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1) The lion & the mouse

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

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In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.

2) Rapunzel

Author

Zelinsky, Paul O

Publisher

Dutton Children's Books

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

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A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.

3) The funny little woman

Author

Mosel, Arlene

Publisher

E.P. Dutton & Co

Pub. Date

[1972]

Language

English

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While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.

4) A story, a story: an African tale

Author

Haley, Gail E

Publisher

Atheneum

Pub. Date

[1970]

Language

English

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Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

5) The glorious flight: across the Channel with Louis Blériot

Author

Provensen, Alice

Publisher

Viking Press

Pub. Date

[1983]

Language

English

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A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900's.

6) The fool of the world and the flying ship: a Russian tale

Author

Ransome, Arthur

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

[1968]

Language

English

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7) Duffy and the devil: a Cornish tale

Author

Zemach, Harve

Publisher

Farrar, Straus, Giroux

Pub. Date

[1973]

Language

English

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The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.

8) Saint George and the dragon: a golden legend

Author

Hodges, Margaret

Publisher

Little, Brown and Co

Pub. Date

c1984

Language

English

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George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land. Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.

9) The man who walked between the towers

Author

Gerstein, Mordicai

Language

English

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Book, Kids Read-A-Long

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A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

10) Animals of the Bible: a picture book

Publisher

Lippincott

Pub. Date

[between 1960 and 1969?]

Language

English

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Juvenile literature. The Old and New Testaments of the King James Version are the sources for the thirty-one stories about animals; the illustrations include the flora of biblical lands and portray the animals with reverence.