. Eleven years later he meets Princess Marigold, whom he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father. For grades 5-8. 2002Jack and the beanstalk
Par E Nesbit. 2006
Young Jack angers his mother by trading the family cow for a handful of colored beans, which she throws out…
the cottage window. The next morning when Jack sees a beanstalk reaching to the sky, he climbs it--and his adventures begin. For grades 2-4. 1908The adventures of Odysseus
Par Hugh Lupton. 2006
A retelling of the Greek myth that recounts Odysseus's ordeals during the prolonged voyage home after the Trojan War, from…
his encounter with Cyclops to reclaiming his wife Penelope and son Telemachus. For grades 4-7. 2006The frog princess
Par E. D Baker. 2002
Princess Esmeralda, an awkward fourteen-year-old, reluctantly kisses a frog named Eadric, who claims to be a prince. But that turns…
her into a frog too! Together they set out to find a way to break the spells and become humans again. For grades 4-7. 2002The sword in the stone (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Par T. H White. 1993
A boy named Arthur, king-to-be, grows up in the time of knights in armor, fair damsels, foul monsters, and evil…
witches. His tutor Merlin, the all-powerful magician, transforms Arthur into various animals as part of his schooling and prepares him for his destiny. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1938The three bears & 15 other stories (A trophy Bk.)
Par Anne F Rockwell. 1984
Sixteen famous tales retold in the spirit of the originals. In "The Lion and the Mouse" a small creature rescues…
a strong one. In "The Gingerbread Man" a clever fox has a tasty treat. In "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" a troll has an unfortunate encounter. For grades 2-4. 1975Rowan Hood returns: the final chapter
Par Nancy Springer. 2005
Rowan Hood learns who murdered her mother, Celandine, and hunts for the killers with her outlaw band. When Rowan loses…
her gift for healing on the path of revenge, she must decide the kind of person she wants to be. Sequel to Wild Boy (BR 16573). For grades 4-7. 2005The tales of Uncle Remus: the adventures of Brer Rabbit
Par Julius Lester. 1999
A retelling of forty-eight Brer Rabbit tales in "modified, contemporary, Southern black English," with modern allusions. Includes "How the Animals…
Came to Earth," "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby," and "Brer Rabbit Tricks Brer Bear." For grades 5-8 and older readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 1987Favorite fairy tales told around the world
Par S. D. Schindler, Virginia Haviland. 1985
The Arnold Lobel book of Mother Goose: A Treasury Of More Than 300 Classic Nursery Rhymes
Par Arnold Lobel. 2003
Treasury of some three hundred nursery rhymes including "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "London Bridge Is Broken Down," "Sing a…
Song of Sixpence," "Three Little Kittens," "Simple Simon Met a Pieman," "Old Mother Hubbard," and "Who Killed Cock Robin?" For grades K-3. 1986Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: one hundred best-loved verses
Par Mary Engelbreit. 2005
Presents traditional nursery rhymes passed down through generations. Includes "Thirty days hath September..." and "Monday's child," which teach lessons; "Jack…
and Jill" and "Humpty Dumpty," which show disasters; and "There was a little girl...," "Old King Cole," and "Bobby Shafto," which portray typical people. For preschool-grade 2. 2005Gulliver in Lilliput
Par Margaret Hodges. 1995
Nursery tales around the world
Par Judy Sierra. 1996
An international collection of eighteen folktales from the oral tradition. Six themes group cultural variations together: runaway cookies; incredible appetites;…
the victory of the smallest; chain tales; slowpokes and speedsters; and fooling the big, bad wolf. For grades 3-6. 1996The book of dragons
Par Michael Hague. 1995