Summary: "A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and gritty crime by both new and established Indigenous authors that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un-settled?" Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief ranges far and wide and takes many forms; for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEVSummary: A diverse comics anthology of tales both real and imagined honoring death as a natural part of life, featuring cultural expressions of death from around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YOURayo, Alberto
Summary: A fox who teases other animals receives a lesson in humility when he is left behind, uninvited to a party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RAY (Graphic Novel)Barnett, Mac
Summary: Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARDickins, Rosie
Summary: "Entertaining animal stories from around the world, specially selected and retold for younger children. Contains five classics: The Fox and the Tiger, Chicken Licken, How the Zebra Got His Stripes, The Greedy Dog, The Brave Little Hare"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2021
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Summary: Canter into this collection of traditional tales, filled with bold little ponies, kindly carthorses... and just a touch of magic. --Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Dig into folklore from across South America with this collection of comic reimaginations and retellings. The sixth volume of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales series takes you across the continent -- from Peru, Chile, Columbia, and more!" -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIZAngkasa, Clar
Summary: "A graphic novel collection of girl-centered fantasy stories, based on Indonesian traditional tales"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ANGBrown, Waka T.
Summary: Melony Yoshimura's parents have always been overprotective. They say it's because a demonic spirit called the Amanjaku once preyed upon kids back in Japan, but Melony suspects it's just a cautionary tale to keep her in line. So on her twelfth birthday, Melony takes a chance and wishes for the freedom and adventure her parents seem determined to keep her from. As if conjured by her wish, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: J FIC BROCecil, Mark
Summary: "A large-hearted reimagining of beloved all-American legends, this epic debut novel brings men of myth Paul Bunyan and John Henry alive like never before, teaming up for an adventure quest with deeper interrogations of race, class, and industrialization. When we first meet Paul Bunyan-legendary larger-than-life lumberjack and classic figure from American mythology-he is still just a man, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CECJameson, James
Summary: In a forest far away from the hustle and bustle of town grows the Fir Tree. The meadow he lives in is beautiful and serene, but the Fir Tree yearns for the excitement of the outside world. His friend the Robin brings him gifts and tells him stories of the places she's been, the people she's flown over, and the many things men construct out of wood. The Fir Tree dreams of adventure and wishes to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JAMKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by Kah Yangni. This accessible and sizable board book is perfect for introducing the youngest of readers to the beauty of Hurston's storytelling and will spark curiosity in children...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD KENOtheguy, Emma
Summary: A party? Oh no! Parties are full of tías with their flashy fashions and boom-and-bellow laughter. It's far too much for Martina! At least with all the noise, no one notices when she slips away. She finds herself in a magical place: a warm, familiar island where she can finally play in peace and quiet. Martina is home at last-- or is she? Lively and magical, this is a fresh retelling of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OTHPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: West African spider-god Anansi wants all of Sky God's famous stories, but to earn them, he has to outwit several of the animals in his village. It will take all of his cleverness and skills in mischief to pull it off. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLAGilani-Williams, Fawzia
Summary: " ... [A] young Uyghur girl ... is moved from place to place by a cold-hearted woman in an attempt to hide her from her parents. Despite facing many hardships, Rapunzel grows into a young lady with an inquisitive mind and a kind and generous heart. But how will she escape from the tower? Will she ever be re-united with her parents? This is an empowering Islamic adaptation of Rapunzel which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Islamic Foundation 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 398.2 GILJewitt, Kathryn
Summary: "The story of a little bird with a broken wing and her search for shelter was originally told by the first people to live in North America"--Inside back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DK BOARDJohnston Phelps, Ethel
Summary: "Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics. Enjoy this collection of all four volumes."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC JOHNuurali, Siman
Summary: This popular West African tale follows the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC NUU (Graphic Novel)Patel, Sajni
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters—she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe—but you would be wrong. Seventeen-year-old Pratyush...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PATPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: "John Henry is the strongest, fastest hammerman working on the railroads in the years after the American Civil War. One day, a salesman comes by with a machine he says can drill faster than any man. John is determined to prove no fancy device can beat him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLAAhuliʻi, Gabrielle
Summary: Hi'iaka wants to make the forests of Hawai'i safe for travelers, but she will have to battle an evil lizard named Pana'ewa and his army to do it, and with a little help from her sister and some special powers, she is ready for a great battle.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 AHUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Wld Cult Folk Ahuli'iDe la Cruz, Melissa
Summary: Once upon a time, in the middle of a group of seven thousand happy islands named after King Philip of Spain, there lived a lady named Doña Esmeralda. She had a big bouffant hairdo and was much smaller than you. And she was always hungry... And so begins the wickedly hilarious tale of one very old, but very stylish little lady who loves to eat, but can only find the ooey, gooey, mushy, smelly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DE LPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: "In Caribbean folklore, Mama Glo is the mother of rivers and streams. She has a beautiful singing voice, but she doesn't like visitors! Still, brothers Keron and Kendon disobey the rules and search for her in the forest. What will they find?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022