In this retelling of a traditional Jewish folktale, Joseph's baby blanket is transformed into ever smaller items as he grows until there is nothing left--but then Joseph has an idea.
Myths and folk tales
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Author:Gilman, PhoebeSummary: - Author:Bouchard, David, Everson, Andy, Youngblood, MarySummary:
Corbeau est le faiseur de tours. Corbeau est le créateur. Corbeau est le transformateur. Corbeau peut être tout et partout. Mais n'oublions jamais que Corbeau est aussi... le marieur.Cette nuit-là, alors que grand-père Soleil se...
- Author:Dawe, TomSummary:
Newfoundland is rife with stories of fairies who mislead, play tricks, or sometimes, spirit folks away. A rustle of a leaf, a glint at the corner of one's eye--these fairies lurk, menacing and amoral, at the edges of settled life....
- Author:Belyk, Robert C.Summary:
The ghost of a scuba diver who still haunts the former British Columbia powerhouse where he met his death. An Alberta theatre where entities have been seen, heard, and even felt so often that it deserves to be called one of the most...
- Author:Lewis, R. C.Summary:
A futuristic retelling of Snow White in which seventeen-year-old Essie, a master at repairing robots and drones on the frozen mining planet Thanda, is pulled into a war by handsome and mysterious Dane after his shuttle crash-lands near...
- Author:Holmes Whitehead, RuthSummary:
In Stories from the Six Worlds, it is their stories, passed down by word of mouth, that best preserve and present Mi’kmaw culture. For in their tales, the People themselves speak about their world and give us glimpses of how their...
- Author:Bailey, OsterSummary:
This book is a collection of stories about culture, history, and nationhood as told by Métis women. The Métis are known by many names — Otipemisiwak, "the people who own ourselves;" Bois Brules, "Burnt Wood;" Apeetogosan, "half...
- Author:Campbell, Maria, Farrell Racette, SherrySummary:
Stories of the road allowance people are old men's stories, translated by Maria Campbell and given to you in the dialect and rhythm of her village and her father's generation. In the M¿Æis oral tradition, these stories must be said...
- Author:Umezawa, Rui, Fujita, MikikoSummary:
A bitterly jealous brother, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter — the motives underlying these...
- Author:Bar-el, DanSummary:
Libby Gaborchik, a highly unusual fairy, helps Marvin, a poor peasant, win the hand of the beautiful but love-starved Princess Vera.
- Author:Bulfinch, ThomasSummary:
Bulfinch's masterpiece of history and fable recounts the tales of Arthur and the Round Table and how the Arthurian legend has metamorphosed from medieval Welsh texts through French romances to obscure British histories. This book...
- Author:Bulfinch, ThomasSummary:
Presents the first three sections: the Ages of Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
- Author:Bulfinch, ThomasSummary:
Presents the final two sections: the Age of Heroes, and the Iron Age.
- Author:Coelho, PauloSummary:
This is the story of Santiago, a shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain, he journeys to Tangiers, and from there into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with...
- Author:Illuitok, LeviSummary:
In this faithful retelling of a traditional story from the Kugaaruk region, told by Elder Levi Illuitok, a father must save his infant child from an amajurjuk, an ogress known to steal children. When the ogress takes advantage of the...
- Author:AnonymousSummary:
Furious at being cuckolded, a sultan beds a new virgin each night, then murders each before she can betray him. Only Scheherazade finds a way to keep herself alive: for 1,001 nights she tells the sultan a series of enchanting stories,...
- Author:Potter, BeatrixSummary:
This collection of engaging children's stories by iconic British author Beatrix Potter includes eleven of her most popular tales. Included are "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny," "The...
- Author:Rylant, CynthiaSummary:
Retells the myths about Pandora, Persephone, Orpheus, Pygmalion, Narcissus, and Psyche.
- Author:Ben Izzy, JoelSummary:
When a storyteller loses his voice, he believes he's lost everything. In fact, he's been given a great gift. Once upon a time, a successful storyteller lost his voice to throat cancer. Deprived of the instrument of his art and his...
- Author:Demchuk, DavidSummary:
Three neighbouring villages on the Ukrainian/Romanian border are the final refuge for the last of the mythical creatures of Eastern Europe. Now, on the eve of the war that may eradicate their kind—and with the ruthless Night Police...
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