Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone

Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone
Author:
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1991
Genre:
ISBN: 9780711207875

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Rich Mr Dry-Bone lives in a big house on top of a hill. Poor Anancy lives in a small house at the foot of the hill. They both want to marry Miss Louise, but she will only marry the man who can make her laugh. This book is based on characters from Jamaican and African folk tales.

Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone

Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone
Author: Fiona French
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1993
Genre:
ISBN: 9780590466233

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Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone attempt to win the hand of the beautiful Miss Louise by making her laugh.

Yuvi's Candy Tree

Yuvi's Candy Tree
Author: Lesley Simpson
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing ™
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512497231

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In Ethiopia, Yuvi dreams of a land where water flows, bread is plentiful, and candy grows on trees. But it is only after a difficult journey that she arrives in Israel, where it appears that her dreams have come true.

Little Inchkin

Little Inchkin
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Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-02-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781845070090

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Little Inchkin is only as big as a lotus flower, but he has the courage of a Samurai warrior. How he proves his valour, wins the hand of a princess and is granted his dearest wish by the Lord Buddha is retold in this Tom Thumb legend of old Japan inspired by 19th-century Japanese prints.

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel
Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524737585

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Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora gives readers a stunning new interpretation of this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, setting the infamous witch's cottage deep in a lush African forest. Hansel and Gretel's plight feels all the more threatening as they're plunged into the thick, dark jungle of Isadora's rich collages.

Cinderella of the Nile

Cinderella of the Nile
Author: Beverley Naidoo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre: Cinderella (Tale)
ISBN: 9781910328569

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Beautifully retold by the award-winning author Beverley Naidoo, this earliest-known version of Cinderella is brought to life for the modern-day reader. Rhodopis is a Greek girl who is sold into slavery by bandits and taken to Egypt. Along the way she becomes friends with the storyteller Aesop and a host of playful animals. Her master gives her a pair of beautiful rose-red slippers, making three other servants jealous. But when Horus, the falcon, sweeps in to steal her slipper, Rhodopis has little idea that this act will lead her to the King of Egypt. The first in our 'One Story, Many Voices' series, this ancient story of Cinderella finds its echo in fairy tales all over the world.

Jamaica Anansi Stories

Jamaica Anansi Stories
Author: Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1924
Genre: Anansi (Legendary character)
ISBN:

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Jack and the Baked Beanstalk

Jack and the Baked Beanstalk
Author: Colin Stimpson
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763655635

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After their cafâe fails, Jack takes his mother's last few pennies and exchanges them for a can of magic baked beans that then lead Jack on a journey to a giant who is bored with counting his fortune.

Tales from the Caribbean

Tales from the Caribbean
Author: Trish Cooke
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-08-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141373261

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A collection of favourite tales gathered from the many different islands of the Caribbean, one of the world's richest sources of traditional storytelling. From the very first Kingfisher to Anansi the Spider Man, these lively retellings full of humour and pathos, are beautifully retold by Trish Cooke. The book includes endnotes with a glossary, additional information as well as ideas for activities that children can do to explore the stories further.

Snow White in New York

Snow White in New York
Author: Fiona French
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1990-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780613191692

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For use in schools and libraries only. This urban version of the classic fairy tale puts Snow White in a jazz-age New York where the seven dwarfs are musicians and the handsome prince is a newspaper reporter.