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Dreamer, The
A tale or allegorical story in which an artist creates the earth, sky, water, animals, and people, who are artists "in his own image." This simple well known story will be familiar and appreciated by many readers.
Old African, The
a beautifully told and illustrated story that, according to the dust jacket, is "based on legend." The Old African has magical powers. This is the story of his capture and enslavement as a young man and ultimately, his plan to free his fellow slaves.
| Author: Lester, Julius |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Pond God and Other Stories, The
This unusual book of one-page pourquoi stories--of how things came to be--follows the tradition of Rudyard Kiplilng's Just So Stories and Aesop's Fables.
| Author: Keyser, Samuel J. |
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Riding the Tiger
This is an allegory that features a bored, lonely 10-year-old's who is offered a ride by an exciting and somewhat scary tiger and discovers that it is easier to get on the tiger than to get off.
| Author: Bunting, Eve |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
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Secret-Keeper, The
This is a fairy tale about Kalli, the secret-keeper, who takes others' secrets on so that they can be released from them. All the bad secrets threaten to make her ill until the townspeople come to her rescue.
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
The author retells this famous tale of one of the knights of King Arthur's famous Roundtable, in which Gawain accepts a challenge of a giant green knight that leads to further trials at the end of one year. Vivid illustrations contribute to the sense of
| Author: Morpurgo, Michael |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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