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In the year of the tiger
'Beng-beng-beng! went the cymbals and the gongs. The lion cocked its ears. Beng-beng-beng! The lion leapt in the air.' This Chinese folk tale traces the cycles of village life through the rich community celebration of the Lion Dance performed during the Spring festival. Chiu Wing and his neighbours eagerly await the festival each year.
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- 9781875491148
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- 394.2 DUK
Light
In the beginning there was emptiness, like a blank canvas. Then, in a swirl of motion, the Creator made the world. The Creator wanted to finish everything with a special kind of light—a light so powerful it had to be stored away from sight. When the Creator tried to open the jar of light, it shattered, and sparks of light flew everywhere. With flowing paintings and intricate collages made wit…
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- 9780525478270
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 398.2 ZAL
The Teeny Tiny woman
Illus. in full color. In an adaptation for beginning readers, a teeny tiny woman finds a teeny tiny bone on a teeny tiny grave and takes it home, only to be hounded by a teeny tiny ghost who wants his bone back!
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- 9780394883205
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
- Series Title
- Step into Reading : Step 2
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- 398 OCO
The little brown Jay : a tale from India
A retelling of a traditional Indian tale in which a little bird helps the beautiful Princess Maya through a selfless act of love
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- 9781879531239
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- 22 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- 398 CLA
The unhappy stonecutter : a Japanese folk tale
This book tells the story of the Unhappy Stonecutter, a traditional Japanese folk tale. In it, a simple stonecutter learns that you should count your blessings and be grateful for what you already have, instead of always wanting more!
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- 9781406281309
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- Folk tales from around the World
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- 398 GUI
Prince Ivan and the firebird : a Russian folk tale
When the youngest son of a king sets out to find the firebird which has been stealing golden apples from his father's tree, he meets a gray wolf who helps him with his quest.
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- 9781879085862
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- 398 LOD
The mitten : a Ukrainian folktale
A Ukrainian boy named Nicki wants his grandmother Baba to knit snow-white mittens for him. She warns her grandson that a white mitten will be hard to find if he loses it in the snow, but of course he promptly does just that! What happens next is the surprising part, as a mole takes refuge in the lost mitten, then a rabbit, then a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, and a fox. If you think the mitten mi…
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- 9780590440158
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 398 BRE
Screen of frogs : an old tale
This old tale of the son of a wealthy land owner who grows up to be a lazy, selfish man is deftly illustrated in bold and flowing acrylic and colored pencil on kozo (mulberry) paper, and collage of hand-marbled and Japanese decorated papers. Full color.
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- 9780531054642
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 398 HAM
Rama and the demon king : an ancient tale from India
In an ancient Hindi tale, the brave prince Rama, his beautiful wife Sita, and his loyal brother Lakshman are banished to the forest for fourteen years, but just as they make a life for themselves, the ten-headed Demon King vows to seek revenge.
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- 9780711211582
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 398 SOU
The boy from the dragon palace : a folktale from Japan
One day, a poor flower seller drops his leftover flowers into the sea as a gift for the Dragon King. What does he get in return? A little snot-nosed boywith the power to grant wishes! Soon the flower seller is rich, but what will happen if he forgets the meaning of "thank you?"
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- 9780807575130
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 398 DON
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