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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary reimagination of the Scheherazade tale, a young girl imagines herself zooming off in a toy airplane to confront an angry king, telling him countless stories and making him reflect on the kind of leader he really wants to be.
182) Saro tells a story
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Littlefoot wants to help Grandpa Longneck bring Saro back to the Great Valley to become the new Story Speaker, but when Littlefoot, Chomper, and Saro find themselves trapped in the Mysterious Beyond, it is up to Saro to use one of the great Longneck stories to teach Littlefoot and Chomper about bravery and courage.
183) The little white owl
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A little white owl earns the friendship of the more colorful owls he has discovered by entertaining them with beautiful stories.
"One day, a little white owl sets off to see the world. When he meets some beautiful, colorful owls, he can't wait to share his toast and all of his happy stories. But these pretty owls do not want to be friends with a plain white owl like him..."--Cover.
185) The rambling
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Buddy Pennington is headed to river country. No one in his village will miss him anyway-- not even his mom, after what he and his bad luck did. He'll be better off with his daddy, Davey Boy Pennington, a wandering soul who has the best luck of anyone Buddy knows. Pop might even teach Buddy his legendary skills at Parsnit, a mysterious card game of magic, chance, and above all, storytelling. No one tells a better story than Pop. But no sooner are Buddy...
186) The wild girl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dortchen Wild lives in the small German kingdom of Hesse-Cassel in the early 19th century. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to the boy next door, the handsome but very poor fairy tale scholar Wilhelm Grimm. It is a time of tyranny and terror: Napoleon Bonaparte wants to conquer all of Europe, and Hesse-Cassel is one of the first kingdoms to fall. Forced to live under oppressive French rule, Wilhelm and his brothers quietly rebel by preserving...
188) Scary sleepover
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After Warren and Dragon plan to go to their first sleepover for pizza, a football match, and ice-cream sundaes, Dragon is ready to go, but Warren isn't sure when he hears that they are also going to be telling scary stories.
189) Cuento de noche
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Every evening when he goes to bed, the night sits at the child's bedside and reads him a story.
Cada noche cuando el niño se acuesta en su cama, la noche se sienta a su lado y le lee un cuento.
190) Arthur tells a story
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Arthur unwittingly tells his bored sister D.W. a story.
191) Juan Hormiga
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Elsewhere edition.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by stories of his grandfather's exploits, the laziest ant in the anthill sets out on his own adventure.
195) This is a good story
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A girl picks up her colored pencils and starts drawing a story, with frequent input from the narrator, of a Hero and Heroine rescuing the townsfolk of Our Setting, who have been imprisoned in the Dungeon of the Evil Overlord.
197) The treasure hunt
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
One rainy day while his father listens to his old records, his mother polishes a silver platter, and his brother enjoys his baseball card collection, Little Bill discovers his own treasure, a talent for storytelling.
198) Brilliant Bea
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
With help from Ms. Bloom and some new friends, Beatrice discovers that learning differently is not something to be afraid of, and that dyslexia does not define who she is.
199) Mia the mouse
Author
Series
Fairy animals of Misty Wood volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Mia is in the middle of telling a story to her sick grandmother when her mother asks her to run an errand, but, distracted by what may come next in the story, all Mia can remember is that she is to fetch something that starts with "B". Includes activities.
200) Stories of the night
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
English-language edition.
Language
English
Description
First, Little Bear hears the story of the Night Guardian, who lives in the woods and makes sure all animals go to bed. But who tells the Night Guardian when it's bedtime? The second story is about the brave girl Zhara who seeks the forest's most delicious blackberries. In the third we meet Bo, the little man with the big overcoat, who finds it hard to sleep. Finally, Little Bear falls asleep, and there in bed beside her are her new storybook friends....
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