luck

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luck

The jade dragon

a story of ancient China
2009
Zhou, who always loses to his brother, finds his luck changing after discovering a jade dragon.

Good luck bear

2009
When Bear's friend Mouse tells him that finding a four-leaf clover means one is lucky, the little bear searches for one, despite the discouraging words of other animals.

I rode a horse of milk white jade

1998
Oyuna tells her granddaughter the story of how love for her horse enabled her to win a race and bring good luck to her family living in Mongolia in 1339.

The very bad day

2004
A young girl is having a very bad day, from falling out of bed in the morning to not being able to find her friends, but when she returns home from a rainy trip to the park her friends are waiting for her.

It could have been worse

1998
While walking home, an "unlucky" mouse suffers minor mishaps which repeatedly save him from being eaten by various animals.

Good luck, bad luck

1991
Color illustrations and simple text depict children demonstrating superstitions showing what good luck is and what bad luck is.

Dumb luck

2011
Seventeen-year-old Brandon, having survived a fall from a tree, decides to take his luck and buy a lottery ticket, but, after he wins three million dollars and the money begins causing stress in his life and problems with his friends and family, he begins to question if he is lucky at all.

The golden goose

2006
Farmer Skint and his family on Woebegone Farm have fallen on hard times, but their luck changes with the arrival of a special golden goose.

The Cookie Company

2000
Thirteen-year-old Alex, the unluckiest boy alive, opens an unusual fortune cookie and is whisked into another world, where he is endangered and threatened by the evil game show hostess Cypress Vine.

The House Gobbaleen

1995
Unhappy over what he considers his bad luck, Tooley ignores his cat's warnings and invites a greedy little man into his home in the mistaken hope of improving his fortunes.

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