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A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!
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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
Italian American Heritage Month
Italian American Heritage Month for Kids
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"When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works."
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OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
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OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
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Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
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Celebrating Black Creators
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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Celebrating Black Creators
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In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
8) Rapunzel
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A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
10) Seven blind mice
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Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.
11) The treasure
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A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
12) Tops & bottoms
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Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
13) Golem
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Jewish American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
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The Jewish Experience - Picture Books
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
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The Jewish Experience - Picture Books
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A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
16) Puss in boots
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"The youngest son of a miller despairs when he is left a cat by his father. But this is no ordinary cat... It's Puss in Boots! A very crafty kitty, who will carry his master from rags to riches. An enchanting retelling of the classic Charles Perrault fairy tale."
17) Strega Nona
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Featuring Tomie dePaola retelling his classic story against a charming musical score!
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works in this classic Caldecott Honor book from Tomie dePaola.
Strega Nona-"Grandma Witch"-is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical ever-full pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony....
18) John Henry
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Black History Month - Youth
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Black History Month - Youth
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
19) Rumpelstiltskin
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Houghton Mifflin literature volume grade 1
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"A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child"--
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Many African stories are called "Spider stories". This book is about how that came to be. And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky god. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went to bargain with the Sky god. The price the Sky god asked was Osebo, the leopard-of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire...