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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Though the emperor banishes the nightingale in preference of a jeweled mechanical imitation, the little bird remains faithful and returns years later when the emperor is near death and no one else can help him.
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From the author of the breakout novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring how our passions can save us--or go monstrously wrong. The stories in Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, ravenous yearning: the hunger to be held, and seen, and known. And the terror, too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long enough. To be laid bare...
3) Promchanted
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Stella is obsessed with logistics and problem solving, and does not have time for fairy tales, but on a pre-prom visit to Disneyland she and Reece (a boy she accidentally got fired) get swept up in the world of Sleeping Beauty, and the girl who believes in logic, not fantasy, finds herself in a very illogical situation.
Author
Publisher
Marianda Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In Goat Girl and the Dragon, Marisa Bonilla extends her bicultural sensitivity and understanding to Chinese myths and customs. The well-researched book is both a fairy tale, full of dragon lore, and a heroine's journey, rich with symbolism and gender equality. Goat Girl and the Dragon empowers girls to be courageous, kind, and respectful of the needs of others. It is a timeless story with an important message for our times."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Cinders and Sparks volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Cinders isn't supposed to know how to do magic. Her dog, Sparks, isn't supposed to talk. And they're definitely not supposed to go to the fancy palace ball. But with a fairy godmother named Brian, do we really think that's going to stop them?
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
AD 700L
Language
English
Description
"On the night before Christmas, a spark of magic lights up Lita's Pastelería, and Esperanza Caramelo blinks open her eyes. Esperanza is a spun-sugar ornament, meant to sit atop the Nochebuena cake-but tonight she whirls through the bakery, singing and dancing, throwing a fiesta with all the other ornaments until . . . disaster strikes! Can the cake be saved in time for Christmas? The clock is ticking, but on Nochebuena, anything is possible-and...