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NORTH AMERICA
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Books for Younger
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Borreguita and the Coyote: a Tale from Ayutla, Mexico
Aardema, Verna
A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up.
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Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap! : an Appalachian Folktale
Birdseye, Tom
A forgetful boy gets himself into trouble when he repeats what each person he meets
on the road says to him.
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Chessie, the Travelin' Man
Houk, Randy
True story of a manatee who swam all the way up the East Coast and back to Florida.
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ABC USA
Jarrie, Martin
Goes through the alphabet and presents words representative of America and its past,
illustrated in folk art style and including types of music, groups of people, locations,
and objects.
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Dusty Locks and the Three Bears
Lowell, Susan
A Western-style retelling of the traditional tale about a little girl who finds the
house of bear family and makes herself at home.
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The Magic Hockey Stick
Maloney, Peter
When her parents win Wayne Gretzky's hockey stick at a charity auction, a young girl
begins playing with it and becomes her team's star.
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La Cucaracha Martina: a Caribbean Folktale
Moreton, Daniel
While searching for the source of one beautiful sound, a ravishing cockroach
rejects marriage proposals from a menagerie of city animals which woo her with
their noises.
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The Numbers Dance: a Counting Comedy
Nobisso, Josephine
Numerals one through ten divide up by their respective dance styles of classical,
boogie, and western line dancing, until their competition ends in tolerance.
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Books for Older Readers |
Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends: a True Story
Clements, Andrew
When Jim falls through the ice on a lake in Canada, his two dogs try to rescue him.
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The Diane Goode Book of American Folk Tales & Songs
Goode, Diane
Presents a collection of folk tales and songs from a variety of regions and ethnic
groups in the United States.
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American Tall Tales
Osborne, Mary Pope
A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder
Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan.
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Chál Tó Vinílo' = Frog Brings Rain
Powell, Patricia
This is a delightful retelling from the Navajo tradition explaining how rain comes
to earth with the help of Crane and Frog.
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The Talking Eggs: a Folktale from the American South
San Souci, Robert
A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old
witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly
rewarded.
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Seen Art?
Scieszka, Jon
While looking for his friend Art, a boy wanders through the Museum of Modern Art and
is amazed by what he discovers there.
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Tops & Bottoms
Stevens, Janet
Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear
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Bouki Dances the Kokioko: a Comical Tale from Haiti
Wolkstein, Diane
After much coaching, Bouki wins the prize for dancing the king's secret dance but is
then outwitted by his sneaky friend.
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