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The King of Ireland's Son sets out to find the Enchanter of the Black Back-Lands and meets the Enchanter's daughter, Fedelma. His adventures lead him to the Land of the Mist, the Town of the Red Castle, and the worlds of Gilly of the Goatskin, the Hags of the Long Teeth, Princess Flame-of-Wine, and the Giant Crom Duv. This is a true Irish wonder tale: a coming of age story of the youngest son of the King of Ireland who sets off on an impossible quest....
83) May
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Book 2 in Kathryn Lasky's shimmering quartet about mermaid sisters and supernatural love.May feels her life drying up. The sea calls to her, but her parents forbid her from swimming. She longs for books, but her mother finds her passion for learning strange. She yearns for independence, but a persistent suitor, Rudd, wants to tame her spirited ways. Yet after her fifteenth birthday, the urge to break free becomes overpowering and May makes a life-changing...
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Each booklet in the collection is inspired by traditional stories and allows novice readers to discover the marvelous world of fables. The author uses simple phrasing to recount the adventure of legendary characters. The illustrations help support the narrative and promote further study. Furthermore, each tale
delivers an important moral or life lesson that activates the imagination of young readers and encourages them to make deeper and more meaningful...
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Simon's family is exasperated by his laziness. He spends all his time lying beside the hearth in their house dreaming of the brave exploits that he will carry out and that will make him a hero. The villagers ridicule Simon and his stories. One day they see the dreaded Sea Monster on the horizon and know that it will attack and destroy the village and its inhabitants the following day. Early the next morning Simon sets out in his little boat with a...
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Once upon a time...
There were mischievous gnomes, sweet fairies, and talking animals who lived happily in the forest. There were also children, princes and princesses, magical flowers, and witches on flying brooms. There were, in fact, enchanted and amusing stories, all gathered in an incredible collection of fairy tales.
Add this book to your cart and get ready to fly on the wings of imagination... get ready to dream!
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Students will act out the story of a mischievous boy who is responsible for herding the sheep and keeping them safe from a nearby wolf. He gets bored at work and tricks his family, crying, "Wolf!" even though the wolf is not there. Since his family gets angry that he continues to lie, he loses their trust. When the wolf really does arrive, no one believes him. Will he be able to save himself and the sheep from the wolf and learn his lesson? This Spanish...
88) Cloudwalker
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Cloudwalker, describing the creation of the rivers, is the second in a series of Northwest Coast legends by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd. Their previous collaboration, Raven Brings the Light (2013), is a national bestseller. On British Columbia's northwest coast lies the Sacred Headwaters the source of three of British Columbia's largest salmon-bearing rivers. These rivers are the source of life for all creatures in the area. But what gave life...
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Eleven-year-old Ellis Ring doesn't know she's been blessed by a god . . . or has she been cursed? All Ellis cares about is suddenly being saddled with boy whiz kid, Will Seabury, who won't quit calling her Scamp! Well, maybe she did earn that nickname.
But Ellis's world quickly becomes unhinged, when her father reveals that she's one of two people who can control a powerful ancient weapon. Things turn creepier as Ellis understands clues left behind...
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Each booklet in the collection is inspired by traditional stories and allows novice readers to discover the marvelous world of fables. The author uses simple phrasing to recount the adventure of legendary characters. The illustrations help support the narrative and promote further study. Furthermore, each tale
delivers an important moral or life lesson that activates the imagination of young readers and encourages them to make deeper and more meaningful...
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Once upon a time...
There were mischievous gnomes, sweet fairies, and talking animals who lived happily in the forest. There were also children, princes and princesses, magical flowers, and witches on flying brooms. There were, in fact, enchanted and amusing stories, all gathered in an incredible collection of fairy tales.
Add this book to your cart and get ready to fly on the wings of imagination... get ready to dream!
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Nancy, Barby, and Doug Holland looked forward to summer in New Hampshire without realizing what exciting secrets came with their new home. The summer would hold more than swimming and horseback riding, blueberry pancakes and picnics at the lake, but they didn't begin to guess how much more until Nancy bid for an old trunk at a country auction.
The Hollands were vacationing in an old house which had once belonged to a New Hampshire primitive artist...
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Once upon a time...
There were mischievous gnomes, sweet fairies, and talking animals who lived happily in the forest. There were also children, princes and princesses, magical flowers, and witches on flying brooms. There were, in fact, enchanted and amusing stories, all gathered in an incredible collection of fairy tales.
Add this book to your cart and get ready to fly on the wings of imagination... get ready to dream!
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Samuel Scarecrow is always kind, friendly, good, and honest. He always treats everyone with the utmost amount of dignity and respect. He is a sharing individual and receives enjoyment watching all his friends playing in and eating from his cornfield. However, he has an adversary who is not kind and friendly at all, who relentlessly teases and makes fun of him because he is different. This often makes him a very sad and miserable scarecrow. Samuel,...
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Teach early readers about why it is important to be kind to others with this beautifully illustrated version of the Aesop fable, The Lion and the Mouse. This wordless picture encourages children to use their own words to tell the story, developing their oral language and reading skills. This 12-page beginning reading book is ideal for children ages 3-5.
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It was a cold and crisp Christmas Eve. The animals of the forest come from near and far, through the snow, to gather around Saint Nicholas and hear him read the most wonderful story ever written. He tells them how, many years ago on this very night, Joseph arrived in Bethlehem with his wife Mary just in time for her to give birth to baby Jesus. He reminds them all of the amazing events that happened that wondrous night, and how the animals were there....
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The Tortoise and the Hare is a fable about perseverance and boasting. It is told from the perspective of a child observing the world and learning from it. In this truly unique series, Aesop is that child. He comes to life as an inquisitive, confident young raccoon who goes on a daily adventure and experiences each fable as it unfolds. Aesop's grandmother encourages him to go on these adventures and eagerly awaits his return. They share the message...
99) Gaïa m'a raconté
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À l'origine, c'était la confusion sur Terre. Mais Gaïa m'a raconté comment le soleil et la lune se sont entendus pour faire régner l'ordre.
100) The Magic Babushka
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Nadia longs to create beautifully decorated Easter eggs, called pysanky, but the intricate patterns are too difficult for her weak eyes. When she rescues a magical old woman, she is rewarded with a handkerchief that makes her imagined designs real. Now Nadia can create pysanky, but how can she prove to an angry tsarina that the designs are her own?