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Publisher
Fulcrum Books
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
231 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This anthology collects over twenty trickster stories, in graphic novel format, from various Native American traditions, including tales about coyotes, rabbits, ravens, and other crafty creatures and their mischievous activities. All cultures have tales of the trickster, a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
33 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"To repay her father's debts, Mirabelle promises the King that she'll spin his straw into gold. An evil troll agrees to help her for a price. Now, Mirabelle must repay an even greater debt, unless she can guess the terrible creature's name"--Unedited summary from book.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
33 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a dark forest, a merchant picks a rose for his daugher Beauty. It belongs to a terrible beast. To save his life, the merchant promises that his daughter will visit the creature. When she does, Beauty grows to like the beast. But can she ever love him?"--Unedited summary from book.
Author
Publisher
Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On Halmoni's birthday after finding a mess in the kitchen but no Joon, Jin is sent through a magical portal into a fantastical world to deliver rice cakes to the notorious miser Jo-harabuhji and hopefully meet Joon and restore Halmoni's broken magic pot.
Author
Series
Trese volume 1
Publisher
Ablaze Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don't you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly-lit side of the metro, where blood-sucking aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where gigantic kapre are the kingpins of crime, and magical engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities told in the folklore of her people."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Toon Books, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a humorous graphic novel set in Minnesota around 1914, we see W. B. Laughead, an advertising manager for a lumber company, spin the Paul Bunyan tall tales. Highlights the impact of clear-cutting old-growth forests. With contributions by Native authors as well as historical maps, photos, and a bibliography."
Author
Series
Trese volume 3
Publisher
Ablaze
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"12 midnight at Metro Manila. Try to remain calm as you walk down the dimly-lit streets. If you are suddenly surrounded by a pack of dogs that appear from nowhere - these might be segben tracking down their prey. Avoid the butcher's shop that's open at this hour. It might be a front for a gang of vampiric aswang. Yet, there's an even deadlier threat to the city tonight. An ancient being that thrives on violence and the thirsts for blood has found...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
290 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po Pan Yin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch"--
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bridgette, Duncan, and Rose, -- along with the entirety of Britain -- are dragged into the Otherworld. It's a land of predatory monsters and things seem like they can't get any worse. Of course they can. A rival king rises to confront Arthur, plunging the land into civil war... and both pursue Bridgette, Duncan and Rose as they travel across the land, desperately trying to find a way to return Britain to its senses--
12) ¡¡Manu!!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Set at a magical school for girls, a funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure about friendship, defying expectations, and finding your place. Manu is always getting into trouble. The headmistress at school believes Manu has the potential to help people with her magic, but Manu would rather have fun than fit in. The other students claim she's secretly a demon and that she was raised by wolves. Manu doesn't care what people say about...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
125 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eager for glory and heedless of others, Sir Yvain sets out from King Arthur's court and defeats a local lord in battle, unknowingly intertwining his future with the lives of two compelling women: Lady Laudine, the beautiful widow of the fallen lord, and her sly maid Lunette" -- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
171 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a child living in exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei often found himself with nothing to read but government-approved comic books. Although they were restricted by the confines of political propaganda, Ai Weiwei was struck by the artists' ability to express their thoughts on art and humanity through graphic storytelling. Now, decades later, Ai Weiwei and Italian comic artist Gianluca Costantini present Zodiac, Ai Weiwei's first graphic...
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
[English edition].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this updated adaptation of a classic Latin American folktale, Blancaflor, a young ogre with magical powers, decides to secretly help a charming prince who has made a foolish bet with her father. Through saving the prince and the kingdom, she learns to be honest with herself and others about the things that make her special"--
Author
Series
Adventure zone volume 5
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Bureau of Balance has located yet another Grand Relic, and this time it's...time? A small mining town called Refuge has been locked away behind an arcane bubble, and somewhere inside it the Temporal Chalice is causing unknown mayhem. Taako, Magnus, and Merle are launched into their investigation, but they've barely had a chance to get their feet under them before the situation literally falls apart. When the town clocktower strikes noon, Refuge...
17) Where's Halmoni?
Author
Publisher
Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Searching for their missing grandmother, two Korean children follow tracks into a fantastic world filled with beings from folklore who speak in Korean. Includes translations and information about the folkloric characters.
18) Tyna of the Lake
Author
Series
Gamayun tales volume 3
Publisher
Nobrow
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tyna of the Lake rescues the Hunter's son from a life of servitude to her father the Water Spirit. Their attempt to make an escape to the surface world is interrupted when they are captured by the Water Spirit and he reveals the truth about who Tyna's real father is.
19) Truth or dare
Author
Series
You're invited to a creepover volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Abby Miller confesses her crush on Jake during a game of Truth or Dare and then receives a text message warning her to stay away from him, she starts suspecting that her stalker is a ghost, and not a jealous classmate.
20) Kraken me up
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume unpaged : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Izzie brings her pet Kraken to the county fair everyone thinks he is frightening, but he is like Izzie, sweet and shy, and Kraken and Izzie use creativity and humor to win over the crowd.
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