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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells, in easy text, of the Sheriff of Nottingham's plot to hold an archery contest in order to capture the outlaw Robin Hood, but Robin and his band of merry men arrive in disguise with a plan of their own.
27) Robin Hood
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xvi, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
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114 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor. Welcome to a medieval world full of sword fights and shape-shifting, monsters and magic, and timeless characters both gallant and wonderfully human. Written anonymously in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is retold in its entirety by Michael Morpurgo in a lively and accessible narration that captures all the tale's drama and humor....
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Silly kids, tricks are for rabbits! Chukfi Rabbit, that is. The laziest-and hungriest-trickster rabbit there is! Deep in Choctaw Country Chukfi Rabbit is figuring out some way to avoid work at all costs. When Bear, Turtle, Fox, and Beaver agree on an everybody-work-together day to build Ms. Possum a new house, Chukfi Rabbit says he's too busy to help. Until he hears there will be a feast to eat after the work is done: cornbread biscuits, grape dumplings,...
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells, in parallel English and Spanish text, the traditional Hispanic American tale of a proud and beautiful woman who, in a fit of jealousy, commits a terrible act and then cannot stop weeping for it, even after she is dead.
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173 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Illustrations by Wyeth, Pyle, and others are compiled from other editions.
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36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Long ago in the city of Baghdad, Shlomo and his wife, Miriam, don't have a single guest to welcome for Shabbat. When a mysterious traveler knocks on their door, they treat him royally. Their grateful guest blesses the couple with the strangest bracha they've ever heard.
40) The flying witch
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates how a turnip farmer's daughter outwits the fearsome witch Baba Yaga.
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