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Sundiata

an epic of old Mali
2006

The two brothers

a legend of Jerusalem
1997
After observing a miracle that marks the love and concern that two brothers have for each other, King Solomon decides on the site for his great temple.

The resurrection of the Romanovs

Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the world's greatest royal mystery
2011
Recounts the violent end of the Romanov Dynasty and examines the claims of a young woman who, after a failed suicide attempt, told doctors she was Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of Nicolas II of Russia, who was supposedly killed with the rest of the royal family in 1918.

The legend of Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill

2004
Tells the stories of John Chapman, an apple farmer from Pennsylvania who traveled throughout the midwestern United States, planting apple trees along his way, and Pecos Bill, an extraordinary cowboy who broke a horse, roped a steer, and harnessed a cyclone.

King Arthur and his knights

1986
Recounts the tales of King Arthur and his knights, from the early prophecies of Merlin and Arthur's birth to the destruction of Camelot.

Finn McCoul

1997
Retells the Irish folktale in which the giant Finn McCoul and his very clever wife defeat the brutish giant Cuculin.

William Tell

1988
Recounts the story of the legendary Swiss folk hero who shot the apple from his son's head.

The legend of the Petoskey stone

2004
Recounts the life of Petosegay, an Ottawa Indian chief, who gave his name to the small town in northern Michigan--Petoskey--where a unique stone can be found along its shores.

When Solomon was king

1995
As he grows more and more powerful, King Solomon forgets the lesson he learned from a wounded lioness.

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