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1522) Selected tales
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English
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Sixty-five German folk-fairy tales with explanatory, introductory material, notes on each individual selection, and a glossary of Scots words.
1523) El pollito valiente
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Español
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A retelling of the classic story of Chicken Licken, who has an acorn fall on his head and runs in a panic to his friends Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, and others, to tell them the sky is falling.
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In a world where fairy tales are fact and humans live in fear of werewolves, witches, and monsters, only the Hunters Guild can keep the monsters at bay. These red-hooded fighters are anything but little, and only those able to pay a king's ransom can afford their services, but it's a small price to stay alive. Hoping to join the Hunters Guild, Velou boards the mobile training facility known as the Ironworks. But things aren't all sunshine and rainbows....
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Masterworks of economy and acuity, these brief, trenchant tales by Russian author and playwright Petrushevskaya, selected from her wide-ranging but little translated oeuvre over the past 30 years, offer an enticement to English readers to seek out more of her writing. The tales explore the inexplicable workings of fate, the supernatural, grief and madness, and range from adroit, straightforward narratives to bleak fantasy. Frequently on display are...
1532) The blue bird's palace
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Natasha's childhood in the Blue Forest is almost perfect. But her father indulges her, and she forgets what it means to share. When a magical blue bird grants her one wish, she makes the most of it-- but could not have predicted the results! Inspired by a Russian folk tradition.
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Rapunzel sits alone in a tall tower block, and no one--not the postman, the baker, her auntie or even the prince--can bring back her sparkle. But when Rapunzel does finally open the postman's letter, it contains an offer that changes her life. Find out how the library saved Rapunzel!