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Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
118 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Watch out for the devious duck! A new bird has arrived in Simpleton and is here to ruffle some feathers with a plan to trick the townspeople out of their money. For what, you might ask? Buying freshly baked bread! (A duck's favorite snack, of course.) Meanwhile, the chef wants to hire a baker, the inspector is looking to get strong, and the inventor is trying out some new (explosive) ideas for a kitchen invention contest. But what about our favorite...
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a holiday to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favorite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this...
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
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Life near the North Korean border is a zero-sum game, an ongoing battle in which you either win or you lose. This dangerous, shadowed netherworld is home to an unforgettable woman known only as the "trickster." Inspired by the story of Lee's great aunt, one of the oldest women to escape alone from North Korea, 8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster consists of eight dark and spellbinding chapters that follow this remarkable character and her family as...
9) Rabbit chase
Author
Publisher
Annick Press Ltd
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
108 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in Wonderland in this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass. Aimée, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development, Aimée zones...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
The question has plagued us for centuries: Can we change our fate? Before the days of going toe-to-toe with the Avenger, a younger Loki is desperate to prove himself heroic and capable, while it seems everyone around him suspects him of inevitable villainy and depravity...except for Amora. Asgard's resident sorceress-in-training feels like a kindred spirit-someone who values magic and knowledge, who might even see the best in him. But when Loki and...
Author
Series
Loki volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
221 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on Earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he'll be allowed to return to Asgard. If not? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. School, fake "parents," and an eleven-year-old Thor's farts are pure misery. But when a bigger threat than Loki's mischief comes to Earth, Loki will have to decide whether he's really a villain, or if he might want to do the right...
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin Quix edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A fairy tale retold as a silly adventure featuring Principal Bundy. In this Mr. Bundy (mis)adventure, PS 88's beloved principal is turned into a spider thanks to a trickster named Mr. Anansi Araknid. How will Mr. Bundy get himself out of this tangled web of trouble?
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Deer wakes up to find one of his antlers is missing...and there's a tennis racket in its place? One by one his friends also uncover that their important items from glasses to lucky boots have been swapped with silly, useless replacements like donuts and swim flippers. They've been hornswoggled! (Hornswoggled means tricked.) It's pure poppycock! (Poppycock means nonsense.) Once they gather together to find out what happened, will they find the true...
14) Fibbed
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
243 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After telling too many far-fetched tales, Nana Busumuru is sent to spend the summer with relatives in Ghana, where she must join forces with the trickster spider Ananse to prevent an evil corporation from stealing the magic in the village forest.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary trickster she accidentally released from his 500-year prison sentence. Thom agrees to help the Monkey King get back his magical staff if he'll take away...
Author
Series
Girl giant and the Monkey King volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thom Ngoh thought the Monkey King was her friend--he taught her to control her super strength and to stand up for herself. But really he was just using her. He tricked her into stealing from the Heavens and releasing him from his 500-year prison. Now the Monkey King is waging a war against the Heavens and Thom must do everything in her power to fix the mess she made. Determined to prevent a war, Thom and her dragon friend Kha set off on an adventure...
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