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1-15 of 15 results for All Resources

Puss in Boots

Written by Charles Perault

The story of the smart cat who wears fancy boots and is able to figure out a way to trick a king...

K - 5th

Paul Bunyan

Written by Steven Kellogg

Paul Bunyan is a lumberman who travels across America performing amazing feats. With his great blue...

Pre-K - 3rd

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett

Written by Steven Kellogg

The story is about Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind who was extraordinary from the minute she was...

Pre-K - 3rd

Pecos Bill

Written by Steven Kellogg

Born in New England, Pecos Bill falls out of his family’s covered wagon during their journey west...

Pre-K - 3rd

John Henry: An American Legend

Written by Ezra Jack Keats

The story of John Henry and how he used his hammer to lay railroad tracks across prairies and...

Pre-K - 2nd

Shadow

Written by Blaise Cendrars and Marcia Brown

This eerie tale based in African folklore tells of the Shadow, a mystical creature that is present in both ancient and present lore. Stark and powerful illustrations bring this story to life.

K - 3rd

Arrow to the Sun

Written by Gerald McDermott

In this Pueblo tale, the son of the Sun lord wants to find his father. He finds him with the help...

Pre-K - 2nd

One Fine Day

Written by Nonny Hogrogian

One fine day, a fox wandered through the woods and got very thirsty. He hastily drank a woman’s...

K - 3rd

Once a Mouse

Written by Marcia Brown

This fable begins when a mouse is rescued by a generous hermit after nearly being eaten. Luckily...

Pre-K - 3rd

Chanticleer and the Fox

Written by Barbara Cooney

This adaptation of a story from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales brings a tale about cleverness and...

Pre-K - 3rd

Cuckoo

Written by Lois Ehlert

This Mexican folktale is about Cuckoo, a beautiful bird who sings all day and night rather than...

Pre-K - 5th

Stone Soup

Written by Marcia Brown

Based on an old French folktate, the story is about how three hungry soldiers outsmart the selfish and miserly people living in a village so that they find themselves making the soldiers a feast.

Pre-K - 3rd

The Emperor and the Kite

Written by Jane Yolen

Princess Dejeow Seow spends her days alone, playing with a kite made of paper and sticks. Her...

Pre-K - 3rd

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti

Written by Gerald McDermott

Adapted from a folktale from Ghana, in West Africa, the story is about how Anansi the spider is...

Pre-K - 3rd

Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest

Written by Gerald McDermott

Coyote wanted to fly like the crows, so they humored him by making him feathers and teaching him...

Pre-K - 3rd

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