Newfoundland and Labrador is blessed with more fairies, devils, old hags, phantoms, Jacky Lanterns, sea monsters, and other fabulous and frightening creatures than any other spot in Canada. Author and researcher Dale Jarvis, creator of...
Folklore
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Author:Grambo, Rebecca L.Summary:Science, legend and personal observations blend together to tell the story of wolves and their relationships with humans.
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Author:Vernon, SteveSummary:Steve Vernon has another collection of classic, bone-chilling tales to tell. Steve takes readers from one end of New Brunswick to the other, unearthing dark tales of strange happenings along the way-from the headless ghost that haunts...
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A new collection of ghost stories from every corner of New Brunswick. Pull up a seat and listen closely-storyteller Steve Vernon has another collection of classic, bone-chilling tales to tell. Steve takes readers from one end of New...
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Author:Summary:"Discover the transforming power of Water and the creatures that thrive on it in these twenty-four stories and poems, including: a selkie seeking divorce in Reno; a kitchen witch trying to save her small town; and a professional...
- Author:Harris, Joel ChandlerSummary:
Continuation of the Uncle Remus stories. Readers should note that these stories reflect the American thinking on race relations in the opening decades of the 20th century some passages may contain offensive material to modern readers....
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Author:Page, P. K.Summary:This story is based on a Brazilian legend about a songbird reputed to sing the most beautiful song in all the world.
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Author:Summary:All cultures have tales of the trickster – a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself....
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Author:AESOPSummary:Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The Fables of Aesop have been mostly considered, down the...
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Author:Walters, Eric, Todd, Sue, Down, ChristianSummary:This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. Inspired by a story told to the author while on safari in 2015, The Wild Beast describes the creation of one of Africa's most unusual animals, the wildebeest. According to oral...
- Author:Esperon, Maria GarciaSummary:
Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of...
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Author:Chandler, A. E.Summary:Myths have always been at our sides to impart wisdom, guidance, and meaning into our lives. In The Scarlet Forest we remember why this particular myth is so powerful and potent even today. Chandler’s knowledge of this tale creates a...
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Author:Summary:From the day that they were first printed, the Lang fairy-tale books have entertained thousands of boys and girls. In addition to such familiar favorites as "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Rapunzel," "The Ratcatcher...
- Author:Garner, SamanthaSummary:
An intergenerational novel about familial love and betrayal, interwoven with themes of Filipino-Canadian and mixed-race identity, fantastical elements from Norse and Filipino mythology, and tarot card symbolism.
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Author:Hamilton, VirginiaSummary:An anthology of traditional American Black folktales retold by the African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant.
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Author:Qaunaq, SakiasiSummary:An orphan who is left on the sea ice by a group of cruel hunters is adopted by a polar bear elder.
- Author:Grimm, Wilhelm, Grimm, JacobSummary:
"When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their 'Children's and Household Tales' in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as 'Rapunzel, ' 'Hansel and Gretel,...
- Author:Rumbolt, Paula IkuutaqSummary:
In this Inuit tale, the actions of a hare and a fox change the Arctic forever by creating day and night. In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox meet and express...
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Author:McCaughrean, GeraldineSummary:A collection of sixteen Greek myths, retold for children. The collection includes Jason, Theseus and Odysseus, of Icarus who flies too close to the sun, and King Midas whose magic touch turns everything to gold.
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Author:Pyle, HowardSummary:Robin Hood follows one of our favorite heroes as he embarks on various adventures and antics, recruiting the Merry Men from what appears to be every corner of Europe and pursuing his quest to "steal from the rich and give to the poor."...
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