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61) Gingerbread
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258 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Perdita Lee may appear to be your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are signs that they might not be as normal as they think they are....
62) The girl in red
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292 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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It's not safe for anyone alone in the woods. There are predators that come out at night: critters and coyotes, snakes and wolves. But the woman in the red jacket has no choice. Not since the Crisis came, decimated the population, and sent those who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that served as breeding grounds for death, destruction, and disease. She was just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that didn't look anything like the one...
63) Dino Duckling
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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Dino Duckling can dive, swim and fish just like his duckling brothers and sisters. But when the time comes for the family to fly south for the winter, Dino Duckling finds he really is different!
A funny and touching celebration of difference, based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling. Dino Duckling can dive, swim and fish just like his duckling brothers and sisters. But when the time comes for the family fly south for the winter, Dino...
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English
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Welcome to Fairy Tale Land! Meet all your favorite characters, read their stories, and get lost in their worlds. See inside Hansel and Gretel's cottage, explore the palace from Beauty and the Beast, and dive deep under the sea with the Little Mermaid. This stunning gift book has beautiful artwork to pore over for hours. Features 12 classic tales: The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel, Robin Hood, The Nutcracker,...
65) Into the woods
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1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A baker and his wife journey into the woods in search of a cow, a red cape, a pair of golden slippers and some magic beans to lift a curse that has kept them childless. Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason and the rest of the original Broadway cast weave their magic spell over you in Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, directed by James Lapine, a seamless fusion of fairy tale characters and what happens after "happily ever after."
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114 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"A bizarre sleeping sickness, called Aurora, has fallen over the world. Its victims can't wake up. And all of them are women. As nations fall into chaos, those women still awake take desperate measures to stay that way, and men everywhere begin to give in to their darkest impulses. Meanwhile, in the small town of Dooling, a mysterious woman has walked out of the woods; she calls herself Eve and leaves a trail of carnage in her wake. Strangest of all,...
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95 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"What if princesses didn't always marry Prince Charming and live happily ever after? In this stunning anthology -- elegantly presented in a red, clothbound hard cover with gold-toned metallic debossing -- 15 favorite fairytales have been retold for a new generation. These princesses are smart, funny, and kind, and can do anything they set their minds to. Focused on issues including self-image, confidence, LGBTQ, friendship, advocacy, and disability,...
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ix, 416 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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An anthology of crime stories. In John Helfers' The Better to Eat You With, a woman bank robber holds up a woodsman and is punished for it by wolves, while in Ed Gorman's Of the Fog a woman hitchhiker frames a man for rape because he refused to give her a ride.
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85 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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English
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In this rhyming mash-up of many fairy tales, the reader is invited to follow Rosie down the many possible paths which may lead to a sleeping maiden, a hungry wolf, a girl locked in a tower, or a goose that lays golden eggs -- but with some luck, and some smart choices, Rosie may save herself and her fellow fairy tale characters.
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320, 4 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh...
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English
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On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword, and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future -- and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems.
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306 pages, 61 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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English
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"The exiled Jack of Fables reappears as the entire Fables world is threatened by the Literals - beings who could wipe out any Fable with a single penstroke. In a story that sweeps across FABLES, the spin-off series JACK OF FABLES, and the miniseries THE LITERALS, the very existence of the Fables is threatened by The Literals, who just don't like their messy, mythical lives. Plus, in the original graphic novel FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND, Bigby...
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Rapunzel had the most beautiful, radiant hair the world had ever seen. But Rapunzel's life was far from wonderful. She lived as a servant of Gothel, a jealous, scheming witch who kept her hidden deep in a forbidding forest, guarded by the enormous dragon Hugo and surrounded by an enchanted glass wall. Rapunzel's discovery of a magic paintbrush leads her on a journey that will unravel a web of deception, and bring peace to two feuding kingdoms.
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Tales of Pell volume 3
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xiv, 363 pages : illustration, map ; 25 cm.
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English
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"Once upon a time a princess slept in a magical tower cloaked in thorns and roses, waiting for true love's kiss. Or so her father told her. Instead, she woke up on her own, cut off all that pesky long hair, and used it to escape. But she kept the beard, because it made a great disguise. This is not a story about finding Prince Charming-- it's a story about finding yourself. On a pirate ship. Where you belong. But these are no ordinary pirate misfits...
75) Fable comics
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124 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"Amazing cartoonists take on classic fables from Aesop and beyond!"--Cover.
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80 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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"A rebel dreamer of a girl daydreams about her role in making the world a better place--and since dreams bleed into reality, maybe she really does. Shahrzad and the Angry King is a contemporary reimagining of the Scheherazade tale, starring scooter-riding, story-loving Shahrzad. Shahrzad loves stories and looks for them everywhere. When she meets a boy and asks him to tell her his story, he recounts fleeing a country that was peaceful and happy, until...
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Tale of dark and Grimm volume 3
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English
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"Sister and brother Jorinda and Joringel fight to keep their promise to stay together throughout a new series of gruesome, twisted, Grimm-inspired stories"--
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523 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"Once upon a time, the stories that came to be known as "fairy tales" were cultivated to entertain adults more than children; it was only later that they were tamed and pruned into less thorny versions intended for youngsters. But in truth, they have continued to prick the imaginations of readers at all ages. Over the years, authors have often borrowed bits and pieces from these stories, grafting them into their own writing, creating literature with...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 30 cm
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English
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"When taking cornbread to Grandma, Mahogany encounters a hungry wolf and outsmarts him by cleverly hiding in the woods and using her sewing skills to trap him"--Provided by publisher.
Mahogany is taking gumbo to Grandma's house in the woods when she encounters a hungry wolf, and uses her nerve and skill at sewing to help her trap him.
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