Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone

Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone PDF Author:
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
ISBN: 9780711207875
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Rich Mr Dry-Bone lives in a big house on top of a hill. Poor Anancy lives in a small house at the foot of the hill. They both want to marry Miss Louise, but she will only marry the man who can make her laugh. This book is based on characters from Jamaican and African folk tales.

Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone

Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone PDF Author:
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
ISBN: 9780711207875
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Rich Mr Dry-Bone lives in a big house on top of a hill. Poor Anancy lives in a small house at the foot of the hill. They both want to marry Miss Louise, but she will only marry the man who can make her laugh. This book is based on characters from Jamaican and African folk tales.

So Much

So Much PDF Author: Trish Cooke
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536221333
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47

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Auntie and Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and all the cousins want to hug and kiss the new baby — they all love the baby SO MUCH! Illustrations by Helen Oxenbury brim with the warmth of a large, loving extended family. Mom and baby are home alone when — DING DONG! — Auntie and then Uncle and Nannie and Gran-Gran and the cousins come to visit. And they all want to hug and kiss and squeeze and eat the baby right up — because everybody loves the baby SO MUCH! With Helen Oxenbury lending her characteristic warmth and humor to a most exuberant family party, Trish Cooke's rhythmic, cumulative story captures the joy of being the baby in a large extended family — a baby who knows that he is absolutely, utterly adored.

Cinderella of the Nile

Cinderella of the Nile PDF Author: Beverley Naidoo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910328569
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Beautifully retold by the award-winning author Beverley Naidoo, this earliest-known version of Cinderella is brought to life for the modern-day reader. Rhodopis is a Greek girl who is sold into slavery by bandits and taken to Egypt. Along the way she becomes friends with the storyteller Aesop and a host of playful animals. Her master gives her a pair of beautiful rose-red slippers, making three other servants jealous. But when Horus, the falcon, sweeps in to steal her slipper, Rhodopis has little idea that this act will lead her to the King of Egypt. The first in our 'One Story, Many Voices' series, this ancient story of Cinderella finds its echo in fairy tales all over the world.

Jamaica Anansi Stories

Jamaica Anansi Stories PDF Author: Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Snow White in New York

Snow White in New York PDF Author: Fiona French
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613191692
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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For use in schools and libraries only. This urban version of the classic fairy tale puts Snow White in a jazz-age New York where the seven dwarfs are musicians and the handsome prince is a newspaper reporter.

Tales from the Caribbean

Tales from the Caribbean PDF Author: Trish Cooke
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141373261
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Book Description
A collection of favourite tales gathered from the many different islands of the Caribbean, one of the world's richest sources of traditional storytelling. From the very first Kingfisher to Anansi the Spider Man, these lively retellings full of humour and pathos, are beautifully retold by Trish Cooke. The book includes endnotes with a glossary, additional information as well as ideas for activities that children can do to explore the stories further.

Riding a Donkey Backwards

Riding a Donkey Backwards PDF Author: Sean Taylor
Publisher: Candlewick
ISBN: 1536205079
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49

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Book Description
Timeless wisdom is found in absurdity in these tales of an iconic Muslim character known as the sagest man in the village — and also its biggest fool. Would you like to know how a thief can turn into a donkey? Whether a cow can climb a pole? Or why you should spoon yogurt into a lake? Mulla Nasruddin knows all the answers, and he might also tell you why he rides his donkey backwards. Whether in the guise of an imam in a mosque or a beggar in the street, this trickster is never at a loss for a rejoinder, though it may leave you scratching your head, rolling your eyes, or laughing out loud. Enjoy twenty-one classic tales about a much-loved character from Muslim cultures in a book packed with jokes, riddles, and wisdom and paired with vibrant, theatrical illustrations.

Death of a Unicorn

Death of a Unicorn PDF Author: Peter Dickinson
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 161873041X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Book Description
Praise for Peter Dickinson's mysteries: "A literary magician controlling an appar-ently inexhaustible supply of effects."—Penelope Lively For best-selling author Lady Margaret, the past is no longer a pleasant memory. Her first lover's mysterious death and the seeming inevitability of her inheriting the family's stately home are cast in new light by secrets unwillingly revisited. The first in a series of reprints of Peter Dickinson's mysteries, this classic British mystery will win fans currently engrossed in Downton Ab-bey. Peter Dickinson has twice received the Crime Writers' As-sociation's Gold Dagger. He lives in England and is married to the novelist Robin McKinley.

Katie Morag Delivers the Mail

Katie Morag Delivers the Mail PDF Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099263548
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Little Katie is charged with delivering the mail, but a fall in the water obliterates the addresses.

Pepi and the Secret Names

Pepi and the Secret Names PDF Author: Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781845078737
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Prince Dhutmose has commanded a splendid tomb to be built for his final journey to the Land of the Dead. Pepi's father is to decorate it, but how can he paint the unimaginable - the Lions of the Horizon, the terrible gods Horus the Hawk and Sebek the crocodile, and Mertseger the deadly Winged Cobra? Pepi decides to find real-life models for his father, using his knowledge of secret names. In this enthralling, magically illustrated story, young readers can solve the secret names for themselves, using a simple hieroglyphics key to enter the mysterious world of ancient Egypt.