Folklore
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Tiger Brother: A Tale Told in English and Chinese
$16.95 Read moreChangsheng’s father brings home a homeless tabby kitten. However, as the kitten grows older, they realize that it’s actually a little tiger. Soon Changsheng and the little tiger become so attached to … [more below]
- Series: Stories of the Chinese Zodiac
- Author: Li, Jian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 42
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1938368673
- Language: English
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The Grey Fairy Book
$14.95 Add to cartThirty-five stories, many from oral traditions, others from French, German, Italian collections: The Goat-faced Girl, The Sunchild, The Street Musicians, The Twin Brothers, Prunella, and many more. 59… [more below]
- Series: Dover Children’s Classics
- Author: Lang, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 01 1967
- ISBN10: 0486217914
- Language: English
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Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa
$18.99 Add to cartWhen Granny asks Pretty Salma to go to the market one day, she warns her not to talk to strangers. But cunning Mr. Dog tricks Salma, and before she knows it, he’s wearing her stripy ntama, her pretty
- Author: Daly, Niki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0618723455
- Language: English
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How the Stars Came to Be: Deluxe Edition
$21.99 Read moreThe deluxe edition of Poonam Mistry’s picture book How the Stars Came to Be is a uniquely beautiful modern folk tale.
This beautifully illustrated story gives us a new folk tale and a new way to look- Author: Mistry, Poonam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1849767882
- Language: English
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The Gingerbread Boy Big Book
$26.99 Add to cart“The classic tale of the old couple, with no children of their own, who bake a gingerbread boy to keep them company. Just as the little old woman is about to take him from the oven, he slips away and … [more below]
- Series: Paul Galdone Classics
- Author: Galdone, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0618836861
- Language: English
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The Lilac Fairy Book
$19.95 Add to cart“Admirable series of photographic reprints of the first editions. . . . Altogether very good value.” — New York Review of Books. Over 30 tales from Portugal, Ireland, Wales, and points East and West,… [more below]
- Series: Dover Children’s Classics
- Author: Lang, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 01 1968
- ISBN10: 0486219070
- Language: English
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Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions
$18.95 Add to cartThe nautical reference book you never knew you needed: a compendium of all superstitions maritime and marine. Learn your A-B-Seas of sailors’ guiding magic and mythos–and why you should never stir yo
- Author: MacDonald, R. Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1550179799
- Language: English
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Monkey: A Journey to the West
$21.95 Read moreA classic of Chinese literature, this beloved folktale is part adventure story, part spiritual allegory–now reimagined by a National Book Award nominee
Part spiritual pilgrimage, part historical epic- Author: Kherdian, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 209
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1590302583
- Language: English
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The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story
$18.99 Add to cart“Wonderful ” (Grace Paley).
“Heartwarming and smart and wonderfully written” (Detroit Free Press). “Provides edifying advice, intimately given, like the best-selling Tuesdays with Morrie” (the Dallas- Author: Ben Izzy, Joel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 02 2005
- ISBN10: 1565125126
- Language: English
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The Lost Language of Symbolism: An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies
$27.95 Add to cartMining information from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world, a foremost expert on symbols explains word origins and their meanings. The ultimate symbols are the… [more below]
- Author: Bayley, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: January 20 2000
- ISBN10: 1585090700
- Language: English
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The Invention of Tradition
$24.99 Add to cartMany of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores exa… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Hobsbawm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: March 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1107604672
- Language: English
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Very Superstitious: 100 Superstitions from Around the World
$16.95 Add to cartWhy are Celtic fairies behind our compulsion to knock on wood? How is a Norse myth responsible for our fear of the number 13? And why might an ancient Byzantine war strategy make us wary of spilling s
- Author: Winsham, Willow
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1802795014
- Language: English
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Spooky Ohio: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore
$17.95 Add to cartOhio’s folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman’s evocative illustrations.
- Series: Spooky
- Author: Schlosser, S. E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493044818
- Language: English
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Magical Faery Plants: A Guide for Working with Faeries and Nature Spirits
$24.99 Read moreBuild Relationships with Faeries and Connect with Nature on a Deep, Soul Level
The natural world is integral to our spiritual and magical lives and the lives of faeries and nature spirits. With this b
- Author: Kynes, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0738770329
- Language: English
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Cuentos de Andersen
$12.95 Add to cartEscoger los cuentos m s representativos de Hans Christian Andersen ha supuesto un verdadero reto, ya que escribi cerca de doscientos: este libro incluye una maravillosa selecci n de los m s memorable… [more below]
- Series: Clásicos Ilustrados
- Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 8417430741
- Language: Spanish
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Fox Crossing
$9.95 Read moreThe charming village of Fox Crossing, Maine (founded 1805) is the last bit of civilization before the 100-mile wilderness, the wildest and arguably most beautiful stretch of the Appalachian Trail. The… [more below]
- Series: A Fox Crossing, Maine Novel
- Author: Metz, Melinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1496728092
- Language: English
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The Teeny-Tiny Woman
$12.99 Add to cartGive me my bone! When a teeny-tiny woman finds a teeny-tiny bone in the teeny-tiny village churchyard, she takes it home to boil for her teeny-tiny supper. She never expects the bone will object. This… [more below]
- Series: Paul Galdone Classics
- Author: Galdone, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 19 2016
- ISBN10: 0544641051
- Language: English
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The Grasshopper & the Ants
$18.99 Read moreThis magnificent rendition of a classic Aesop fable by a Caldecott Medal-winning artist teaches children: Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today! In this stunning companion to the Caldecott … [more below]
- Author: Pinkney, Jerry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0316400815
- Language: English
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The Lion and the Mouse
$9.95 Add to cartAn Aesop fable about the value of all- great and small- retold and illustrated by the legendary European artist Bernadette Watts.
When a lion cub spares the life of a mouse, the smallest animal of al- Author: Aesop
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0735821291
- Language: English
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In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
$17.99 Add to cartCreak…
Crash…
BOOShivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted graveyards…all to chill your bones Share these seven spine-tingling stories in a dark, dark room.
- Series: I Can Read Level 2
- Author: Schwartz, Alvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 14 1984
- ISBN10: 0060252715
- Language: English
