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The maid of the mist

2015
This graphic novel tells the story of a Native American woman who is transformed into a legendary Thunder Being.

Beauty and the beast

2012
"Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast"--Provided by publisher.

The elves and the shoemaker

2007
Lift-the-flap pages accompany the story of a group of elves who help a shoemaker and his wife, who in turn repay the elves with kindness.

Se?or Cat's romance and other favorite stories from Latin American

2001
A collection of popular tales told to young children in places such as Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Mexico.

The story of the Great Bear

2016
Introduces the constellation Ursa Major to young readers and discusses the myths it is named after.

The wolf & the seven kids

2014
When six of her seven kids are swallowed by a wicked wolf, Old Mother Goat devises a way to rescue them.

Dara's clever trap

a story from Cambodia
2014
"In this folktale from Cambodia, Princess Dara must prove that her father's wicked ministers have set up her husband for a crime he is innocent of"--Provided by publisher.

The runaway tortilla

2015
In this Southwestern version of the Gingerbread Man, a tortilla runs away from the woman who is about to cook him.

Sleeping Beauty

a fairy tale adventure
2015
Retells the fairy tale in which a princess is put under a spell to sleep for one hundred years.

Rapunzel

a fairy tale adventure
2015
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

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