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21) The race
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A modern rhyme retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (168 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
From renowned animator and storyteller Michel Ocelot comes a dazzling and magical new film that is certain to delight children, families and animation fans of all ages. Silhouetted characters set off against exquisitely detailed backgrounds bursting with color and kaleidoscopic patterns, as the film weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
208 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal pangram, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island?s Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
"Percy Jackson, a modern-day demigod, tells the origin stories of the gods of Olympus and provides an insider's point of view - with plenty of attitude - in this illustrated collection"--
"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they...
27) Everless
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In the kingdom of Sempera, time is extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one's own lifespan. The rich aristocrats like the Gerling family tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember; she and her father were once servants at their estate, Everless, until an accident drove them away. After discovering her father is dying, Jules is desperate to earn more...
Author
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Enjoy a collection of classical stories, culled from the greatest storytellers of all time, offering up tales of animals and other enchanted creatures to delight readers young and old. As fables, each story demonstrates a moral lesson or a piece of advice for readers some of whom may be struggling with related problems, difficulties, and stumbling blocks addressed by the lessons in each tale. Whether it's a rousing tale of stone soup, a tortoise and...
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents ten animal stories, each containing a moral lesson, including the importance of being humble, the dangers of being too proud, the importance of generosity and sharing, and how everyone, no matter how small, has a part to play in life.
Series
Signet classic volume CT304
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works.
33) Aesop's fables
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
[26] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
How to catch-- volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A very clever yeti eludes the traps of children as he hides in the snow-covered mountains he calls home.
38) Fables
Series
Publisher
Harper & Row, Publishers
Pub. Date
[1980]
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
39) The storm runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
40) Lion and mouse
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A modern update on the classic fable of the lion and the mouse shares the relationship between two unlikely friends.
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