DePaola, Tomie

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The legend of the poinsettia

a Christmas story
1990
A retelling of the traditional Mexican tale of how the poinsettia became the beautiful plant associated with Christmas.

The knight and the dragon

1991
A knight who has never fought a dragon and an equally inexperienced dragon prepare to meet each other in battle.

The legend of the Indian paintbrush

1988
Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.

Oliver Button is a sissy

1979
His classmates' taunts don't stop Oliver Button from doing what he likes best.

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona

1986
Big Anthony plans a surprise Christmas party for Strega Nona.

Jingle, the Christmas clown

1992
Staying behind when their circus moves on, a young clown and a troupe of baby animals put on a special Christmas Eve show for an Italian village too poor to celebrate the holiday.
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Strega Nona's magic lessons

1982
Big Anthony disguises himself as a girl in order to take magic lessons from Strega Nona.

Little Grunt and the big egg

a prehistoric fairytale
1990
When a dinosaur hatches from the egg that Little Grunt brought home for dinner, Mama and Papa Grunt let him keep it as a pet until it grows too big for their cave.

Andy (that's my name)

1973
Andy's friends construct different words from his name: "an" words, "and" words, and "andy" words.

Jamie O'Rourke and the big potato

an Irish folktale
1992
The laziest man in all of Ireland catches a leprechaun, who offers a potato seed instead of a pot of gold for his freedom.

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