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Author
Series
Anansi books volume 1
Pub. Date
[1988]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
470L
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Katrusya's family cannot afford Christmas, but they cut a small pine tree in the forest, decorate it with buttons, and, when baby spiders hatch in its branches, they especially enjoy the silvery webs that appear.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 4
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
A simple, brief retelling of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, to save the people of Heorot Hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 3
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 2
Pub. Date
[1992]
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Two married gods disobey their orders and visit Earth, are turned into mortals as punishment, and eventually become mountains so that they will always stand side by side.
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A variation of two tales from the Brothers Grimm, in which four orphaned sisters disguise themselves as men to go out in the world and learn a trade.
14) Cactus soup
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
During the Mexican Revolution, when a troop of hungry soldiers comes to a town where all the food has been hidden, they charm the townspeople into helping make a soup from water and a cactus thorn.
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On her way to marry a distant prince, a young princess is forced to trade places with her evil serving maid and becomes a goose girl instead of a bride when she reaches her destination.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Lexile measure
440L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of a Japanese folktale in which a feudal lord seeks a samurai cat to rid his castle of a savage rat, but soon discovers that violence is not always the best way to accomplish things.
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