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Mirror mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
by Marilyn Singer
Ages 6 and up
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Two sides of different fairy tales are told through poems that are reverses of each other.
Fergus and the Night-Demon
by Jim Murphy
Ages 4 - 8
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Fergus is a fast talker and doesn't like work. He almost fools the Night- demon, but the ending is just.
Angkat: the Cambodian Cinderella
by Jewell Reinhart Coburn
Ages 4 - 8
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A Cambodian version of Cinderella in which a poor girl marries a prince, is killed by her jealous stepfamily, and then, through her virtue, returns to become queen.
The token gift
by Hugh William McKibbon
Ages 4 - 8
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This delightful legend tells how the game of chess was begun about 2000 years ago by a man who was both clever and wise.
The little red hen
by Jerry Pinkney
Ages 4 - 8
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The classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a bitter lesson from it. Beautiful illustrations!
Chicken Little
by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley
Ages 4 - 8
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Caldecott Medalist Ed Emberley and his daughter Rebecca put a new twist on a classic tale and make the sky fall in an entirely new way, as crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky--and right into an eye-catching surprise. Watch the trailer.
The legend of the bluebonnet
by Tomie dePaola
Ages 4 - 8
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Thick clusters of vivid blue flowers, cover the Texas hills in the springtime every year. These lovely wild flowers are known as the bluebonnet. This favorite legend based on Comanche Indian lore, tell the story of how the bluebonnet came to be.
Claire and the unicorn happy ever after
by BG Hennessy
Ages 4 - 8
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With the help of her favorite stuffed unicorn, Claire travels from enchanted forest to palace to pumpkin patch to ask fairy tale royalty for their version of happily ever after.
Something from nothing
by Phoebe Gilman
Ages 4 - 8
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In this retelling of a traditional Jewish folktale, Joseph's baby blanket is transformed into ever smaller items as he grows until there is nothing left--but then Joseph has an idea.
Hansel and Gretel
by Rachel Isadora
Ages 4-8
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Isadora gives readers a stunning new interpretation of this classic fairy tale, setting the infamous witch's cottage deep in a lush African forest.
