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A collection of the well-known stories, including "How the Whale Got his Throat," "The Elephant's Child," and "The Butterfly That Stamped." For more than 100 years, these brilliant, delightful tales by Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling have entertained young and old alike. Full color.
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Series
Nature's folklore volume 2
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
The Lore of the Land is a treasury of fascinating tales and ancient wisdom, unearthing the folklore of the world's wildest places.
7) Storm boy
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Publisher
Beyond Words Pub
Pub. Date
c1995
Description
A story drawn from Haida Indian literary tradition in which a boy falls from his canoe into a world of eighteen-foot tall humanlike creatures who welcome him and eventually return him to his village.
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Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Ancient Night is a twist on two Nahuatl traditions: the rabbit which the Feathered Serpent placed on the moon, and Yaushu, the Lord Opossum who ruled the earth before humans came, and who stole fire from the gods to create the sun. Award-winning author David Bowles has written a poetic text - and carefully researched backmatter - to accompany David's lush illustrations and story."--
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Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 3
Description
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things.
11) When birds could talk & bats could sing: the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends
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Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War.
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"There are urban myths about all kinds of different things, but how many of these myths are actually true? This book takes a look at many different myths, exploring their origins and assigning a "fact" or "phony" label to each after careful evaluation. Fun fact boxes and amusing cartoons and illustrations help explore common beliefs--can people get sucked out of an airplane bathroom's toilet? Do human fingernails keep growing after a person dies?...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Unicorns may not be real, but people have been thinking and talking about them throughout much of human history. This is the entirely true history of how these magnificent mythical creatures have captured our imaginations for thousands of years"--Page [4] of cover.
